DALLAS (CBS11) – The family of a woman convicted of voter fraud is speaking out after a Tarrant County jury sentenced her to eight years in prison.Source: Mexican Citizen Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Voter Fraud In TX...
The first weeks of the Trump presidency have brought as much focus on the White House’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, as on the new president himself.Source: What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read...
Six days ago, it looked like Betsy DeVos was going to be the first political casualty of the Trump Administration. Two Republican Senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — had just announced their opposition to her confirmation as Secretary of Education.Source: The Betsy DeVos confirmation vote shows that Mitch McConnell knows exactly what he’s doing...
Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS feed ∙ Download ∙ Play in another tabSlate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. This conversation really began in December of last year when Brian posed a question to Evan McMullin on Twitter. Now Brian and Evan sit down to continue it.Source: Evan McMullin Is Standing Up for Our Republic...
It’s Supreme Court prediction season with Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to fill the late Antonin Scalia’s seat by President Trump (Or by whomever he outsourced the job. I’m looking at you Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation).Source: Neil Gorsuch Understands Campaign Finance – And That’s The Problem...
Just about two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has already surprised Democrats and Republicans alike by doing one simple thing: Following through on his campaign promises. It is enraging Democrats and shocking Republicans.Source: Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would Do...
In Washington, D.C., the cognoscenti confidently predict that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be easily confirmed. But both supporters and opponents are chastened by the predictors' embarrassingly wrong prognostications over the past year.Source: Senate Democrats In Political Quagmire Over Supreme Court Nomination...
Legislation to require proof of U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in Virginia elections passed the Republican-controlled House of Delegates on Wednesday on a 64-33 vote along party lines.Source: Virginia House passes bill to require proof of citizenship to vote in state, local elections...
On January 28, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order that imposes an extra layer of ethics obligations on presidentially appointed members of the White House and Executive Branch.Source: Trump Ethics Order Loosens Hiring Rules, but Tightens Post-Employment Restrictions...
In his farewell address to the nation, then-President Barack Obama called for an end to partisan gerrymandering, saying that congressional districts should be drawn “to cater to common sense and not rigid extremes.Source: We have a standard for judging partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court should use it....
