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I'm not sure the seat will go blue. The district McCarthy represents has a pretty red voting record. It is possible the Democrats may pick up the seat, but it's not a sure thing by any means. The vacancy is filled by special election, which is called by the governor. If he wanted to, Newsome...

Haley's Campaign Now Financially Viable https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/05/nikki-haley-raises-over-500000-at-event-with-wall-street-execs.html

There would likely be constitutional issues as well. The Constitution prescribes who is eligible to run for office and who is not. A law that changed what the Constitution says would not likely survive a court challenge.

Liz Cheney Considering a Third-Party Bid for President https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/05/liz-cheney-2024-third-party-00130100

Warren Buffett on the Deficit Renowned investor Warren Buffett said, “I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.” (Source)

Giuliani NY Law License Status Just an update. Giuliani's NY law license is currently suspended. The practical effect of that is he is suspended from practicing law in other states that tend to defer to the disciplinary actions of a lawyer's home state. The next steps in the NY disciplinary...

The King of Delay Begs Court for Urgent Action "Trump is now seeking an "urgent review" by New York's highest court, called the Court of Appeals, his attorneys said in a filing. Trump has accused Engoron and the clerk, Allison Greenfield, of bias in his filings."...

Giuliani's Jury Trial Begins Dec. 11 This is the case in which Giuliani is accused of defaming two GA election workers. In a default judgement, he has already been found to be civilly liable for defaming these election workers. The jury trial is to determine the amount of the damages...

NY-03 US House District Special Election With George Santos now expelled and his NY-03 District seat now vacant, here are the rules for filling it: In New York, there is no primary election to fill a vacancy. Instead, county party officials will choose their party's nominee. New York state law...

Will There Be More? Now that the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits regarding his Jan. 6 actions, I'm wondering if others who can claim harm from Trump's actions might also sue. Might one or more enterprising law firms launch a class-action...

Trump's Expected Appeal and Possible Delay Last week, Judge Chutkan ruled that Trump does not have presidential immunity from prosecution in the federal Jan. 6 case. His expected appeal will go to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. That court just made its own ruling regarding presidential...

DeSantis Hot on Iowa; Iowa Cool on DeSantis DeSantis completed an Iowa campaign milestone today. He completed his goal to visit all 99 of that state's counties. Candidates sometimes use this strategy. They make a big deal out of visiting every county in the state. They do this to show people...

For Trump in court this week; zero wins, five losses. Coming up on Dec 6: Oral arguments before the Colorado Supreme Court regarding Trump's ineligibility on 14th Amendment grounds.

Questions Answered in Court; Week of 11/26/23 Running Total *Trump-Favorable Answers: 16 Trump-Adverse Answers: 159 Trump Win Rate: 10.06% Answered This Week: Yes, Trump can be prosecuted on Jan. 6 criminal charges. Presidential immunity does not apply. 12/1/23, Chutkan No, Trump is not...

DeSantis Call Ignored by FL GOP Chair In response to the rape accusations being leveled against FL GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, DeSantis called for Ziegler to step down. DeSantis did not talk about the presumption of innocence. He did not say he wanted to wait for the investigation to be...

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George Santos is Naming Names Santos is not going out quietly. In his Twitter (X) feed, he's threatening to file ethics complaints to expose various violations and hypocrisies of his former US House colleagues. https://twitter.com/MrSantosNY

As Sex Scandal Brews, DeSantis Says FL GOP Chair Should Resign I said nothing about this story before because the news items about it were based on unnamed sources. More details are emerging now. Not a good look for Florida Republicans and Moms for Liberty. Placing ethically challenged people...

Trump's claims of presidential immunity are faring poorly, both in civil court and criminal court. Yesterday, a three-judge panel, including one Trump appointee, on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals (the second-highest court in the land) ruled unanimously that Trump is not immune from the three...