Why Biden should just abolish the unconstitutional debt ceiling

Originally posted by The Hill Debt ceiling negotiations are underway, with President Biden holding two aces up his sleeve. Australia, one of only a few other democracies with active debt ceiling laws, abolished it — and so should the U.S. Biden’s Ace # 1 Because they...

Supreme Court Will Reject the Independent State Legislature Doctrine

Originally posted by Real Clear Policy Republican dominance of the Supreme Court is a doubled-edged sword. By design, numerous rulings by the Republican majority have enhanced their party’s election prospects. But those conservative justices can’t stop themselves from...

Russia’s Fifth Column in America

Originally posted by Real Clear Policy Republican officials criticizing American support for Ukraine are abetting Russian aggression, mimicking the 1939-1941 American First isolationists like Charles Lindbergh who similarly appeased Nazi Germany’s aggression against...

Is Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on her way to becoming politically irrelevant?

Originally posted by Arizona Republic Online Opinion: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is not a maverick like John McCain, who was still a stout Republican. She will pay for that with Democrats. Democrats have seen this movie before, and it will not end well for Arizona Sen....

Working Class Voters Are the Key to a Transformational Presidency

Originally published on RealClearPolicy.com President Biden may have the rarest of political openings — the possibility of becoming only the third administration since the Civil war to retain or pad its House and Senate margins in a midterm election (1934 and...

Democrats’ Improving Midterm Outlook

Originally published on RealClearPolicy.com A spate of 2022 Supreme Court rulings at odds with national sentiment has created an opportunity for the Democratic Party to avoid the typical midterm election drubbing. Incumbent administrations rarely avoid midterm...

The Fed Must Not Empower Putin by Mismanaging Inflation

Originally published on RealClearPolicy.com Inflation has slowed to below 5% during the last year through April according to the latest core personal consumption expenditure price index which excludes wartime volatility in the energy and food sectors. And core...

GOP Makes a Play at One-Party Rule

Originally published on RealClearPolicy.com American democracy faces numerous threats including pay-to-play governance, voter suppression, a deceit-infested information universe, politicized Supreme Court, Republicans covetous of one-party rule, along with...