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Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, March 14, 2026
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Re the SAVE act… The SAVE bill that has been passed by the House and sent to the Senate affects only registration. Trump’s social media rants, such as greatly restricted use of mail ballots, are not included. The bill also allows states to accept attestations of citizenship along with unspecified “other” documentation. It is unclear whether the situation here in Colorado, requiring an attestation subject to perjury but no other actual papers would be acceptable under the bill. I assume that North Dakota’s Senators will vote against the bill, since North Dakota has no registration system and would have to create one.
Krugman’s conclusion:
Republican “populism” – government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, and for the oligarchs. But how do we get the MAGA to see this?
@gVOR10:
Biggest con of the last generation (or so) is to paint academics/experts as “the elite” and the wealthy as “men of the people.”
Worked like a charm, though.
If a bill is not signed within 10 days, not counting Sundays, and congress is in session then the bill becomes law. Seems like an empty threat unless congress is within 10 days of adjourning or can the speaker or majority leader adjourn any time he wants to?
@Mr. Prosser:..If a bill is not signed within 10 days, not counting Sundays, and congress is in session then the bill becomes law.
If I am reading this correctly the President can return bills (veto) before the 10 days pass so that they would not become law unless the Congress of the United States (that would be the Senate and the House of Representatives) votes to override the veto.
@Mr. Prosser:
@Gregory Lawrence Brown:
It’s hard to know what El Taco means, because he has no idea himself. He still didn’t threaten to veto all bills until the Massive Voter Suppression Act* is passed.
*Truth in advertising.
@Gregory Lawrence Brown: @Kathy: Correct, he didn’t say he would veto the bills, just not sign them. I think I need to quit reading the news and keep on doing nature walks no matter what the weather and watching Corner Gas and Northern Exposure series on repeat.