Barron Trump
Has moved into the White House with his mother and grandparents. He’s certainly a tall tall kid for eleven years old. Barron is either going through early puberty or is going to be a giant, or both. He has two … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Trump
New federal judge nominees
This should warm the cockles of your hearts: President Donald J. Trump today announced his fourth wave of Federal judicial nominees. These nominations follow the successful confirmation of Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court, the … Continue reading →
The case against Comey
Jonatahn Turley lays it out. Turley is an interesting figure. I’ve written about him many times before, most notably here. I find him to be one of the more objective and fair legal analysts writing today. I don’t always agree … Continue reading →
More on Comey: did he commit an indictable offense? and other observations
Somewhat lost in the Comey shuffle for some analysts: Comey’s admission that he was the memo leaker. Jonathan Turley wonders about the possible legal consequences: One of the most interesting new disclosures today in the Comey hearing was the admission … Continue reading →
Comey’s testimony: in the eye of the beholder, like most things Trump
Today James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. You can see highlights here, and as well as many tweets on the subject. And you can see a large sampling of the summaries and points of view on the testimony … Continue reading →
Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as head of FBI
After all the Comey turmoil and brouhaha (which is not over yet), this would seem to be a fairly non-controversial pick: President Trump on Wednesday said he intends to nominate former assistant attorney general Christopher Wray to be the next … Continue reading →
Trump tweets again
I’ve said before that I’ve given up on covering every little thing Trump does. It’s wearying, and it doesn’t really affect the big picture. Then again, each incident does have some small effect, perhaps cumulative. And some of the incidents … Continue reading →
Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be voting in favor of Trump’s travel ban EO
The Supreme Court is about to render judgment on the 4th Circuit’s upholding of an injunction against Trump travel ban EO. Professor Jacobson at Legal Insurrection suggests that, based on her prior remarks about Trump, Justice Ginsburg ought to be … Continue reading →
You wouldn’t think it possible to make Kathy Griffin look relatively tactful in comparison
But it’s been accomplished by Ken Jennings, he of Jeopardy fame and author of children’s books. Why do I say Jennings made Griffin look relatively tactful? Well, she targeted Trump is a stunningly tasteless way, but Jennings not only did … Continue reading →
Trump and the Climate Accord
President Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. That CNN article I just linked to says in the first sentence that his withdrawal will “seriously dampen global efforts to curb global warming.” But do … Continue reading →
Kathy Griffin and the severed head of Trump
Not gonna link to it; I’m going to assume you’ve seen it and know what I’m talking about. My only commentary is this: Kathy Griffin has long been a humorless and unpleasant person whose specialty is supposed humor of the … Continue reading →
The spin on Trump and NATO
The headlines have been uniformly negative on Trump’s speech about NATO. It’s as though the MSM is relieved, after Trump’s successful Saudi speech, to have really bad things to say about him (not that they didn’t have bad things to … Continue reading →