Bloomberg News reports, House Invites Trump to Dec. 4 Hearing in Next Impeachment Phase: The House impeachment inquiry shifts into a new phase next week with a public hearing in the Judiciary Committee where President Donald Trump will be invited to present his defense, according to Chairman Jerrold Nadler. The hearing aims to explain the … Read more
I cautioned you yesterday against reading too much into oral argument as a predictor of how the court will rule in the DACA case, Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California (three consolidated cases for hearing). Nevertheless, the current headline at the New York Times reads, Supreme Court Appears Ready to … Read more
There has long been two systems of justice in the United States. One for the wealthy white male privileged patriarchy of country club chamber of commerce Republicans, and one for everyone else. For example, when a rich white kid steals a car, it is argued that “He just took the car for a joy ride, … Read more
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have been using their time for questioning of witnesses not to discover the facts of what actually occurred regarding Trump’s shakedown of Ukraine, but rather to pursue the “Spygate” conspiracy theory from the fever swamps of the right-wing which claims Democrats conspired with Ukrainian nationals to frame the president’s … Read more
An election is “only fair if we won” is the mantra of the Party of Trump. Remember the close elections we had here in Arizona in 2018 in which Democrats won statewide seats, including a Senate seat, for the first time in years? President Trump and Republicans in Arizona and nationally stoked claims of deliberate … Read more