by James Fite | Apr 12, 2022 | Articles, Biden Administration
President Joe Biden announced another nominee to lead the ATF Monday, April 11: former US attorney Steve Dettelbach. Will the president’s latest pick become the top cop for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – or will Obama’s single successful...
by Leesa K. Donner | Oct 14, 2020 | Articles, Law, Politics, Social Issues
Pick a cliché: “Cool as a cucumber” or “She came to play.” And perhaps the idiom that best fits the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings of Amy Coney Barrett is “It’s all over but the shouting.” Democrats know this, and so do the Republicans. However, that hasn’t...
by Mark Angelides | Apr 23, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Politics
Every single week there are changes in how the American people see their political system. Whether President Trump’s approval ratings are going up or down, if House Democrats are more or less unpopular than Republicans, these views are flighty, oft-changing, and on...
by Mark Angelides | Mar 19, 2019 | Articles, Politics
Every single week there are changes in how the American people see their political system. Whether President Trump’s approval ratings are going up or down, if House Democrats are more or less unpopular than Republicans, these views are flighty, oft-changing, and on...
by Graham J Noble | Dec 8, 2018 | Articles, Law, Politics, The Constitution, The Left
It was inevitable that Democrats would object to whoever President Donald Trump nominated to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general. William Barr will be that nominee and, if confirmed by the Senate, would be assuming the position at the head of the Department of...