Author: BooMan

GOP to Ram Kavanaugh Down Our Throats

I am going to quote this Politico piece on the Republicans’ plan to ram Brett Kavanaugh down our throats at length because I think condensing it would lessen the impact. Senate Republicans are pressing ahead on confirming...

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Bipartisan Coalition May Elect Next Speaker

I don’t think too many people are thinking about this yet, but there’s an outcome to the midterm elections we can already assume. At least, we can assume it with much more confidence than we can predict whether the...

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Trump’s Pardon Power is Almost Useless

As a tool to obstruct justice, the presidential pardon power is highly overrated. The main advantage a president (or anyone else) has when he’s been involved in a criminal conspiracy is that the best witnesses against him...

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