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“Textualism means you are governed by the text,” the doctrine’s chief proponent, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, explained in 2012. “Not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that.” To Scalia, the legislative Continue reading The Supreme Court Sounds Eager to Break the Government for Good
Giving up control of the House would allow them to at least plead powerlessness. They could return to a defensive posture, accusing Biden and the Democrats of reckless spending, and wash their hands of any deal that funds the government Continue reading House Republicans Only Have One Way out of Their Government Funding Debacle
The solution? Reverse course on a party maxim to oust Trump from the public consciousness, according to Democratic leadership, who no longer feel that ignoring the real estate mogul is an effective tactic and instead are quietly hoping for live Continue reading It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Republican Government Shutdown
House Republicans are trying to wrap up their impeachment effort against Joe Biden by January, a move that could disrupt attempts to avert a government shutdown. Republicans have sought for months to prove that the president is guilty of influence Continue reading Why House Republicans Aren’t Going to Fund the Government
“Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator,” De Niro warned. “And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.” De Niro has never shied away from condemning Trump and his actions. Over the years, he has called the Continue reading Donald Trump Praises Hezbollah, Criticizes Israeli Government in Wake of Attacks
There are some good reasons why most policymakers have concrete plans to phase out coal power plants but take only occasional, haphazard steps to limit the growth in the number of farmed animals. Meat, milk, and eggs can be an Continue reading No, the Government Isn’t Coming for Your Burger—but Maybe It Should Be
“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA has worked to modernize, strengthen, and expand the reach of WIC to improve health outcomes for moms, babies, and young children, which has resulted in increased enrollment, but less unexpended funding,” the spokesperson told me. Continue reading Poor Women and Kids Could Bear the Brunt of a Government Shutdown
The problem is that that’s not how the system works. And I don’t mean the business as usual “swamp” that pols habitually decry—I’m talking about the Constitution, which these self-proclaimed “constitutional conservatives” claim to revere. At the risk of regurgitating Continue reading The Right Doesn’t Understand How Our Constitutional Government Works
Here’s just one charge from the indictment. Luft was working for a think tank. In the summer of 2015, it is alleged, a Chinese national who was the head of something called the China Energy Fund Committee, or CEFC, approached Continue reading New GOP Low: Shutting Down the Government to Save Donald Trump
Blowing up the government is a standard Republican talking point. And not just a talking point; the headlong rush to a government shutdown has been embraced by a number of House radical Republicans, who are driving the strategy—believing, against all Continue reading GOP Prez Wannabes’ Plans for Government: Dangerous—and Really
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