WSJ Editorial Board – 10/3/2019 The impeachment process is barely underway and already some constitutional norms are being trampled without a note of media notice or political concern. To wit, can a whistleblower inside the intelligence bureaucracy override a President’s right to executive privilege merely with an accusation?
A country cannot count its own citizens? You have to be kidding! https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-put-citizenship-back-in-the-census-11562264430?mod=hp_opin_pos3 The Trump administration said Wednesday it will attempt to add a citizenship question on the 2020 census while complying with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York. Five justices held that the Census Act allows the question, but a separate five-justice majority found the rulemaking... Read more
Trent England is executive vice president and the David and Ann Brown Distinguished Fellow at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, where he also directs the Save Our States project. He earned his B.A. in government from Claremont McKenna College and his J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law. He previously served as executive vice president of... Read more
Let elected officials govern. ===== WSJ 1/25/2019 Another week, another liberal court injunction against the Trump Administration. This month a federal judge blocked the Commerce Department from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. At issue is whether the President and his appointees control the government bureaucracy or the other way around. Liberals cheered when Obama officials invoked executive discretion to... Read more
Good analysis to help understand just how the FBI is designed to fit into “judicial reviews”. ========= WSJ 10/2/2018 By David B. Rivkin and Kristi Remington The bipartisan bonhomie occasioned by the reopening of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s background investigation dissipated quickly. By the weekend, Senate Democrats—who had demanded the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—were challenging its credibility, objecting to its scope and... Read more
Much about which I disagree with Mr. Dershowitz, but I give him much credit for this piece. ====== WSJ 10/1/2018 Alan Dershowitz Until Judge Brett Kavanaugh was accused of horrible crimes—sexual assault, lewd conduct and even gang rape—his confirmation hearings could fairly, if not entirely accurately, be characterized as a “job interview.” The burden was on him to demonstrate his suitability to serve... Read more
