Interesting, indeed. I cannot remember this section of the 25th Amendment. ====== WSJ 5/19/2017 By Brian C. Kalt Interest in Section 4 of the 25th Amendment is peaking. Multiple amateur constitutional scholars have advocated its use to remove President Trump from office, as an alternative to impeachment. But Section 4 is a tool for a different job. Its use under today’s circumstances has the... Read more
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Rod Rosenstein’s Justice – WSJ
May 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, The Left, US ConstitutionWhy isn’t the press talking about facts? ====== WSJ 5/11/2017 Nixon. Watergate. Tuesday night massacre. Coup. Dictator. Impeachment. Those are the words political elites are throwing around after President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, and that’s in the news stories. The meltdown reflects the temper of the times and hostility to Mr. Trump, but it also ignores the need to repair... Read more
The James Comey Show – WSJ
May 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Henninger, The Left, US ConstitutionYou would know none of this from the public, left-leaning press. =========== 5/11/2017 WSJ Daniel Henninger If you read nothing else while fighting through the maelstrom around President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, read the full text of Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein’s memorandum titled “Restoring Public Confidence in the FBI.” Mr. Rosenstein’s memo makes meticulously clear the short version... Read more
Robert Bork and the FISA Follies
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, US ConstitutionWSJ 3/7/2017 Robert Bork saw it all coming. Not, of course, today’s clash of recriminations, between a sitting Republican president who’s accused his Democratic predecessor of having tapped his phones even as the other side accuses this same Republican’s campaign team of having colluded with Moscow to steal the November election. For all his wisdom, the late judge and onetime Supreme Court... Read more
The Electoral College Is Anything But Outdated
November 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US ConstitutionA great article and worth everyone’s read. ============= WSJ 11/15/2016 By Larry P. Arnn The outrage from Hillary Clinton supporters came immediately: Donald Trump might have won the Electoral College, but he appears to have lost the popular vote. This was said to be a violation of democracy, one that defied the principle of “one man, one vote.” A Yale professor slandered the... Read more
