AOL: In a single stroke, Ohio voters rejected a ballot proposal Tuesday to legalize marijuana for both recreational and medical use… The measure known as Issue 3 ballot would have allowed adults 21 and older to use, purchase or grow certain amounts of marijuana. The constitutional amendment would have established a regulatory and taxation scheme […]
Pennsylvania Logs Costliest Supreme Court Race in U.S. History
JUSTICE AT STAKE: …Total documented spending in the race has now reached $15,850,297, surpassing the previous national record of $15.19 million set in the 2004 Illinois race between Lloyd Karmeier and Gordon Maag, according to an analysis of state disclosures and television advertising by the nonpartisan organizations Justice at Stake and the Brennan Center for […]
PART TWO: KEISLING: “Direct removal” (back door impeachment) wasn’t meant to apply to attorney general
By Bill Keisling Records of the 1873 convention tell the story To understand how and why this little-understood clause was added to the Pennsylvania constitution in 1873 we must read the records of the convention. Lucky for us, a rather full record of the 1872-3 constitutional convention was placed online by Duquesne University and can […]
PART THREE: KEISLING: “Direct removal” (back door impeachment) wasn’t meant to apply to attorney general
by Bill Keisling Incompetence and criminality The issue of competency, and incompetent office holders, certainly was addressed by the convention. The danger of incompetent judges in particular was raised repeatedly (though the issue of judges sharing pornographic emails wasn’t a concern in 1872). The dangers of incompetency in 1872 largely meant growing senility. Delegate William […]
PART ONE: KEISLING: “Direct removal” (back door impeachment) wasn’t meant to apply to attorney general
In Kane’s case, the state Senate is attempting a “back door impeachment,” in violation of the sole powers vested with the state House of Representatives, and to which the attorney general was not intended by framers to be subjected.
The Russian Plundering of Donbass, Ukraine
Many plants had equipment too heavy to be moved to Russia. That equipment was just cut to peaces to be used as scrap-metal.
Along the migrant trail, pressure grows to close Europe’s open borders
WASHINGTON POST: … Hungary already has proved that it can largely insulate itself from the refugee crisis by deploying razor wire and threatening lengthy prison sentences for anyone who dares cross it. The country’s moves have shifted the burden of the refugee crisis to its neighbors — and are now tempting leaders in those nations […]
Iran Ayatollah: ‘Death to America’ Refers to US Policies
COPYMAX: Iran’s supreme leader says the slogan “Death to America” is not aimed at the American people, but rather American policies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website says Tuesday he made the comment while meeting with Iranian students ahead of the anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. Militant students […]
NBC/WSJ Poll: Ben Carson New Front-Runner; Takes 6-Point Lead Over Trump
NEWSMAX: Ben Carson is the new leader in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, pulling ahead of longtime front-runner Donald Trump by six points, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll reports. It’s the first time since June that Trump did not hold the top spot in the survey. Here are the results: • Ben […]
Has Elizabeth Warren defeated Wall Street?
POLITICO COLUMN: …Because under all this heavy pressure from progressives behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the left and populists like Donald Trump on the right — and the weight of new regulation and activist shareholders — Big Wall Street is already shrinking on its own… J.P. Morgan is selling off a chunk of its private […]
Obama: If GOP Candidates Can’t Handle CNBC, How Will They Deal With Russia and China?
NBC: President Barack Obama lampooned the GOP’s presidential candidates Monday, saying that their grumbling about last week’s debate signaled their likely ineffectiveness on the world stage. “Every one of these candidates says, ‘Obama’s weak, Putin’s kicking sand in his face. When I talk to Putin, he’s going to straighten out,’” Obama said during a democratic […]
Capitolwire: Special counsel says Eakin’s emails don’t rise to level of instant Supreme Court action.
“At the very least, submission of this issue to the Judicial Conduct Board should serve as an admonition that jurists should not send or be part of networks that regularly exchange insensitive emails or similar materials because such conduct could cast both the jurist and the judiciary into disrepute or could cause a reasonable person to question the impartiality of a judge and the judicial system,” the report states.
A modern downtown Lancaster Public Library shouldn’t be like it was
In discussions of modern libraries with people who are out of touch, one often hears the comment: “Now that we have the Internet, there is little need for libraries.” Of course they are mistaken, as is pointed in an article in today’s New York Times entitled “Long Line at the Library? It’s Story Time Again”
U.S. drawing a line against Putin in Europe
POLITICO: WIESBADEN, Germany — Often criticized for being naïve and complacent about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, the Obama administration and its European allies are intensifying their planning and training for a potential conflict on NATO’s eastern flank, hoping to send the strongest possible message about Russian aggression… The NATO exercise, named Trident Juncture, is […]