Category Archives: Constitutional law

How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

  By David Wasserman of FiveThirtyEight OK, before I say anything, a quick disclaimer: This piece is not a prediction. In fact, I’m a religious (maybe fanatical) adherent of FiveThirtyEight’s 2016 election forecast model… That said, in the event this … Continue reading →

Posted in Candidates, Constitutional law, Controversial, David Murrin, Donald Trump, Elections, FiveThirtyEight, Hillary Clinton, Political parties, Politics, polls, White House

The Lonely Answer: Syria is for Realists

Posted on September 5, 2013 by

By Ken Feltman I didn’t set a red line, the world set a red line. -President Barack Obama    Yes, President Obama once again decided to vote “present” instead of making a decision. This is but the latest in a … Continue reading →

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Roe v. Wade: Was Another Concern on the Justice’s Mind?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

By Ken Feltman   Shortly after he had retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Harry Blackmun and his wife, Dorothy, joined another couple and my wife and me for a quiet dinner. He was reflective that evening, especially about … Continue reading →

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BLAMING OBAMACARE ON CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL – Part 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

By Anthony Hawks The decision in McCulloch v. Maryland was handed down on March 6, 1819, and it did not take long for Marshall’s critics to mount a newspaper campaign denouncing the decision, particularly what they viewed as Marshall’s erroneously … Continue reading →

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Politics is plumbing

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

By Peter E. Feltman As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, what can we hope for? Plenty! But plenty of what? Perhaps we should forget the earlier exhortations about liberty, constitutions and nation building and concentrate on a … Continue reading →

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