On Wednesday (1/1/17), the US House of Representatives voted to kill the “stream protection rule” regulation by a vote of 228-194. The “stream protection rule” was signed into effect by the Obama administration on December 16, 2016. The rule, in simple terms, ensures that coal mining companies don’t dump mining debris into local streams and … [Read more...]
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Upcoming Supreme Court Term Could Prove Momentous
On Election Night 2016, Republicans came home for Donald Trump. After nearly a year of expressing disgust and dismay at Trump's rise to prominence, Republicans – both ordinary voters and party elites – swallowed their reservations and came out en masse for their nominee. Why did they do it? And why have Congressional Republicans stayed so loyal … [Read more...]
The States Defying Their Demographic Destinies
(Photo Credit: Susan Ruggles, CC 2.0) As American Legal News discussed in a previous story, American politics has become sharply divided along demographic lines. Speaking very broadly, the Republican Party dominates with white voters without college degrees, while Democrats rely heavily on voters of color and voters who have graduated from … [Read more...]
Roberts Court Could Expand Gun Rights as Remington Asks Court to Hear Sandy Hook Appeal
While the nation overwhelmingly supports stricter gun laws, not so the Supreme Court, especially since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last September seals the fifth vote necessary to expand Second Amendment Rights. The Court has avoided gun rights cases since it issued a pair of landmark decisions, District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Michael Cohen
(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) For years, Michael Cohen was referred to in press reports as “Donald Trump's personal lawyer.” However, Cohen never really performed the tasks traditionally associated with attorneys – it's rather difficult to imagine Cohen spending long nights in document review or taking depositions. Instead, Cohen was a … [Read more...]
Colorado Democrats Push Ambitious Agenda in 2019 Legislative Session
The state of Colorado received a fair bit of national attention during the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats did well in the state, successfully flipping a Republican-held Congressional seat in suburban Denver they had been chasing for the better part of a decade. And Jared Polis became the first openly gay person to be elected as the governor of … [Read more...]
Michigan to Set PFAS Standards for Public Water
Sen. Gretchen Whitmer speaking at the Panel of Distinguished Women Elected Leaders hosted by the Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP) and the Ford School’s Graduate Career Services. (CC BY-ND 4.) Fed up with the snail’s pace at which the federal government is moving to set standards on PFAS, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered the … [Read more...]
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ 2020 Citizenship Question Blocked by Federal Judges
Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner, and his wife, Assistant to the President Ivanka Trump, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus are seen as they arrive with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to the Murabba Palace as honored guests of King … [Read more...]
Government Shutdown Keeps Migrants in U.S. Longer
President Trump’s standoff with Democratic leaders over the border wall continues to drag on, with no indication that an agreement to end the federal government shutdown is within reach. Many believe the shutdown could go on until mid-January, if not longer. Irony and Contradiction What has many people shaking their heads (more often than … [Read more...]
Republicans Move to Subvert Will of Voters
Lame Duck Republicans Across Country Work to Weaken Victorious Democrats Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan and elsewhere in the country have responded to stinging electoral defeats by using lame duck legislative sessions to preemptively weaken the statewide posts Democrats won, leveraging their heavily gerrymandered advantages in the … [Read more...]
