11/12/18 Filed in:
Political SystemSAFE to DC: Between now and 12/31, please focus on budget process reform, FY 2019 appropriation bills, approval of USMCA, and disclosure of how/why the Trump campaign investigation was started.
Read More...Tags: early voting, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Rep. Steve Womack, debt limit, border wall funding, President Donald Trump, amnesty, DACA , Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, NAFTA, USMCA, Mueller probe, Jeff Sessions, Andrew Whittaker, Sen. Chris Coons, James Comey, Clinton campaign, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rod Rosenstein, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Trey Gowdy
10/29/18 Filed in:
HealthcareRepublicans have demolished Democratic arguments for doubling down on GovCare, and the administration is working on (but hasn’t clearly explained) some worthwhile improvements. Read More...Tags: Kaiser Family Foundation, Karl Rove, President Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz. , Rep. Beto O'Rourke, socialist takeover of healthcare, Medicare for all, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Milton Friedman, preexisting condittions, Tax Cut and Jobs Act, Supreme Court, individal mandate eliminated, high drug prices, International free rider situation, Alex Azar, "right to try", opioid epidemic, Veteran's Administration, VA healthcare services, Medicare, Medicaid, Gov. Larry Hogan
03/12/18 Filed in:
Political SystemRoutine use of politically motivated lawsuits to challenge administrative policies is contributing to the political gridlock that everyone professes to be concerned about. Read More...Tags: majority rule, republic vs. democracy, Constitution , congressional rules, filibuster rule, Bill of Rights, DACA , DAPA, state lawsuits, Justice Antonin Scalia, President Donald Trump, DNC Chairman Tom Perez, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Janet Napolitano, Judge William Alsup, Judge Nicholas Garaufis, Judge Roger Titus, DACA fix plan, Senator Tom Carper, super legislators, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Judge Merrick Garland, Congress , jurisidiction stripping, forum shopping, Supreme Court, general public, law schools, judicial restraint
07/31/17 Filed in:
EnergyIt hasn’t been easy or pretty, but some obstacles to reliable/affordable energy are being eliminated. Read More...Tags: energy Independence, US oil production, gas prices, US eneregy dominance, oil exports, liquefied natural gas exports, man-made global warming theory, phaseout of internal combustion engine cars, Paris climate agreement, Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, Francesca Grifo, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, red and blue teams, Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), Clean Power Plan, ground level ozone standard, waters of the US, methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, Keystone pipeline, Dakota Access pipeline, permits for drilling on federal lands, electric power grid study, Ideologal clash re energy, ethics complaint against Scott Pruitt
Trump wasn’t wrong to play the special prosecutor card, but doing so may not pay off for his campaign. Read More...Tags: 2nd presidential debate, Donald Trump , Billy Bush of NBC, Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, birther controversy, Sen. Joseph McCarty, Roy Cohn, Clinton e-mail server, FBI Director James Comey, General David Petraeus, AG Loretta Lynch, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen Ted Cruz, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Supreme Court, judicial appointments, Constitution , judge Richard Posner, Chris Wallace
03/07/16 Filed in:
Energy | Judicial SystemLet’s hope Justice Scalia’s replacement will share his skepticism of the EPA et al. Read More...Tags: Supreme Court, justice Scalia, EPA, Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), Michigan v. EPA, Clean Power Plan, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Justice John Roberts, FERC, Justice Kagan, Sen. Mitch McConnell , Sen. Chuck Grassley, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Tom Carper, Donald Trump, Eric Holder