Month: February 2020

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It’s Unanimous

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Every Democratic senator voted to convict Trump: Voting whether or not to remove a sitting President has been a truly difficult decision, and after listening to the arguments presented by both sides,

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Romney

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On February 5, 2020
Mitt Romney became the first senator in US history to vote to convict a president of his own party in an impeachment trial (This is somewhat misleading, as at least a dozen GOP senators were willing to pull the plug on Nixon, which is why he quit). Was this an opportunistic vote rather than a […]
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Gone baby gone

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On February 5, 2020
Over the last 48 hours I’ve gotten a strong sense that the odds of Trump refusing to leave office after losing the election are actually quite significant. I don’t want to put a number on it, other than to say I believe it’s roughly comparable to the odds of him winning (or “winning”) the election […]
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The Neoconfederate Judiciary

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On February 5, 2020
Ian Millhiser has a good, comprehensive study about the remarkable impact that Trump has had on the federal courts — not only has he named almost as many circuit court nominees as Obama did in two terms, his are somewhat more ideologically reliable and a lot younger. The impact of this is going to be […]
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