It’s been an interesting week for attempts to change the Constitution. The House passed a measure to undermine the First Amendment for the first time by approving an amendment to ban flag “desecration.” Also this week, we talked about a proposed amendment that would allow presidents to seek as many terms as they wish. Indeed, […]
Guest Post by Morbo The Supreme Court is expected to hand down two rulings on Monday dealing with government displays of the Ten Commandments. Based on what I have read about the oral arguments in these cases, I’m not optimistic that the justices will strike down the displays — one from Texas and one from […]
Guest Post by Morbo Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s voucher program, ruling that the plan, limited to the city of Cleveland, does not violate the separation of church and state even though most of the private schools taking part are religious in nature. Because that case drew so much national attention, […]
Guest Post by Morbo Believe it or not, but there is a politician in America less popular than George W. Bush. His name is Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s governor of California. As the Carpetbagger noted on Wednesday, the latest Field poll is in, and the news is not good for the amazing steroid statesman: 37 percent […]
Guest Post by Morbo Imagine how the Religious Right would react if a Democratic member of the House got up and called all Republicans a bunch of zombie-like, snake-handling religious fanatics. They would be outraged, right? So why is it okay for a guy like U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.) to get up and accuse […]
Guest Post by Morbo I realize that The New York Times editorial page must hire conservatives for the sake of balance, but couldn’t the editors get someone less embarrassing than John Tierney? Tierney is yet another of what I, in a previous post, referred to as the “strapping capitalist lads” (SCLs), rock-ribbed libertarians still salivating […]
Bush visited the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant this week to deliver a speech on — you guessed it — nuclear power. And while the president says odd things fairly frequently, there was one exchange that seemed particularly interesting. Bush: I appreciate the Secretary of Energy joining me today. He’s a good man, he knows […]
The president hosted yet another Social Security event yesterday, and as is always the case, it was held exclusively for pre-screened sycophants. Yesterday’s gathering in a Maryland suburb, just outside DC, however, was slightly better in that the number of protestors rivaled the number of toadies. And what were they protesting? A policy that doesn’t […]
How sure is the White House that there will soon be a vacancy on the Supreme Court? Bush staffers have already started interviewing potential nominees. A small group of senior White House and administration officials has quietly interviewed some of the top candidates for any Supreme Court vacancy, said Republican sources with close ties to […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Lawmakers in New Jersey overwhelmingly approved a measure to move the state’s primary from June to February. With both chambers in Trenton supporting the measure, the bill goes to Gov. Richard Codey […]