The battle over Big Insurance is only beginning. If Republicans fail to lead, Americans may once again be left with Democrats’ same failed formula: more bureaucracy, more complexity and less control.
Author: Merrill Matthews
Demographics, not the Supreme Court, are killing racial gerrymandering
There’s been no shortage of expressed outrage from the left in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which significantly limits states’ efforts at racial gerrymandering. A Salon headline captures the progressive indignation: “Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act in ‘Jim Crow 2.0 ruling.’” The left can never be accused of understatement. But the change needed to happen because U.S. demographics are making racial gerrymandering increasingly difficult. And that’s a good thing.
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Americans think both Congress and the government suck
Here’s an anomaly for you: Although Americans regularly express pride in our country, they increasingly disapprove of our government, including the presidency and especially Congress. And who can blame them? Washington is doing a terrible job.
Are you ready for universal Trump pardons?
President Trump has reportedly told his staff “I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office].” Should we believe his boast, that he will issue pre-emptive presidential pardons to hundreds, if not thousands, of administration staff and officials who may or may not have committed or even been charged with a federal crime?