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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 01/09/2015
Like so many others, I have been following coverage of the terrorist attack on the staff of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.There are many striking aspects to the event, but the one I want to write...
View ArticleFederal judge finds that Texas must issue drivers licenses to deferred action...
No doubt you have all heard about the injunction against the Obama administration's deferred action directive regarding undocumented aliens issued by a Brownsville, Texas federal district judge.While...
View ArticleSCOTUS ACA Decision Omits Discussion, Analysis of Standing
Nowhere in the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell is there any discussion, analysis, reference, or mention of any kind, as to whether the petitioners even had standing to bring the case.I find...
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Walking Out of The Woods
The next chapter of my life. Today I feel as if I walked out of dark forest, filled with harsh winds and crashing rocks. Where, suddenly, I'm standing here, outside the forest. With Aileen by my side,...
View ArticleWhy do the pipeline protesters at Standing Rock outnumber Democratic campaign...
Even during this lull in the pipeline construction action, there are an estimated 4000 to 7000 water protectors camped out in the middle of nowhere, North Dakota protecting the Missouri River from...
View ArticleMN Democrats Back Standing Rock Water Protectors!
Last night the Outreach and Inclusion Committee of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party passes this resolution of support for the Standing Rock Tribe and water protectors:"The DFL Outreach and...
View ArticleStanding Rock is Staging Ground for Civil Rights
Counting Coup (above photo)The fight at Standing Rock has become the proving ground for an even larger problem in the United States. It is a fight between the will of our citizens and native Americans...
View ArticleViolating the Constitution on Day One
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take the oath of office and become the 45th president of the United States. That oath states:I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the...
View ArticleStanding Rock Sioux Tribal Council Urges Shutdown of All Protest Camps Near...
Yesterday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe made the following announcement on their Facebook web page:For Immediate Release. 1-21-17The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is grateful to all who have stood with us...
View ArticlePlease Share: Our NoDAPL TV Spot Hits Hard and Exposes Hypocrisy
xYouTube VideoTo our netroots relatives:We want you to know that, despite the raids clearing the frontline camps, our movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t over by a long shot. Oil has not...
View Articlewho has standing ?
Yesterday in a major ruling the Supreme Court allows Trump to build his border wall because the plaintiffs do not have standing.Before that the Appeals Court rejects the Emoluments case because the...
View Article1974: “The System Worked”—2019: ?
Forty-five years ago, when the Watergate scandal had led at last to President Nixon’s resigning from the presidency, rather than face certain impeachment and removal from office, it was said by many,...
View ArticleThe DC Circuit Will Not Compel Former White House Counsel Don McGahn to...
In a 2-1 Decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the Federal Courts will not compel former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in front of...
View ArticleWrong, Senator Hawley ! One of these is not like the others - 2020 =/= 2004...
Senator Josh Hawley has tried to justify signing onto a written objection to the electoral college vote count by tweeting that it is just like what happened in 2004 and in 2016. I don’t believe that he...
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Garland, Biden, Standing and the Texan Anti-Abortion Law
Attorney General Garland is clearly not a politician, or he never would have advanced a statement that included a weak sounding warning that the State of Texas is “not to go too far “ in relation to...
View ArticleAbortion and Women's Personage -A Zero-Sum Game: Women Lose
Despite a claim by Fox News that the final version of the impending Supreme Court decision regarding abortion is dropping on May 23, that move is likely still weeks or months away. Rumor aside, only...
View ArticleThe Fox News/Dominion Suit and the Issue of “Standing”
[This piece will be running as an op-ed in newspapers in my very red congressional district in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and Lynchburg.]*******************************The legal idea of “standing”...
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Standing Was Never an Issue in 303 Creative v. Elenis. It was Decided,...
Lorie Smith petitioned the Supreme Court not to allow Colorado to force her to create websites for gay marriages. It turns out that a customer request was fake. That discovery has let loose fury here...
View ArticleTrump knew- (1) told by his people (2) told by Rs in state government (3)...
UPDATE: Sunday, Aug 27, 2023 · 1:12:22 AM +00:00·DemFixed some grammar/usage errors. It's not necessary to show that Trump knew that he lost for him to be convicted of some of his charges as several...
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