“This country requires such an institutionalized and legitimate judiciary body at the highest level to interpret our Constitution; nothing would get done in its absence. Still, things don’t have to be the way they are simply because that’s the way they’ve been.”
Read More“No matter this discourse, Democrats have good reason to feel confident about how the party will perform in November…but they’re forgetting an important part of the ballot that doesn’t involve elected officials at all.”
“It’s possible we will never fully know what did or didn’t happen that night in 1982. And regardless of the outcome, the country is already broken.”
Read More“Though the legislative body has a less than 20 percent approval rating with its constituents, it has consistently excelled at one thing: making it exceedingly difficult for North Carolina’s minority, student, and elderly populations to vote.”
Read More“Both men believe they are what is right for Texas, but their definition of what is right couldn’t be more different.”
Read More“When we look at the data and talk to those minority students, we hear a different story. The current system at UNC is not only frustrating for minority students, but also downright inequitable. This discrepancy between what we see and what is cannot continue.”
Read More“In no uncertain terms, Bolton single-handedly and antagonistically reversed the Obama administration’s ICC policy, which aimed to generally comply with the functions of the Court.”
Read More“The news cycle, which for the past few months has centered around the Supreme Court confirmation hearings and the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, has been dramatic and disquieting. It has also been eerily familiar. Congress was tested in a nearly identical way almost thirty years ago. It failed miserably.”
Read More“Boys will be boys, however, and White House officials remain confident about Kavanaugh’s confirmation. So do I.”
Read More“If there are certain policy arenas – such as Confederate monuments, LGBTQ rights, and even zoning – where different communities clearly feel differently, we must let those communities decide on those issues.”
Read More“There are not two winners here. I know not many incidents where there are two winners in Washington.”
Read More“For Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, these hearings were not about examining Kavanaugh’s qualifications; they were about building their own personal reputations and becoming the faces of the Democratic Party.”
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