The Stakes of Trump’s Executive Branch Shake-Up
The Constitution vs. the administrative state.
The Constitution vs. the administrative state.
The move signals an overdue rebalancing of government.
The always political Merrick Garland outsmarted himself, so Judiciary Committee Democrats lack the ammo needed to challenge the FBI nominee’s appointment.
The ostensible breakthrough in Chinese AI may be more a function of mundane theft than techno-wizardry. But we should get the facts.
It would probably take a constitutional amendment — or, at a minimum, congressional legislation.
The outgoing Biden-Harris administration and its AG continue to play a political game with capital punishment.
And the media were ready to amplify the proclamation that Trump ‘would have been convicted.
This is an outrageous maneuver by a federal prosecutor.
Whether the bureau designates an Islamist attack “terrorism” depends on a dubious judgment that it was inspired by “false” Islamic teaching.
The president-elect campaigned against the nonenforcement policies of progressive prosecutors such as Bragg.
Technically, it’s unlikely they committed defamation, but they deserve the rebukes they’re getting.
If our enemies are going to keep warring with each other, let them.
My hope is that common sense prevails.
The Constitution’s pardon power is a vestige of a bygone time.
It’s not Kash Patel’s schtick that puts them in jeopardy. It’s that they took their shot at Trump, missed, and now have to worry about the oldest rule in politics.
The president could try to head off a new investigation of influence-peddling by granting participants the same sort of expansive pardon he gave Hunter.
Winning was his retribution.
A judge has granted Jack Smith’s request to dismiss the 2020 election-interference case against Trump.
Bondi is going to be confirmed. She is going to be the attorney general. That’s when her real challenges start.
Before diving into another fiasco reminiscent of the Matt Gaetz nomination, he and his transition team need to think this through carefully.
Two months before inauguration, the president-elect likely prefers a suspension over an appeal.
Is the president-elect being played?
Justice Department prosecutors are mere delegates, permitted to exercise the president’s power at the president’s pleasure.
He has a good chance of getting the case reversed on appeal — but he can’t appeal until after Judge Merchan sentences him.
What will Judge Merchan do this week?
The attacks in Amsterdam were blood-boiling but not surprising.
Hopefully, the feds’ example will influence the progressive Democratic state prosecutors to stand down.
Biden should pardon Trump, as he (inevitably) pardons his son.
While I maintain faith in our system, there are danger signs.
Would Democrats use Jack Smith’s case as a trigger for invoking the insurrection disqualification at a joint session of Congress?