We all get them.... Even lawmakers.... There is an effort coming from Congress to get handle on them.... I have no doubt the companies doing them will figure out something to harass us in a different way.... But this effort is long due.... Besieged by nearly … [Read more...] about Congress moves to ban robocalls….
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House Foreign Affairs Committee goes where Oversight Committee has been unable to go…And Quietly…
House Foreign Affairs has been getting the Trump White House and Trump admin documents without the media spotlight.... The idea that Trump has forbidden ANY co-operation with Congress is actually not true.... House Democrats are largely pursuing flashy, partisan, … [Read more...] about House Foreign Affairs Committee goes where Oversight Committee has been unable to go…And Quietly…
Three Supreme’s Rulings…June 17, 2019….
Gerrymandering in Virginia... The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge to a lower court’s findings that some of Virginia’s legislative districts were racially gerrymandered, saying Monday that House Republicans did not have legal standing to challenge the decision. The … [Read more...] about Three Supreme’s Rulings…June 17, 2019….
Trump’s lawyers…existing presidential financial disclosure laws are unconstitutional…
This has gone off the hook.... It is as if these lawyers are arguing that Donald Trump is the King, immune from ANY oversight except impeachment? Of course they're talking this stance because they know they have the votes in the US Senate to vote against convicting Trump … [Read more...] about Trump’s lawyers…existing presidential financial disclosure laws are unconstitutional…
Barr’s Justice Department WILL turn over Mueller material to House Democrats…
In exchange? Attorney General William Barr get's out from under Congressional contempt charges from House Oversight chair Nadler.... In the end? Barr must know he'd lose this..... And it's better to have this stuff done now verses next year during the campaign? The … [Read more...] about Barr’s Justice Department WILL turn over Mueller material to House Democrats…
House Democrats go back to the Mueller Report on Trump……..
If Donald Trump thought the Democrats where gonna stop with Attorney General Barr's comments he was dreaming.... And he WILL have to deal with Pelosi to get any legislation passed.... Democrats are ripping a page out of the Watergate playbook as they look to shine a … [Read more...] about House Democrats go back to the Mueller Report on Trump……..
The Mueller Report’s fine print maybe more damaging then one might think…
House Oversight Committee head Nadler wants Robert Mueller to come and sit-down and go over some things in his report... Quinta Jurecic points to the obstruction part in the report in a New York Times Op-Ed... Obstructing justice (VOLUME II, PP. 90-93) A month after Mr. … [Read more...] about The Mueller Report’s fine print maybe more damaging then one might think…
House Democrats keep going to court and losing to the President…
An Op-Ed says it's their fault... And they keep doing it.... Gambling.... And losing.... ...from Jonathan Turley... With a crucial defeat in federal court this week, one would expect the House Democrats to be embarrassed at losing long protected precedent supporting … [Read more...] about House Democrats keep going to court and losing to the President…