In the wake of last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing in which constitutional law scholars Pamela Karlan, Noah Feldman, and Michael Gerhardt offered testimony on the constitutional basis for Donald Trump’s impeachment, the Republicans didn’t have much of a counter argument. As we discussed at the time, they paraded out a Republican shill by the […]
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Yes, Ben Shapiro, Michigan voters actually do want “a president respected by Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau”
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, Ben Shapiro, case law, class warfare, Constitution, constitutional law, disrespect, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, founding fathers, FOX News, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, international relations, ivory tower, Joe Biden, Jonathan Turley, Justin Trudeau, Kellyanne Conway, laughing, laughing stock, Laura Ingraham, Michael Gerhardt, mocking, NATO, Noah Feldman, Pamela Karlan, political ads, respect, Sean Hannity, Supreme Court, Tucker Carlson 41 Comments
Who are our Electors who will choose our next President, what are the rules that constrain them, and how many are likely to go rogue against Trump?
Unless something truly remarkable happens, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. This, given the very real threat he poses to our nation, is incredibly distressing to many of us. And, with that in mind, it’s probably not surprising that quite a few very […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #HamiltonElectors, 2016, Alexander Hamilton, Baoky Vu, bound, Brian Fairbrother, Christopher Suprun, Civil War, clear and present danger, Constitution, Contentious Elector, coup, Donald Trump, election fraud, election tampering, electoral college, faithless Electors, founding fathers, Hank Fuhs, Henry Hatter, Hope College, hot mic, House of Representatives, InfoWars, Jack Holmes, James Madison, Jim Rhoades, John Haggard, John Jay, John Kasich, Joseph Guzman, Judy Rapanos, Kelly Mitchell, Ken Crider, Levi Guerra, Mary Vaughn, Michael Baca, Michael Banerian, Paul Ryan, Presidential politics, Publius, Ray v. Blair, Ross Ensign, Russia, Senate Intelligence Committee, The Apprentice, unbound, Vladimir Putin, Wickham Seelig, William Rauwerdink, Wyckham Seelig 17 Comments
Thank you, Mike Pence, for drawing my attention to Alexander Hamilton
In politics, as in business, it’s long been accepted practice to release bad news on Fridays in hopes of keeping media scrutiny to a minimum… And, I’m sure it was with this in mind that President-elect Donald Trump, this past Friday, released word that he’d agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to former students […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #HamiltonElectors, 1787, 1788, Alexander Hamilton, anti-gay people who are most likely gay, Brandon Victor Dixon, Broadway, checks and balances, Civil War, coal, Constitution, conversion therapy, corporate fascism, Dan Pfeiffer, David Frum, despotism, Donald Trump, electoral college, faithless Electors, fascism, FBI, founding fathers, fraud, gay rights, Hamilton, homophobia, immigration, James B. Comey, James Madison, Javier Muñoz, John Jay, Mike Pence, musicals, news, populism, Publius, reality, settlement, social media, Trump University, West Virginia 35 Comments