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Quotation of the Day…

Quotation of the Day…

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Tweet … is from a caption to an image on the final page – just before page 459 in the text – of the pictures section of Gordon Wood’s marvelous 2009 volume, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815; specifically, the caption accompanies this painting (circa 1811-1813) by Pavel Svinin: Stagecoach was the major means of travel in the early Republic. Since the coaches averaged about two to three miles per hour, the trip from […]

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Brickbat: Multiple Failures

Brickbat: Multiple Failures

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A New York City Board of Corrections report found that Rikers Island detention officers repeatedly blocked medical staff from seeing a sick inmate who later died of multiple organ failure. While serving a sentence for assault, 23-year-old Charizma Jones appeared unable to stand. An officer called for medical help, but when none came, other inmates applied ice and held her when she passed out. When medical staff still did not show up, the inmates “became disruptive and refused […]

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Time Is Running Out for Iran-US Diplomacy. Trump Should Strike a Deal with Iran

Time Is Running Out for Iran-US Diplomacy. Trump Should Strike a Deal with Iran

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Jon Hoffman Tensions between Iran and the United States are likely to be one of the first major foreign policy challenges for the incoming Trump administration. Tehran’s recent moves have brought Iran closer to developing a nuclear weapon than any point in the country’s history, and the risk of war between Israel and Iran — with direct U.S. involvement — remains high. , Though serious distrust remains between Washington and Tehran, diplomacy is possible. President-elect Trump should reengage […]

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More on the Phone Call Between Trump and Alito

More on the Phone Call Between Trump and Alito

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On Wednesday, I wrote about the ABC News Story on Trump’s phone call with Justice Alito. On Thursday, the New York Times offered a far more in-depth, and frankly confounding story. No, not confounding for the reasons you might think. I was confounded that multiple people in Trump’s orbit are leaking information to the New York Times to sabotage an Alito clerk from a position in the administration, and in the process creating problems for the Justice. The story […]

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The Court Splits 5-4 on Docket Number 666

The Court Splits 5-4 on Docket Number 666

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Trump’s emergency application to stay his sentencing has the docket number 24A666. Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. The Court denied the application by a 5-4 vote. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would have granted the application. Based on the math, we know that Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett voted to deny the application. In the past, I’ve described the current composition as a 3-3-3 Court on the shadow docket. But for the emergency docket, […]

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