Can Democrats Replace Sonia Sotomayor Before Donald Trump Takes Office?
Now that Donald Trump has been elected the next president of the United States, speculation has swirled around whether Democrats can replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor before he takes office in January. The short answer is yes, but it comes with a significant caveat: Sotomayor, 70, would have to agree to retire. Sotomayor […]
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Democrats Should Become Liberals | Opinion
Here we are now, aghast and uncertain, with the body politic outstretched upon the autopsy table. It’s rightful to fear that Donald Trump‘s re-ascendance into the Oval Office, with practically unchecked power granted to him by his party and the Supreme Court, is the death knell for democratic values. Hopefully, though, it will also signal […]
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Donald Trump Didn’t Win. The Democrats Lost | Opinion
Forget about 270. Today, the number that matters most is 92—former and future President Donald J. Trump will now be presidents 45+47. But anyone who thinks the Republicans just won the election and the Democrats didn’t lose hasn’t been paying attention. The Democrats outworked nobody in this election. All they did was outspend and out-fundraise […]
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Democrats’ Chances of Winning the Senate, the House and the White House
Two leading bookmakers are offering odds on the Democrats to win control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives on November 5. Speaking to Newsweek, Betfair said its odds on the Democrats winning all three contests are 6/1 (14.5 percent), while Star Sports has odds of 7/1 (12.5 percent) on a clean sweep […]
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