politics
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The Bigly Effective Executive Orders of President Trump
Feb 13, 2017(Comments: 0)February 13, 2017 (Fault Lines) – By February 13th of his presidency, Bush had only managed three executive orders. Obama, clearly determined to show Bush how to rule by decree, cranked out fourteen in the same... -
Founder of Fascism Forever a Pretty Good Pick
Feb 3, 2017(Comments: 2)February 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) — It really didn’t matter who Trump appointed. There was going to be some sort of knee-jerk opposition. And that opposition was going to be based more on how unfair it... -
Trump Exceeds His Plenary Immigration Authority
Jan 31, 2017(Comments: 5)January 31, 2017 (Fault Lines) — When I wrote in November that the president likely had the constitutional power to exclude Muslims from coming to the U.S., I included a number of caveats, describing circumstances where... -
Trump Has Bill Clinton To Thank For Broad Immigration Powers
Jan 31, 2017(Comments: 1)January 31, 2017 (Fault Lines) – The weekend headlines were awash with hyperbole. A U.S. Senator was brought to tears. Over the weekend, the ACLU raised $24 million, which is six times its yearly average. Foreign... -
How The Trump Resistance Can Learn To Stop Worrying And Love Federalism
Jan 24, 2017(Comments: 0)January 24, 2017 (Fault Lines) – The Trump presidency is about four days old at this point. That’s not too early for 2020 positioning to begin, and it’s not too late to write upon the mostly... -
Dennis Hastert’s Insane Attempt At Recovering Millions
Jan 24, 2017(Comments: 1)January 24, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Oral contracts, as the saying goes, aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. Oral contracts involving an exchange of money to stop allegations of sexual assault reaching the media are... -
Is Police Reform Over With AG Sessions? Only For Cowards
Jan 23, 2017(Comments: 5)January 23, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Donald Trump’s inauguration has prompted a great wailing and gnashing of teeth over the many ways the United States is about to become less great. Now, with Jeff Session’s confirmation... -
94 Sheriffs And Trump
Jan 18, 2017(Comments: 3)January 18, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the original 13 federal judicial districts and called for appointment of a Marshal for each district. The Senate confirmed President Washington’s nomination of the first... -
New Surveillance Rules Pit Law Enforcement vs. National Security
Jan 16, 2017(Comments: 1)January 16, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The Obama Administration released a new set of rules on how electronic surveillance data relating to United States citizens and residents can be shared between the National Security Agency (the... -
Hammers, Nails, and Cell Phones
Jan 12, 2017(Comments: 1)January 12, 2017 (Fault Lines) — There are two versions of a joke that goes: In America, there are two political parties, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. When the Stupid Party is in power,...