by Mark Angelides | Jan 17, 2021 | Articles, Politics, The Left
The Joe Biden transition team has announced a raft of Executive Orders that the new president will sign during his first days in office. From mask mandates to climate change, Biden appears determined to enact as much of his platform (and more) as possible through...
by Andrew Moran | Jan 17, 2021 | Articles, Law, Politics, The Constitution, The Left
Ever since scores of protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Democratic lawmakers have been gathering a list of tools to wield against President Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues. Many Democrats and their allies in the establishment press had already accused...
by Graham J Noble | Jan 15, 2021 | Articles, Law, Politics, The Constitution, The Left, Trump Administration
Impeaching President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives – again – was the easy part. Democrats even found ten Republicans to go along with the vote. Convicting Trump in the Senate, though, and perhaps even convening a Senate trial, will be considerably more...
by James Fite | Jan 13, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Law, Politics, Social Issues, The Constitution
The men and women of the 117th Congress started breaking records the moment they were sworn in, and they aren’t letting up. This Congress – much like the last – has more members who are women, black, Latino, or who identify as LGBTQ than any that came before. Now, the...
by Laura Valkovic | Jan 11, 2021 | Columns, Good Reads, Privacy & Tech
This is the first part of a two-part series looking at the digital purge of President Trump and his supporters following the protest at Congress. Was it a direct result of the storming of Congress, or was it an inevitable crackdown once Donald Trump’s bid for a...