Else It Is None

Cometh now the latest leaks from the White House that President Trump is frustrated by the way the government works . In politics, we should all try to recognize the premise from which we start our arguments. I get the impression that Trump's premise is that ready-made solutions exist but Obama was just too [insert pejorative here] to implement these obvious solutions. What better illustration of this than his campaign slogan: Make America Great Again. Let's leave aside the issue of whether American is great (and therefore requires a return  to greatness). Instead, look at his specific policies for achieving this goal: 1. Win 2. Win some more 3. Get rid of immigrants who Republicans think are simultaneously stealing our jobs and too lazy to work   Would that it were that simple, Mr. President. Would that it were. 4. Win another one 5. And another one Ok, President Trump has neither specific policy proposals nor a coherent legislative plan to Make America Great

President Trump nominated 10th Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Nino Scalia's passing. With the snap of his tiny, orange fingers, President Trump has created drama. This is the seat that Former President Obama tried to fill with Merrick Garland but Republicans refused to  even meet  with man despite universal agreement that he was qualified. Democrats refer to it as the " stolen seat " and are understandably unmoved by Republican's shamefully hypocritical denouncement of Democrats as already being obstructionist. What about Neil though?    Gorsuch is being hailed as an  originalist . Originalism is a doctrine that favors looking to the original intent of the men who wrote the Constitution when interpreting it today. It relies on "plain reading" of the words that are actually in the Constitution rather than, say, made-up concepts like " penumbral rights ." For now, let's leave aside the very real possibility th