Politics (page 8)

Editors at Issues & Insights share concerns about more than just Democrats’ proposals for packing the U.S. Supreme Court. Joe Biden has so far refused to answer the question of whether he’d pack the Supreme Court with leftist justices. But he hasn’t even been asked about a more…

Editors at the Washington Examiner question Democrats’ strategy for pursuing political power. Whatever happened to impeachment? You sure don’t hear much about that nowadays, do you? President Trump’s supposed “abuse of power” was going to be at the center of Democrats’ efforts to run him out of town…

Charles Cooke of National Review Online explains how a New York Times columnist has sabotaged his own support for Democrats packing the Supreme Court with new justices in 2021. In the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie deftly and succinctly refutes the rest of his own column, which proposes…

John Fund of National Review Online probes the potential political cost of Democrats’ stance on packing the U.S. Supreme Court next year. Joe Biden is refusing to answer questions about whether he and his party would support packing the Supreme Court and ending the Senate filibuster. Indeed, on…

Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the role of health care costs in the election for N.C. state treasurer. The Daily Journal highlights one federal judge who has used his power judiciously during ongoing election law disputes.

Adam Shaw writes at FoxNews.com about an interesting Nobel Peace Prize development. President Trump has picked up another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, after a Finnish member of the European Parliament (MEP) called for the American president to receive the honor. Laura Huhtasaari, an MEP and a…

David Sound uses a Federalist column to explain why he’s come to around to supporting the incumbent president. Even though I had voted for every Republican presidential candidate since 1980, I didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016. Many Republican nominees had been huge disappointments to me, and…

Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online about races for seats on the N.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights the role ticket-splitting continues to play in N.C. elections.