[Author’s note: I started writing this over the weekend, only to find on Monday that King & Spaulding backed out of the deal yesterday. Either way, the broader point in this still stands.] Last week, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory…
Tag: Federal Lawmaking
AR-01: I Hear Sears Is Having A Sale On Hypocrisy, Rick
Politico has a story today about a letter that freshman Republican representatives are sending to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, which includes this passage: Mr. Reid, your record on spending in the Senate is one of failure. You have failed…
Max's House of Incorrect Con Law
Max has followed SB113 pretty closely, especially the fallout from Rep. Jeff Wardlaw’s (D-8) amendment to the bill, which resulted in the bill being tabled as possibly unconstitutional. Reading Max’s coverage, however, this jumped out at me: Abortion opponents contend…
BHR's Response to Paul Ryan's Response to the SOTU address
Prior to tonight’s SOTU address, content partner and general instigator Roby Brock challenged me and Jason Tolbert. I was to find three positive things about Rep. Paul Ryan’s response, and Tolbert was to find three positives about President Obama’s speech.…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1008
See here for previous posts in this series. Bill Name: AN ACT TO REQUIRE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP OR LEGAL RESIDENCY FOR A PERSON TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR IN-STATE TUITION AT A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Sponsors: Justin Harris (R-87),…
HCR (Breaking): Va. Judge Finds Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
UPDATE (1:25pm): Content partner Jason Tolbert has the .pdf of the actual ruling, which you can read here. More thoughts forthcoming on this, I’m sure. — Judge Henry Hudson today held that the individual mandate in the healthcare reform bill…
AR-Sen: Lincoln Misses DADT Vote
Pop quiz: why did Blanche Lincoln miss today’s vote for cloture on the filibuster that is holding up, among other things, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? “Senator [Blanche] Lincoln didn’t make it back to this vote because she…
AR-Sen: Pryor Changing Position on DADT
Props (as the kids say) where they are due: Sen. Mark Pryor has changed his position and is now willing to vote for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Says the soon-to-be-senior Senator from Arkansas: On many previous occasions,…
Adventures In Idiocy: The Worst Letter To The Editor, November 11, 2010
The dumb letters to the editor in yesterday’s Democrat-Gazette were just your run-of-the-mill, garden-variety type, and none really warranted a post. You knew THAT couldn’t last, however. Now when men like Clyde Holloway of Searcy were out there to opine…
Adventures In Idiocy: The Worst Letter To The Editor, November 9, 2010
I’d already planned on making today’s Democrat-Gazette the first from which I hoped to pull the worst letter (as judged by me) and write a post about it. Little did I know that today’s paper would be a veritable cornucopia…