Nature of our partisan battles
What can we make of the latest constitutional crisis? Most prominently, it is a grudge match. Democrats on one side …
Tag Archives: Supreme Court
Reproductive rights and the Supreme Court
Yet we appear to have lost our confidence that efforts to compromise questions like reproductive rights can ever result in even partial agreement. At that point, the only acceptable settlement is divorce.
Does Brett Kavanaugh bear the burden of proof?
The latest issue we have in front of us is whether Christine Ford or Brett Kavanaugh bears the burden of …
Anonymous accusations
None of these accusers or bandwagon jumpers want Kavanaugh to defend himself. They want him to ruin him. We say we want the truth, but rumors have no bearing on the truth. If you want privacy, do not accuse. If you want truth, attach your name to it.
Supreme Court and electoral politics
No man worthy of the office of President should be willing to hold it if counted in or placed there …
Donald Trump’s claim that the presidential election is rigged
In that sense, Trump’s claim that the election is rigged merely extends Elizabeth Warren’s charge that the system is rigged. Both politicians weave their accusations from the same thread.
The Jeffersonian 