Constitutional Crisis

Friday Talking Points -- Obama's Fourteenth Option

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.07.2011

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Chris Weigant

The silly season has come early to Washington, it seems. The root cause is a simple fact of American politics these days -- sometimes, there just can't be transparency.

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Updated: Quit Happens; Sarah Palin's Constitutional Train Wreck

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shannyn Moore

For some reason, nothing is simple in Alaska. The state sits on the edge of a constitutional crisis because of the "chain of command vacuum" created by the governor's abrupt resignation.

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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Sam Stein

Democratic Congressman Raises Specter Of "Nuclear Option"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three years ago, the United States Senate nearly came to a stand still as the Republican majority, citing Democratic obstructionism over judicial appo...

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