Damian Eads

Well, if SCOTUS uses that argument, will they do the same with corporate personhood? Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railway Corp (1886)

Thanks for sharing! It is a privilege to hear your story.

I like the idea. However, cable TV subscriptions are declining and people are subscribing to individual content creators ranging from crackpot to genuine expert. Perhaps a West Wing redo on streaming.

The same tactics are used by both parties to stall undesirable nominees. If one party eliminates any particular tactic, they must handle the consequences when the control shifts to another party. Over time, this results in more confirmations of persons without broad bipartisan support.

The House usually holds 15 minute votes with electronic key cards. The Senate usually holds a 2 hour+ roll call vote by voice. Stalling tactics prolong the actual floor time - 2 hrs for a quorum call, 2 hrs for motion to proceed to executive session, 2 hrs for cloture, and 2 hours for final vote.

Posts Purporting to Name US Presidents Before Biden Who Pardoned Family Members Aren't Entirely True In defense of Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, several people on the internet cited examples of former presidents who'd pardoned family members.

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A source for (1)

1. The claims about Carter & Bush pardons have been debunked.

2. Clinton & Trump issued pardons for specific crimes. Roger Clinton and Charles Kushner both actually served some time.

3. Biden gave a blanket pardon for all activity from 2014-2024 - the first blanket pardon since Ford's of Nixon.

Such hard R states seem to stomach better D state officials who are local and they trust than giving national Dems any more power than they already hold.

Beshear winning a Senate seat seems like an uphill battle. Aside from Tester in Montana, hard red states seem to consistently elect R senators in recent years.

The decades-long switchover after R's Southern Strategy came to a close w/ the departure of Daschle, Chaffee, Byrd, Cleland, Hollings, etc

Very cool stuff!

Which body enforces the 22nd amendment after Trump v Anderson (2024)? Do they wait until the counting of electoral votes? Good luck with that.

Not sure the House could get 2/3rds behind squashing a dubious, partisan pardon.

If we are already amending the constitution to rein in pardons, we could start by banning self-pardons, banning pardons for future crimes, and requiring the pardon target a conviction rather than a blanket pardon.

The name seems a lot more interesting than the oil poem, and also less depressing than the column on life expectancy

Yep, hate this. Sometimes there is a "skip the recipe button" and then usually I click "print".

2/6 If you could meet everyone on the planet, you would only have a quarter of a second with each person without any breaks. Zero opportunity is lost when blocking trolls.

House GOP leadership announces new rules package raising motion to vacate threshold | CNN Politics House Republicans announced Wednesday night an agreement to raise the threshold to invoke a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair, in exchange for amendment changes.

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Plans are in the works to increase the threshold for a motion to vacate the chair to any 9 members.

Yes, but he may be even worse: growing up as a Kennedy affords one the best tutors and education money can buy.

DEI for spoiled C students

My guess she has not thought through when someone else's freedom of speech is contrary to her religion.

My first tweet in 2011 was "When I'm not coding, I'm tweeting.'