Even Trump’s weak executive privilege claims merit consideration
(Nov. 11) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit did the right thing Thursday afternoon in granting a brief hold on the forced release of Trump administration documents […]
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Public: Change law to avoid another election meltdown
(Oct. 26) The public strongly wants to reform the confusing “Electoral Count Act” that former President Donald Trump tried to use to reject slates of presidential electors certified by state […]
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Trump and Congress BOTH overreach on executive privilege
(Oct. 19) Former President Donald Trump will likely fail in most of his executive privilege claims against a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but the committee’s overreach could result […]
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Political figures behaving badly
Four pieces about political figures behaving badly, two by Democrats, two by Republicans. Attorney General Garland has no right to withhold info on Russia probe (Oct. 17): More evidence emerges […]
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How to avoid a repeat of the (falsely) disputed election
(Sept. 23) Several true but easy conclusions suggest themselves regarding two stories out this week about the Trump campaign’s attempts to overturn last year’s presidential election. Rather than just look […]
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Five pieces on the horrendous mess in Afghanistan
I was the first to call on Biden to resign (Aug. 18):President Joe Biden should resign in disgrace. Seriously. As I have argued for decades , it is long past […]
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On Biden’s (mostly) and Trump’s debacle in Afghanistan
Two columns on how the current Afghanistan horrors could have been avoided. (August 16: U.S. should have stayed in Afghanistan) The humanitarian, diplomatic, and military disaster unfolding in Afghanistan right […]
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Huge cracks in Kraken lawyer’s credibility
(March 23) When an attorney’s defense against accusations of lying is that everybody should have suspected she was lying in the first place, that attorney probably should stop practicing law. […]
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Ban on ‘earmarks’ really didn’t help much
(Feb. 16) Conservatives theoretically are right to lament that Democrats plan to renew the practice of “earmarking” specific, local projects in spending bills. In practice, though, the end of the […]
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Random collection of Hillyer pieces
In these unrelated,random posts, please follow the links embedded in the headlines in order to read the full articles. Biden is way out of line against a late Trump appointee […]
