Will Trump Pursue Bonkers Plan to Adjourn Both Houses of Congress? [REVISED]
I’ve been hearing of a crazy plan in which Donald Trump would exercise his authority to adjourn both Houses of Congress so that he could recess-appoint his Cabinet officials.
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 13
Days after Ronald Reagan has defeated Jimmy Carter in his bid for re-election and after Republicans have won control of the incoming Senate, President Carter nominates Stephen G. Breyer, then ...
Trump Prepares a Pentagon Plucking Committee
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Trump transition team is drafting an executive order to "create a board to purge general officers." Such a board, the article's subhead warned, "could ...
Give the President the Cabinet He Wants
A president deserves to get the cabinet officials he wants, provided that the nominee is qualified, scandal-free, and not an ideological extremist.
Joe Biden Ensured That the Democrats Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank
Biden’s Arrogance Destroyed His Party It’s an obvious truth — already a commonplace — that Joe Biden deserves an enormous portion of the blame for Kamala Harris’s failure last Tuesday; the only debate ...
A Terrible Anti-Constitutional Scheme of Recess Appointments
Two days ago president-elect Donald Trump broke the calm of his remarkable post-election silence with this tweet ...
Rick Scott’s Bizarre Online Astroturf Campaign for Senate Leader Will Do Him No Favors
Yes, Senator Rick Scott is running for Senate majority leader to replace Mitch McConnell. You know Rick Scott, right? That's right, the charismatic powerhouse of Florida, best known for his ...
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Neil Armstrong’s Forgotten First Space Flight
Can a Second Trump Term Quell Wokeness? Could We Actually Care about Women? A Faulty Attempt to Interrogate Roald Dahl on Stage A Perfect Cake for Fall or Winter If Gemini 8 had failed, NASA would ...
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Sports
The NFL deemed the 49ers defensive end in violation of its uniform and equipment policy. Reader mail on Wake Forest, Ted Marchibroda, and more. It’s some consolation that the Yankees proved ...
Trump Taps Former ICE Director Tom Homan to Oversee Mass Deportations as Border Czar
Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will serve as his border czar in his second administration and will be ...
Already with This?
I have no idea to what extent the Rick-Scott-must-be-Senate-majority-leader-or-else! movement is a real thing, rather than the expression of an online spat, but, regardless, some of the claims being ...
Burdened by What Will Be
Democrats ought to begin laying the groundwork for a new political identity if they wish to remain competitive on the national stage moving forward.