Will Trump Pursue Bonkers Plan to Adjourn Both Houses of Congress? [REVISED]
I’ve been hearing of a crazy plan in which Donald Trump would exercise his authority to adjourn both Houses of Congress so that he could recess-appoint his Cabinet officials.
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 13
Days after Ronald Reagan has defeated Jimmy Carter in his bid for re-election and after Republicans have won control of the incoming Senate, President Carter nominates Stephen G. Breyer, then ...
Joe Rogan Says Harris Campaign Barred Discussion of Marijuana Legalization as Condition for Interview
Rogan thought it was ‘hilarious’ Harris didn’t want to talk about legalizing marijuana, given her prosecutorial record.
‘Why the Federalist Society Has Been a Great Success’
That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, timed with today’s opening of the Federalist Society’s annual lawyers convention.
Joe Biden Ensured That the Democrats Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank
Biden’s Arrogance Destroyed His Party It’s an obvious truth — already a commonplace — that Joe Biden deserves an enormous portion of the blame for Kamala Harris’s failure last Tuesday; the only debate ...
Trump Prepares a Pentagon Plucking Committee
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Trump transition team is drafting an executive order to "create a board to purge general officers." Such a board, the article's subhead warned, "could ...
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NR Editors includes members of the editorial staff of the National Review magazine and website. Plus: Trump’s genius McDonald’s stunt. Trump worked a shift at the drive-through window of a ...
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Republicans Must Stop Unworthy Judicial Nominees During the Senate’s Lame Duck Session
The election results transferring control of both the White House and the Senate to the Republicans were a stunning rebuke of an out-of-touch Democratic Party that had succumbed to a radical agenda.
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The ‘It Turns Out’ Election
According to the exit polls, Trump won 45 percent of the women’s vote overall, 53 percent of white women, 38 percent of Latino women, 37 percent of women from age 18 to 29, 43 percent of women age 30 ...
A Terrible Anti-Constitutional Scheme of Recess Appointments
Two days ago president-elect Donald Trump broke the calm of his remarkable post-election silence with this tweet ...