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I Don't Get It

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

Why start something that you don't have the guts to follow through with? Why grab defeat from the jaws of victory? Barely a week after the best election night Democrats have had in years, with the president's approval ranking hitting new lows, with voters deserting him on the economy and immigration, what do Democrats do? They cave, or at ...Read more

Shutdown Politics

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

It has been a terrifying week for the one in eight Americans who depend on food stamps -- the SNAP program -- to feed their families. Would they be eating this month?

With two federal lawsuits and two federal judges breathing down the administration's neck, President Donald Trump took to social media this week to threaten to withhold SNAP ...Read more

The Test for a Conservative Court

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

Is the Supreme Court really a conservative court, bound by conservative principles of statutory construction and judicial review, or is it President Donald Trump's Court, ready to do his bidding, no matter how radical it may be? This week's tariff cases, challenging the president's power to unilaterally impose whatever tariffs he chooses, will...Read more

 

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