Can somebody explain to me how this new Arizona immigration law is not a blatant 4th Amendment violation?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, [...]
Minnesota Senate Republicans have introduced an amendment to the state Constitution that would require the legislature to “approve” federal laws before they would take effect.
A month ago, Virginia passed a law forbidding health insurance mandates. So did Idaho. Similar measures are on the ballots for voter approval in Arizona and Florida.
Proponents of these bills are [...]
Obama better remember his paperwork next time he does a campaign event in Arizona.
This NYT article chronicles the adventures of a band of recently-unemployed Americans who are relying on unemployment insurance and Social Security to keep them afloat while they … protest “government handouts”. The author must have had a devil of time trying to keep the snark subtle.
Mr. Grimes, who receives Social Security, has filled the back seat of [...]
I’ve been hoping for quite some time now that the end result of the extremism of the tea party movement would be a schism in the Republican party, and eventually a more moderate, legitimately fiscal conservative group taking the reigns. The time scale for shifts in party ideology are obviously quite large, but if reports [...]
Mary Matalin was on The Colbert Report tonight, and after she was done lying about “deem and pass”, she talked about Republicans’ plans for “repealing” the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka: health care reform). Here’s a tip for seeing through Republican talking points on health care; if they preface their statements by claiming [...]
I’m not saying the reconciliation bill isn’t important, but scuttling it would be a little like winning the NIT.
<Aerion> I want a tracking poll question like, “Do you agree, disagree, strongly agree, or strongly disagree with the following statement: Barack Obama gets shit done.”
Democrats got some good news on HCR tonight: Wake Forest showed them it’s possible to win even with horrible clock management skills.
<harveyj> Every time you hear ‘eye of the tiger’ over a golf montage in the next fortnight, drink!