No John Yoo, the Framers Didn’t Establish an Election Year Limit on Impeachment
John Yoo is a professor of law at University of California at Berkeley. Remind me never to recommend anyone go there. In a recent Fox News appearance, he tells Laura Ingraham that the framers of the Constitution would never have wanted a president to be impeached in an election year. Watch: Fox guest John Yoo…
Read MoreTo Christian Counselors, Mike Pompeo Lauds the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policies While Kurds Die
Today, in Nashville at a conference hosted by Tim Clinton (aka the American Association of Christian Counselors), Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lauded the foreign policy of the Trump Administration. His glowing praise comes amid Congressional testimony from former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and worsening atrocities involving the Kurds and Syrian Christians. Calling America a…
Read MoreIs the Constitution Unconstitutional?
Yesterday, Donald Trump’s White House Counsel told the House of Representatives that the White House would not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry in any way. The letter began: I write on behalf of President Donald J. Trump in response to your numerous, legally unsupported demands made as part of what you have labeled contrary to…
Read MoreWhile the Kurds Fear, Donald Trump Revels in His “Great and Unmatched Wisdom”
There is no bottom. Maybe this will be the 25th Amendment moment. Congressional Republicans and evangelicals are all up in arms about Donald Trump’s decision to leave Northern Syria wide open for Turkish forces to engage the Kurds. Even though the Kurds fought with us against ISIS, Turkey views them as terrorists and wants to…
Read MoreGeorge Washington Warned About “the Party Spirit” and Foreign Influence
Given the fact that a sizable number of citizens can’t identify what is wrong with Donald Trump’s appeal to foreign governments for election interference and the accompanying impotence of Republican office holders to condemn it, I want to rehearse George Washington’s words about party affiliation and foreign influence. Here is Washington from his farewell address…
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