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7 Jan 2022, 3:00 am
National/Federal Bureau of Prisons Director to Resign After Scandal-Plagued Tenure During Pandemic MSN – Brian Pietsch and Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post) | Published: 1/6/2022 Michael Carvajal, the director of the U.S. [read post]
5 Jan 2022, 11:20 am
Perhaps more importantly, today GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (not to be confused with Prof. [read post]
4 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm
Invoking the historically dubious claim that a former official is not subject to conviction by impeachment, even senators like Mitch McConnell, who condemned Trump’s behavior, voted to acquit him.Where does that leave matters? [read post]
3 Jan 2022, 7:03 am
(Erwin Chemerinsky, The Los Angeles Times) Why the Supreme Court Needs (Short) Term Limits (Rosalind Dixon, The New York Times) Mitch McConnell’s un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court (Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post) The post The morning read for Monday, Jan. 3 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
30 Dec 2021, 9:03 pm
” Despite calls from Democrats for the Senate trial to begin immediately, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has stated that the trial will not begin until after the Senate reconvenes on January 19. [read post]
30 Dec 2021, 9:01 pm
Meanwhile, local prosecutors can make their own judgments about the former president’s criminal culpability.Ironically, the case for prosecuting Trump was raised last February by none other than Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. [read post]
30 Dec 2021, 6:44 pm
“Mitch McConnell’s un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 9:18 am
Mitch gonna Mitch.Even so, McConnell did reportedly make another surprisingly positive decision yesterday, which was to tell/beg his fellow Senate Republicans not to go along with Trump's attempt to use the January 6 ceremonial congressional counting of votes as a last stand. [read post]
27 Dec 2021, 5:17 pm
Last year, I wrote about the prosecution of Howard Weiss for sending eight e-mails to Senator Mitch McConnell, and Judge Charles Breyer's conclusion that the e-mails didn't fall within the "true threats" exception to the First Amendment. [read post]
27 Dec 2021, 5:04 am
” If he did, the Republicans would be the majority party and Mitch McConnell the senate leader. [read post]
22 Dec 2021, 10:37 am
When one considers that Mitch McConnell could not single-handedly have stolen a Supreme Court seat -- he needed all of his caucus to fall in line and stand together against every historical norm, as well as against decency itself -- we know that this is not a small cabal at work. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 5:20 pm
“McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe; Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says Democratic outrage over Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to sweeping policy bills shows he is not welcome in his party any longer. [read post]
14 Dec 2021, 1:26 pm
Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell want money to help the folk in Kentucky but fight against aid to other states. [read post]
11 Dec 2021, 4:42 am
Roosevelt admits that nominations, in the scheme of things, are the product of “a combination of pure luck and partisan hardball,” the latter meaning Mitch McConnell’s disgraceful, if lawful for no better reason than lack of remedy, refusal to allow Merrick Garland’s nomination to be considered. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 9:54 pm
Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has made general statements about seeking “parity” for defense spending with the increases on the domestic side – likely boosting the former by trimming the latter – Republicans reportedly have been making little effort to specify what sort of shifts they desire. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 2:41 pm
But for those sensing the urgency of this moment and looking for guidance about how to address Mitch McConnell’s successful court packing efforts, the report does not deliver. [read post]
8 Dec 2021, 5:08 am
In response to the “sudden” interest in the constitution of the Supreme Court, a plethora of reforms were demanded to “fix” the “imbalance” of three Trump justices, one of whom got the gig because then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell successfully gamed the confirmation process to disgracefully ghost Merrick Garland’s nomination, and the other two because of otherwise ordinary openings by retirement and death. [read post]
23 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm
And reportedly, Senator McConnell met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week to discuss a process that would allow Democrats to go forward via reconciliation without the usual procedural hurdles.Democrats Should Accept McConnell’s OfferWill that happen? [read post]
18 Nov 2021, 3:02 pm
Then again, Mitch McConnell might just want to thwart anything on Biden's agenda. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm
Give Mitch McConnell even a one-vote edge, and nothing good for Democrats will ever happen again in the U.S. [read post]
