Quietly, Obama Decides American Forces Will Continue To Engage In Combat In Afghanistan After 2014
You thought the American combat role in Afghanistan would end on December 31st? Think again.
Obama’s Executive Action, The Law, And The Constitution
On a preliminary examination, the President’s executive action on immigration appears to be within the boundaries of applicable law. However, as with other exercises of Executive Branch authority, it raises some important concerns about the precedent that it sets.
Scott Walker Looks To Be Preparing To Run For President
Fresh off his third statewide win in four years, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be getting ready to run for President.
DOJ Finds President Lacks Authority to Take Action He Took Next Day
The Office of Legal Counsel told the president Wednesday he couldn’t do what he did on Thursday.
Obama Announces Immigration Plan, But Constitutional Confrontation Lies Ahead
On substance, the President’s immigration actions aren’t very objectionable. How he is implementing them, though, is problematic and seems needlessly confrontational.
GOP Options In Response To Obama’s Executive Action Are Limited, Perhaps Non-Existent
In the end, there appears to be very little, if anything, the GOP can do to stop or roll back the executive actions the President will announce Thursday evening.
There’s Little Evidence That Voter ID Laws Impacted The 2014 Elections
Based on the available evidence, there’s very little evidence that Voter ID laws had a significant impact on the midterm elections.
Should The U.S. Reconsider Its Policy Of Not Paying Ransom For Hostages?
The idea that the U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists is simply not historically accurate, so should we be reconsidering the policy of not negotiating with ISIS for the release of Western hostages?
CIA Director Proposes Radical Reorganization
The CIA has always separated its core spying and analysis functions; that may soon change.
Jim Webb Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee
Former Senator Jim Webb is the first Democrat to kinda, sorta, throw his hat into the ring for 2016.
New York City Pay Phones To Become WiFi Hotspots
Adapting a relic of the 20th Century to the 21st Century.
Americans Oppose Unilateral Executive Action On Immigration, But Support Immigration Reform
A new poll provides some interesting context to the political context to the President’s expected executive action on immigration.
Can Hillary Expand The Electoral College Map In 2016? In An Important Sense, It Doesn’t Matter
An adviser close to Hillary Clinton is talking about expanding the Electoral College map in 2016, but even without such an expansion the GOP faces an uphill battle.
Democrats Claim Obama Broke Their Party, Call on Him to Fix It
Some of his party’s leaders want the president to save them.
Merkel Lashes Out Against Russia In Post G-20 Remarks
Vladimir Putin’s latest actions seems to have exhausted Germany’s patience.
Polygraph Critic Charged with Training People to Thwart Polygraphs
A 69-year-old former polygraph examiner for the Oklahoma City police department has been indicted for coaching people to thwart the machines.
Senate Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline For Now, Effectively Ends Mary Landrieu’s Political Career
The Keystone XL pipeline bill is dead until the next Senate. Mary Landrieu’s political career, on the other hand, is basically dead for the foreseeable future.
President Obama Was Against Unilateral Executive Action On Immigration Before He Was For it
If the President now believes he can act unilaterally on immigration reform, why did he spend the last five years saying that he couldn’t?
Warnings Of Violence In Ferguson Could Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
All the warnings of violence in the wake of an expected imminent announcement from the Grand Jury in the Michael brown case could become self-fulfilling prophecy.
Keystone XL Likely To Pass Senate, But It Won’t Save Mary Landrieu
Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline will likely pass the Senate today, and will eventually go forward despite an expected Presidential veto. But, Mary Landrieu’s political career is still dead.
Public Wants Obama To Wait On Immigration Action
A new poll shows that Americans would prefer President Obama to wait to act on immigration until after the new Congress has had a chance to act on the issue.
The Ivy League Supreme Court
Every member of the Supreme Court graduated from an Ivy League Law School. That kind of homogeneity is not healthy.
Election Losses Lead To Debate Inside Democratic Party
Another round of election losses is leading Democrats to contemplate the direction they should take going forward.
Latest Round Of Same-Sex Marriage Appeals Arrive At Supreme Court
The process that seems likely to lead to a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage has begun.
Federal Judge Awards Strippers $10,000,000 In Labor Dispute
The labor laws apply no matter what business you’re in.
ISIS’s New Beheading Video; Casus Belli, Or A Trap?
The latest ISIS video is horrible and barbaric but we should not take the bait they are offering before considering the consequences of our actions going forward.
Ferguson, Missouri Braces For Probability Of No Indictment In Michael Brown Shooting Case
We appear to be just days away from an announcement from the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting, and the consensus seems to be that there will be no indictment at all.
Unless Congress Steps In To Authorize It, The President’s War Against ISIS Is Illegal
As things stand right now, there is no legitimate legal authorization for the President’s war against ISIS, and that’s largely because Congress has failed to act.
Gruber: Politics, Hypocrisy, and Stupidity, Oh My!
Because no one, ever, has ever questioned the intelligence of American voters in extemporaneous discussions of politics.
Putin Makes Waves At G-20 Summit Over Ukraine, Reportedly Leaving Early
Vladimir Putin’s reception at the G-20 Summit in Australia has been less than warm thanks to recent events in Ukraine.
If Obama Pulls The Trigger On Executive Action, Republicans Have Limited Options
Republicans don’t really have many options if the President pulls the trigger on immigration reform via executive action.
