For a couple of months, as Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) openly considered a Senate campaign next year, there were many reports about Harris meeting with Karl Rove about the race. No one was sure, however, whether Rove was offering encouraging words of support or advising her to steer clear of the campaign. Looking back, it […]
We’ve been waiting for a Supreme Court retirement, but it turns out, we were watching the wrong justice. Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman Supreme Court justice and a decisive swing vote for a quarter-century on virtually all the major legal issues of our time, announced her resignation today. Because she is a moderate, her […]
The criticisms of the Supreme Court’s Kelo vs. New London ruling have been loud and constant since it was issued eight days ago, particularly from the right. Indeed, the disapproval prompted Congress to take steps to restrict the government’s eminent domain powers. The House voted yesterday to use the spending power of Congress to undermine […]
The Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled an 18-point agenda this week, and it sounds like they’re largely on the right track. The Progressive Caucus on Tuesday night unveiled its agenda for the 109th Congress, including few surprises in an outline ranging from plans to end the Iraq war to universal health care, in its attempt to […]
I intentionally avoid talking about impeaching Bush, not because the idea lacks merit, but because it’s just too implausible for me to even consider. The Republican majority in Congress, short of video footage showing the president selling military secrets to Osama bin Laden, would simply never consider it. With this in mind, I try not […]