LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Of all the presidencies in recent memory, none have had more of an opportunity to reshape the state of the Supreme Court of the United States than the administration now led by president Donald J. Trump. With many current SCOTUS members very high in years, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The naysayers will have to finally drop it in this case. Gorsuch, whether they like the president who nominated him or not, is incredibly well qualified to serve as a SCOTUS judge according to the American Bar Association– and that group would know these things. According…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative advocacy group, has put $10 million behind a national effort urging Senate Democrats to support Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The campaign will include research, grass roots organizing, and significant ad buys targeting vulnerable Democrats. “Neil Gorsuch is exceptionally…
By Kevin Daley Vice President Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper he believe Senate Democrats should approach Sen. Jeff Session’s attorney general nomination with an open mind, and attempt to accommodate the incoming president’s wishes. Though Biden declined to express support for the appointment, he said, as a general rule, that senators should be deferential…
by Micah J. Fleck Well, while it might have been nice for Mitt Romney to have potentially snagged this spot, it seems Trump is likely to pick another– Someone the left will have no problem lambasting the president-elect for picking. Which begs the question… Why drain the swamp if you are merely going to repopulate…
There is still one way the Republican Party can stop Donald Trump from becoming the party’s presidential nominee; a nuclear option that would surely cause backlash from voters, possibly cementing the current split within the GOP. But for some, a party that would nominate Trump is not worth saving. Meet Curly Haugland, a North Dakotan…
By Toni Ann Booras Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Tuesday there is “zero chance” he would agree to be Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s vice president. “Zero chance,” Kasich said in an interview with “CBS This Morning,” when asked if he would consider running with Trump if it would be the best chance for the Republicans to win the…
After a slightly humorous April Fool’s Day joke where he claimed to be giving a ‘YUGE’ endorsement and then merely endorsed entropy, Senator Rand Paul seemed to be getting back into the swing of things regarding his mainstreaming of his principled libertarian views. Unfortunately, today we get news that Rand was apparently only half-kidding when…