Republican senators shirked their Constitutional duty by denying, for nearly a year, even a hearing to Merrick Garland, President Obama’s pick for this Supreme Court seat. They should not now be rewarded by getting to seat their own Supreme Court judge — not Gorsuch, nor any other.
With Christian care, and American generosity, church members help settle a Syrian refugee family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. And like so many that are resisting the harsh Trump agenda, they have been calling their members of Congress.
By taking office Donald Trump heads for impeachment. His refusal to divest his businesses puts him on a “collision course with the Emoluments Clause.”
(Analysis.) “All politics is moral,” writes cognitive scientist and author George Lakoff. For years he has counseled Democrats on winning hearts and minds from the dishonest, but effective, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh-style Republican propaganda. [S]tart with values, not policies…
Fair and reliable elections, an informed citizenry, wide participation in governance — these are cornerstones of democracy. But the recent election in the U.S.A. has pointed out serious cracks in those cornerstones. …