A Bipartisan Response To Charlottesville And The Trump Administration Like many Americans, I was appalled by the events this weekend in Charlottesville. As the cameras turned to the president’s golf retreat in New Jersey, my disgust turned to outrage as Trump failed an early test of moral leadership. It was not simply that Trump did …
Republicans are often the first to brandish a flag or claim the mantle of patriotism or to question others’ patriotism over something as trivial as wearing a flag lapel pin. When it comes to the substance of American values, however, recent survey results, demonstrate that Republican views increasingly are hostile to bedrock American values. Nothing …
Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city, has been brought to its knees by flooding from Hurricane/Tropic Storm Harvey. Below are some of the amazing images of the massive devastation. What is most alarming, however, is that this is only the mid-point of the crisis, as another 20 or more inches are due to fall on the … Continue reading
Last week I wrote about the need to build on the outrage over Charlottesville and President Trump’s total failure in moral leadership, to make Heather Heyer’s death a turning point in the fight against intolerance in America. I explained: While denunciation of white supremacist is important, equally important is moving the country in the opposite … Continue reading
In Brief features pull together content from multiple sources to provide an overview on a topic. This segment is on President Trump’s many conflicts of interests. See Sunlight Foundation’s Ongoing List of Trump Conflict of Interest. CONSIDER THIS: The Trump family’s endless conflicts of interest. Chapter and Verse https://t.co/8TQZNi733T pic.twitter.com/oUf2s8OgIi — Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 3, 2017 … Continue reading
Under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that … Continue reading
You may remember the Hillary Swank film, “The Freedom Writers” (which was adapted from Erin Gruwell’s book “The Freedom Writers’ Diary) recounting how an idealistic young teacher connected with a racially polarized Long Beach class by teaching tolerance and getting them to communicate about the conflicts around them. Soon they were reaching out to students … Continue reading
A memorandum prepared for Whitewater Independent Counsel Ken Starr by then-University of Illinois Law Professor Ronald D. Rotunda asserting that a sitting President may be impeached has surfaced. Rotunda, now the Doy and Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Chapman University, had also served as assistant majority counsel for the Watergate Committee Rotunda’s … Continue reading
For all their talk of wanting unity (which they define as doing exactly what they say), Sanders followers have been steadily talking down the DNC and Hillary and perpetuating the myth that Bernie Would Have Won (BWHW) and that he is the most popular politician in America. One such Sanderista is a former journalist now … Continue reading
Every year, the ABA Journal publishes its “Blawg 100” comprising the top legal blogs (aka blawgs). They are taking nominations in three categories: (1) blawg; (2) podcast and (3) twitter feed. Many of you are familiar with my work in this area: My blawg – Internet Law Center’s Cyber Report (whose newsletter has won an LA … Continue reading
The Perils of Being Led by the Bankruptcy King Trump Chooses Ideology over Jobs July 16, 2017 President Trump is currently proposing major changes to three industries that account for approximately one-third of the U.S. economy – health care, energy and the internet. In each case, the decisions are primarily ideologically based, providing red meat … Continue reading
California Congressman Brad Sherman has filed an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump. H. Res 438 asserts one article of impeachment only – for obstruction of justice. The resolution is co-sponsored by Al Green (D-TX). Sherman explained: As the investigations move forward, additional evidence supporting additional Articles of Impeachment may emerge. However, as to Obstruction … Continue reading
It’s Time to Speak Up to Save Your Internet Today is the Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, in which more than 50,000 people, sites, and organizations, including Amazon, Etsy Facebook, Google, Kickstarter, Mozilla, Netflix, OK Cupid, Reddit, Twitter and Vimeo, will demonstrate to oppose the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plan to … Continue reading
Donald Trump and “The Perfect Storm” The Danger of Inaction July 5, 2017 I spoke with a documentary filmmaker once who explained that great tragic stories are often a “perfect storm” of bad decisions in a system that seemingly had been in place to prevent disaster but which ultimately made it inevitable. Donald Trump is … Continue reading
From Code 45 Trump’s Wilsonian Presidency It is hard to find comparison’s in American history for the first 147-days of the Trump Presidency. It is, however, decidedly Wilsonian. Woodrow Wilson, the former Princeton University President and great internationalist, you ask? No – George Wilson, the grumpy neighbor from Dennis the Menace. Trump’s signature policies to … Continue reading
Reposted from Code45 Understanding Trump’s Calamitous Climate Change Decision in 20 Tweets #1 – CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL The Weather Channel's response to Trump's Paris pullout was potent and perfect. https://t.co/nm3chKi5Yc pic.twitter.com/5u7P1orxMH — Slate (@Slate) June 1, 2017 #2 – IT IS NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, IT IS A HEALTH CRISIS Lancet Countdown's … Continue reading
JFK, Trump and the Tragedy of Tolemac May 28, 2007 In claiming he will “Make America Great Again,” Donald Trump is evoking some pre-Vietnam era of prosperity where the world drove American cars and “we won wars”. Maybe he is evoking the storied days of Camelot when President Kennedy led the nation back from a recession … Continue reading
In comparing Canada and the United States in their statements on Ramadan, you will see that one country is led by a bright, articulate leader and the other nation is led by Donald Trump. Trudeau’s statement is sincere, respectful and inclusive, while Trump spends approximately half the message on terrorism. Trump equates Islam with terrorism. … Continue reading
President Kennedy was killed when I was only six-months old. I have no memory of a living Jack Kennedy, but that does not mean he was not a major force in my life. Growing up in an Irish-Catholic family in New England in this era, his presence was felt in the photographs, busts and even … Continue reading
