In the wake of the Michael Cohen sentencing and with an incoming Democratic House set to investigate Trump’s actions, Yeomans notes that any softening in the economy might be the final straw for Republicans who have publicly supported Trump until now. Meanwhile, he writes, resignation and indictment — or the threat of it — remain two other ways that the Trump presidency could end before the expiration of his first term.
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AFJ: Senate Confirms Blatantly Unqualified Judicial Nominee Jonathan Kobes
By confirming Kobes, the majority of Senate Republicans have proven they are willing to ignore any and all deficiencies in a nominee’s record in order to pack our courts with partisan yes-men who will continue to rubber-stamp this administration’s dangerous agenda.
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Senate Narrowly Confirms Trump Judicial Nominee, Despite Poor Rating
As the year comes to a close, the Senate has been confirming judges to the federal bench at a breathtaking pace, and the most recent Trump judicial nominee was approved with almost no room to spare.
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Senate Lawyer Deemed ‘Not Qualified’ by ABA Confirmed to Eighth Circuit
Vice President Mike Pence broke a Senate tie Tuesday afternoon to confirm Jonathan Kobes, 51-50, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, approving the nomination of a congressional lawyer whom a ratings committee deemed “not qualified.”
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Take Roberts Court Defense with a Grain of Salt
For those who have long been fed up with President Trump’s relentless attacks on judges and the justice system, recent days provided a seeming bright spot: the Chief Justice offered a rare pushback against the President. Chief Justice Roberts’s comments that there are no partisan “Obama judges” as the President alleged – nor “Bush judges,” “Clinton judges” or “Trump judges” – looked for all the world like Roberts was claiming some sort of moral high ground. Yet progressives should be very wary of the Chief Justice’s remarks.
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Is the Tide Finally Turning Against Forced Arbitration?
Forced arbitration, which has been eroding our rights for too long, is finally suffering a long-overdue correction. The #MeToo era has made it impossible to justify why workers should be forced to sign away their rights to pursue sexual harassment claims in court. This development deserves to be followed by a move to put all of the “fine print,” which so often characterizes forced-arbitration clauses, under the microscope.
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Two Quarters of Economic Contraction Away from Impeachment
The Michael Cohen sentencing set off new rounds of speculation over whether the Trump presidency will end before the expiration of his term. It’s time to revisit briefly the options: resignation, indictment, impeachment.
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Democrats Can’t Simply Ignore Impeachment
Since the day Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 presidential election, scholars, pundits, activists and concerned citizens have speculated, debated and prognosticated about how the Trump presidency would end: impeachment, indictment, electoral defeat after one term or departure after a second term. Recent events have thinned the fog just enough to show tantalizing glimpses of a future that bodes ill for Trump. While the new House majority must proceed carefully, the 2018 electorate, the Mueller investigation, and the economy have all signaled that the new House majority must prepare for impeachment.
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Bolder Advocacy: “The Connection” New Edition Is Vital Guide for Nonprofits In Election Year
Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program is excited to announce the fourth edition of “The Connection: Strategies for Creating and Operating 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s and Political Organizations,” its comprehensive guide for nonprofits that want to engage in assertive advocacy for their causes while staying in compliance with tax and campaign finance rules. This fourth edition of the guide is especially timely, as it sets out how 501(c)(4)s and political organizations can get involved in the upcoming midterm elections.
