Senate Democrats revved up their Supreme Court message machine on Wednesday, orchestrating back-to-back hits on President Donald Trump’s nominee — even as their leader declined to predict a successful filibuster of conservative Judge Neil Gorsuch. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.Source: Democrats step up anti-Gorsuch efforts amid liberal pressure...
Prominent Republicans across the country are breathing a sigh of relief that President Donald Trump has so far not aggressively pursued his pledge for a “major investigation” into his allegations of widespread voter fraud that he claims robbed him the popular vote.Source: Republicans relieved Trump eased up on voter fraud claims...
Norm Eisen, Barack Obama’s White House ethics czar, was such a stickler for enforcing the rules that even some colleagues privately expressed relief when he traipsed off to Prague for an ambassadorship. Now, people can’t get enough of him.Source: Ethics Watchdogs Make a Career of It...
Source: Trump’s bumper sticker budget won’t play well with Congress...
New York, NY (March 14, 2017) – Today, Demos released a new report entitled Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly from Supreme Court Rulings.Source: New Report Quantifies Supreme Court's Impact on 2016 Election Spending...
White House counsel Don McGahn has assembled a team of elite lawyers with the state goal of leading Trump Administration efforts to roll back regulatory powers across the U.S. government.Source: President Trump's Lawyers Plan a White House Legal Attack on Federal Agency Power...
Last spring, as he laid the groundwork for his gubernatorial run, Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa announced the formation of a super PAC he said would “harness the compassion and power” of Californians to fight back against anti-immigrant policies and then-Republican presidential candidate DonaldSource: Super PAC didn’t derail Trump, but it did boost Villaraigosa’s governor bid...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee brought in more money this February than they have in any other previous February, continuing a record-breaking fundraising pace that is keeping up with Republicans and their own unprecedented totals.Source: House Democrats On Record-Breaking Fundraising Pace...
President Trump’s vow to “destroy” the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which restricts nonprofits like churches or charities from engaging in any political speech, is a good idea. Despite some hysterical reactions, the truth is that, as it stands, the Johnson Amendment is horribly written.Source: Trump is Right: Destroy The Johnson Amendment...
One of the major threats to free speech today is not censorship. It’s harassment. Here’s how it works. People join or give money to groups that support causes they believe in. Those groups attract the ire of government officials when they criticize them or take a position they oppose.Source: Gorsuch Understands How Bureaucratic Bullies Harm First Amendment Rights...
