Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey penned a Wall Street Journal opinion piece saying that a criminal charge is, in fact, justified. He writes: "_ from her direction that classification rules be disregarded, to the presence on her personal email server of information at the highest le...

Your specific concerns went to whether the President could be indicted for the exercise of Constitutional powers. As Dershowitz pointed out in the opening sentences of his opinion, and as your article appears to agree, the answer is no. Well, no. The point of my post was that *Dershowitz's* answer ...

Is Dershowitz a Democrat, really? I wouldn't be so sure. The author of this Politico article says Dershowitz has always been a civil libertarian -- which, in this case, means he's opposing the appointment of the special counsel moreso than supporting Trump. The article is worth reading in full, but ...

Cail nihilo wrote:Not in full agreement with Dershowitz here, but I think he disposes of most of your concerns: https://youtu.be/6XmmZjFCo4k

Ah! I begin to see the problem here. Unlike Trump, and presumably you, I would never dream of getting my news from "Fox and Friends."

Youre jumping the gun Hashi Just because Mueller is playing his cards close to his chest ... as any strategist worth half their salt .. would .. does not denote he has NOTHING. :lol: what he has to date indicates he has something.. the what? is the question. 😉😎 I would caution being to eager to wri...

The Green New Deal has a number of moving parts. It's going to require several separate pieces of legislation: one (or more) for Medicare for All, one (or more) for free college tuition, one (or more) for the jobs program and infrastructure improvements, some kind of tax increase to cover the cost, ...

Oh puhhhllleeeaaase ... youve completely misconstrued his meaning. If these are your beliefs and you believe that the POTUS is above the law, as is being proffered .. and thats a future you are content with ... enjoy the consequences and the natural fallout for such a belief. Because the natural fa...

Except spending wasn't such a big problem until Trump and his Republican syncophants in Congress gave away the store to the 1%. Weren't you guys all deficit hawks, back in the day? Here's a little chart for ya: https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306 Obama had the deficit down to $438 ...

Maybe *everybody* should stop getting on TV and braying about things they don't know to be true. But then Fox News would have to go out of business...

Ur-Dead: Quit harping on Sky and her supposed misinterpretations of US law because she's not an American. I was born and raised in the US and *I'm* telling you your interpretation is wrong. Mkay? *Trump cannot fire anyone he pleases if, in doing so, he commits a crime.* He has said he fired Comey to...

And speaking of tariffs: Trump and his trade chief, Robert Lighthizer, got into a discussion this week about memoranda of understanding. Trump said they weren't real contracts; Lighthizer corrected him and explained that in fact, they are. Trump said he disagreed. With a fact! Trump disagreed with a...

Charged with a crime yes. However, the Supreme Court distinguished between official and unofficial conduct and ruled that a sitting president may be sued for the latter, but not the former. *While he is in office.* While he's in office, under the Justice Department's current interpretation of the l...

Ali, I voted for Johnson. I always vote Libertarian. I've never voted for a Republican. The reason I didn't answer your question was because I forgot you asked. Fair enough. :) As for the rest of y'all...and this discussion over whether the president can ever, what, commit a crime in the execution ...

Facebook. Twitter, but I like stuff way more than I post there. I've never joined Instagram or Snapchat. I joined Pinterest (and most of the others) because of the writing thing, but I never really figured Pinterest out. I've got some boards up for my books, but as a business owner I'm leery about p...

I don't think we have any cat beds. We have a short double-decker cat cylinder-thing with a round spot on top, a tall cat tree with a couple of places for a snooze, and one of those cat tent things (very plush). The tall cat tree gets a lot of use when the sun's out, as it's in front of the big wind...

Ali, I coulda sworn it was Magic Maker ...just saying... --A She can get her own ass here to correct me. :biggrin: Ur-Dead, that's quite a list. 8O I have a bunch of chronic issues, but nothing that physically painful. Sky, I'm not sure whether gout is more of a male thing or not. Somebody could as...

It helps that I bought a timeshare in Santa Fe a couple of years back, so I'm out there one week a year. And ABQ is the closest big airport.

Pretty sure thats something Ive never experienced .. freezing rain?? We get snow, rain, wind, sun but never had ... freezing rain :lol: Doesnt sound like my cuppa tea either ... brrrrr It's miserable. It happens when the upper air is warm enough for rain, but close to the ground is cold enough for ...

I follow a scant few news operations on FB -- the Washington Post, the Denver Post, WTOP News Radio in DC (because I used to work there), ProPublica (nonprofit news organization), and some individual journalists on Twitter. The rest I get from things others have shared. And I tell you what: Even whe...

Today wasn't bad for February. We're looking at another winter storm Tuesday night into Wednesday, though: several inches of snow are forecast, arriving early in the morning, topped off by sleet and freezing rain during the afternoon rush hour. Yay? :( I am debating whether to preemptively take a da...