Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Checking Rachel Mitchell Against Herself

I hope Senate Judiciary Committee members will obtain some trial transcripts from cases Ms. Mitchell has prosecuted in Phoenix. It will be interesting to compare the substance, tenor, and tone of the questions she asks Ms. Ford with her examinations of sex crime victims in her cases and to compare the substance, tenor, and tone of her examination of Judge Kavanaugh with that of alleged sex assailants she has questioned as an officer of the court. 

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Should President Pence be Impeached with Vice President Trump in the Wings?


Put aside for a moment the specific impeachment counts with which President Pence has been charged by the House, and turn to the opinion makers’ hot question: will we or won’t we be better off if Donald Trump became president following a vote of the Senate to convict Pence and remove him from office?

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Was Trump’s criticism of Sessions for permitting indictments of Republican House members a high crime or misdemeanor?


The tweet in question:

(1)    “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff…..”