by Alex Pappas. Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will back
fellow Kentuckian Rand Paul for president if the libertarian-leaning
Republican decides to run. “I’m a big supporter of Rand Paul,” McConnell told the Lexington Herald-Leader. “We’ve developed a very tight relationship, and I’m for him.”Pressed by the ... MOREMcConnell Will Back Rand Paul For President
by Alex Pappas. Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will back
fellow Kentuckian Rand Paul for president if the libertarian-leaning
Republican decides to run. “I’m a big supporter of Rand Paul,” McConnell told the Lexington Herald-Leader. “We’ve developed a very tight relationship, and I’m for him.”Pressed by the ... MOREWill The Supreme Court Redeem Itself On ObamaCare?
by Damon Root. ObamaCare goes back on trial. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to rule on the Obamacare case King v. Burwell, which asks whether the text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act forbids the granting of tax credits to individuals who purchased insurance on health care exchanges operated by the federal government. ... MORE
Why Cops Can Seize Your Property Even If You're Innocent
by Erin Fuchs. In a Philadelphia suburb last year, cops seized the home of a couple who had never been charged with a crime. Their son had allegedly dealt heroin out of the house, and cops said the home could be seized because it was tied to illegal activities. Markela and Chris Sourovelis — who owned the house — said they had no knowledge ... MOREJed S. Rakoff: Why Innocent People Plead Guilty
And why does the system promote such? The criminal justice system in the United States today bears little relationship to what the Founding Fathers contemplated, what the movies and television portray, or what the average American believes. To the Founding Fathers, the critical element in the system was the jury trial, which served ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The FBI - America's Secret Police
Secret police. Secret courts. Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Intimidation tactics. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment schemes. These are the hallmarks of every authoritarian regime from the Roman Empire to modern-day America, yet it’s the secret police—tasked with silencing ... MOREDemocrats Turn On The REAL Enemy: Each Other
by J.D. Tuccille. Even before the Democratic
Party's...drubbing
(that seems to be the favored term this time around) in yesterday's
elections, the White House was already blaming its supposed allies
for the defeats that were (correctly) anticipated once voters
trooped to the polls. "Ultimately, you know, it's the quality of these candidates ... MOREDan Mitchell: How Washington Profits By Pillaging America
Why politicians love to shear the sheep. I’ve been banging the drum for years about Washington being a racket for the benefit of politicians, cronyists, bureaucrats, contractors, lobbyists, interest groups, and other insiders. I’ve written about horrific examples of bloated spending that line the pockets of the well connected. ... MORE
David Leonhardt: Football, The Newest Partisan Divide
Dismantling the gridiron. To the list of issues that divide the country along partisan lines, you can add an unusual item: football. Yes, virtually every slice of America still watches football in enormous numbers. But blue America — particularly the highly educated Democratic-leaning areas of major metropolitan areas — is ... MORECalifornia To Release All Non Violent Drug War Prisoners
by Kelsie Paige. Voters may room in prison for the violent. California just voted to release all their drug prisoners and will no longer allow felony convictions for drugs! Wow and Wow! Peace, Love and NeverGetBusted. California approved a major shift against mass incarceration on Tuesday in a vote that could lead to the ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: More Culture Wars?
Will the Republican victory make a difference? Because of the way the news business works, I am writing this column before the close of the polls in the so-called midterm elections, and hence as I write, I do not know their outcome. Will the Republicans or the Democrats control the U.S. Senate for the next two years? ... MOREIRS Rules Make Federal Government Primary Pot Profiteers
by Katie Kuntz. A 70% Tax? Voters in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., will decide Tuesday whether to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana. But any new pot shops that voters approve may not be able to survive a drug war-era tax code that already threatens many businesses in Colorado and Washington state. Under this tax code the federal ... MOREJoel Gehrke: Election Eve Dump - Eric Holder Releases Fast And Furious Documents That Got Him Cited for Contempt
Holder contempt vote vindicated? Justice Department officials provided House investigators with thousands of documents related to Operation Fast and Furious that President Obama had previously claimed were exempt from congressional review. In an “election eve dump,” as House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman ... MOREPot Legalization Spreads Through The West And Into D.C.
by Evan Halper. Joints, pot brownies, cannabis–dosed sodas and other marijuana products will soon be sold in retail shops to any adult who wants them throughout a large chunk of the West, after voters in Oregon and Alaska approved legalization measures Tuesday. And an initiative approved overwhelmingly by Washington, D.C., voters legalizes ... MOREMichael Zennie: Hillary Mocked By Rand Paul After Almost Every Democrat She Campaigned With LOST In Midterms
Hillary's inconvenient truth. Tuesday night's victory for the Republicans wasn't just a blow to President Barack Obama - it was also a knock on Hillary Clinton, who campaigned for almost all of the candidates who lost Democratic US Senate seats on Tuesday. And Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a likely challenger to Clinton in the 2016 presidential ... MORE
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)