I’ll say this for Senators Kerry and McCain — they’re at least trying to defuse the legal situation involving the President’s violation of the War Powers Resolution and thus, by implication, his apparent usurpation of Congress’ power to declare war.… Continue Reading
Derek Thompson tweets that 7,000 families making $1m or more a year did not pay any income tax. Which sounds pretty damning. Given the existence of the AMT, though, I wonder how they got away with it? It’s less damning,… Continue Reading
Sometimes the life of a professional involves deep emotional ambiguities. I just drafted a very good appellate brief, which contains writing, research, and advocacy which should make me proud of myself. But the brief of necessity paints the trial judge… Continue Reading
There’s an interesting exchange between Chris, Big Stick Mike, and Rufus, involving starting with the motivations of those that disagree with you and working your way backwards: One thing that I will say, though, is that there’s been a recent… Continue Reading
From Outside The Beltway, an interesting map looking at the education level of state legislators. I found the results to be surprising. Playing to stereotype, I would have expected the blue state legislatures to have more education. Instead, of the… Continue Reading
These notable men, mostly but not exclusively Americans, have something in common. This signal honor carries an implication that winds up seeming just a bit odd after it is conferred. In alphabetical order, the list is: Ethan Allen, George Bancroft,… Continue Reading
Greetings, everyone. Burt has been so kind as to invite me to co-blog here at NaPP. Though he named this site for reasons of his own, it is serendipitous that I should join, because I have moved around and lived… Continue Reading
There seems to be a lot of shock and hand-wringing going on about the revelation that, apparently, the President heard but overruled the advice of the Office of Legal Counsel concerning applicability of the War Powers Resolution to the ongoing… Continue Reading
I am absolutely thrilled to announce (as some of you have already noticed) that Will Truman, aka frequent commenter and periodic guest poster Trumwill, is soon to join Not A Potted Plant as a co-blogger. If you’ve not seen Will’s… Continue Reading
How can it be that David Vitter can actually boff prostitutes (possibly including with a diaper fetish, now that’s information I’m sure you didn’t want to be reminded of) and still get re-elected as a Republican from a deeply socially… Continue Reading