Let’s start with the requirements [emphasis mine]: By law, the Secret Service is authorized to protect: – The president, the vice president, (or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President), the president-elect and vice … Continue reading →
Whenever Trump exercises executive power, causing the courts to rule on the limits of presidential power – something that has occurred with most presidents including Obama and Biden – it’s one of politics’ many bleak ironies that the very same … Continue reading →
I haven’t seen any polls on this topic, but my guess is that only the most “progressive” of voters are against sending these gang members back home. For the most part, the MSM articles I found label this action of … Continue reading →
As one might expect, the left is very upset at the government’s attempt to deport green card holder and Hamas-friendly former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalili. Senator Kennedy, Louisiana Republican, summarizes the case quite well here: Well, Mr. Khalil will receive … Continue reading →
… can be found here: … [T]he only realistic alternatives to a “clean” CR are a CR-plus or omnibus appropriations package. Either option could only be passed with Democrat support, which means they would be loaded up with expensive nonsense … Continue reading →
I consider this an important case: Kaley Chiles is a Christian counselor in Colorado. When the state passed a law forcing mental health professionals to advance radical gender ideology, she challenged it. Now, the Supreme Court has agreed to review … Continue reading →
… because the district court judge said so. This is a disturbing ruling: If you thought the Supreme Court would act to halt the propensity of District Court Judges to overstep their constitutional boundaries by substituting their own policy and … Continue reading →
I’ve long been curious about the so-called Epstein files. Most people seem to think that the list of names will be a list of perpetrators in the sexual abuse of minors. But I’ve never understood why they believe that, although … Continue reading →
Dan Bongino has been named Deputy Director of the FBI, and the Hill coverage I just linked has an unintentionally humorous lede: President Trump’s selection of Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director adds another conservative firebrand to the top of … Continue reading →
Patel has been confirmed by the Senate, and this time McConnell voted yes, and Collins and Murkowski voted no. When Pete Hegseth was confirmed, I wrote this post about Murkowski and Collins, and what I wrote there applies to the … Continue reading →
Bondi announced the move, and why: “They [NY] have a ‘tip-off’ provision that requires New York’s DMV commissioner to promptly inform any illegal alien when a federal immigration agency has requested their information,” Bondi said. “It’s tipping off an illegal … Continue reading →
As my regular readers are almost certainly aware, I have a law degree from a university that’s supposedly not too shabby. But it was a long long time ago that I sat in a law school classroom. I didn’t like … Continue reading →