Trump makes it very hard to stand up to him: you will get assailed by him, and by his supporters in the media. You may well be subjected to threats of violence. Like @Cyclefree identified in her head… (View Post)

Today I learnt that there are three "Interstate" highways in Hawaii. Presumably they're just awaiting the construction of a bridge (or three) to California. (View Post)

Like with abortion, elected politicians wanted difficult decisions taken out of their hands. (There's probably a parallel with the EU in the UK too.) (View Post)

They managed to get Bader Ginsberg replaced in a much shorter time span. I think the possible issue is overreach. Trump wants an uber-loyalist - someone like Emil Bove on the court. The people he… (View Post)

Thomas, Alito and Kavanagh dissented. It's nice to see that Gorsuch (as he did early in his tenure on the Supreme Court and which had been sadly lacking lately) taking a sceptical view of execut… (View Post)