Can’t Congress just direct them to fund current operations with previously appropriated funds?
January 25, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Can’t Congress just direct them to fund current operations with previously appropriated funds?
Saw plenty of police and National Guard when I was in DC on Monday.
January 18, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Saw plenty of police and National Guard when I was in DC on Monday.
I love how Vance has to check to see how he should vote. 😂
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I love how Vance has to check to see how he should vote. 😂
Indeed. And the fact they haven’t tells him that he could get away with it.
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Indeed. And the fact they haven’t tells him that he could get away with it.
I know, it’s too on the nose to be funny.
December 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I know, it’s too on the nose to be funny.
I am not sure how one would test such a law. If the president decided to nominate someone without the required qualifications and the Senate confirmed then, who would have standing to sue?
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I am not sure how one would test such a law. If the president decided to nominate someone without the required qualifications and the Senate confirmed then, who would have standing to sue?
I dunno, Kel, the alligator thing sounds plausible to me. I’m just spitballing, but maybe one of the alligators took the form of the girl he ate and now serves as press secretary?
Stranger things have happened.
Stranger things have happened.
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I dunno, Kel, the alligator thing sounds plausible to me. I’m just spitballing, but maybe one of the alligators took the form of the girl he ate and now serves as press secretary?
Stranger things have happened.
Stranger things have happened.
Maybe we can just reset to 2028
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Maybe we can just reset to 2028
They can still try to pin this on a ham sandwich
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
They can still try to pin this on a ham sandwich
Is referring to lawyers as “Attorney ____” now a thing? I had a pro bono client that called me Attorney Stern in the 1980s and I don’t think I have heard it since.
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Is referring to lawyers as “Attorney ____” now a thing? I had a pro bono client that called me Attorney Stern in the 1980s and I don’t think I have heard it since.
Artificial intelligence vs organic stupidity
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Artificial intelligence vs organic stupidity
He might still need a pardon.
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
He might still need a pardon.
I personally do not want to be ruled by Trump or Mamdani, even if I generally agreed with either of them (which I don’t).
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I personally do not want to be ruled by Trump or Mamdani, even if I generally agreed with either of them (which I don’t).
I gathered from your comment that you don’t want structural reforms that might limit the amount of power “we” are going to get. My point was that whoever “we” might be, concentrated power tends to sound better before you realize it is exercised by someone else purporting to act on your behalf.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I gathered from your comment that you don’t want structural reforms that might limit the amount of power “we” are going to get. My point was that whoever “we” might be, concentrated power tends to sound better before you realize it is exercised by someone else purporting to act on your behalf.
As many Republicans have learned to their dismay, all the power “we” will have sounds great until you realize “you” are not the one who actually controls the power.
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As many Republicans have learned to their dismay, all the power “we” will have sounds great until you realize “you” are not the one who actually controls the power.
I am not sure which part of this you are asking about. You could have RCV for senators without an amendment (I think) but not legislative appointment, much less altering the legislative function of the Senate.
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I am not sure which part of this you are asking about. You could have RCV for senators without an amendment (I think) but not legislative appointment, much less altering the legislative function of the Senate.
Well, arguably you are dissolving the compact on which the Constitution is based if you change Article V in that way.
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Well, arguably you are dissolving the compact on which the Constitution is based if you change Article V in that way.
You can’t get that without a constitutional amendment and maybe not even then.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You can’t get that without a constitutional amendment and maybe not even then.
I have seen it both ways but I would have said H. Res. or H. J. Res. was correct. My copy of the Bluebook is from 1983 so I am not much of a stickler on following it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I have seen it both ways but I would have said H. Res. or H. J. Res. was correct. My copy of the Bluebook is from 1983 so I am not much of a stickler on following it.
We are going to have to move to PurpleSky.
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We are going to have to move to PurpleSky.