Platner’s downfall should serve as a warning to a Democratic Party that is at risk of fumbling its midterm advantages inherent in a disgruntled electorate and an unpopular president.
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio is abusing a provision of an old law to detain and try to deport people that the Trump administration doesn’t like. It’s wrong and it’s likely unconstitutional."
From the editorial, "We of course support the full journalistic accounting of a political figure’s professional life. ... Secrecy only makes things worse."
From the editorial, "The federal government has a duty to protect Americans’ private data and national security. The current system could use some reform."
From the editorial, "Most Americans are open to the idea of seeing Social Security as “earned insurance against poverty in old age,” as policy wonk and means-test enthusiast Mickey Kaus wrote last month."
From the editorial: "(Here's) what can be done to prevent the dangerous spread from water body to water body of critters like zebra mussels and spiny water fleas."
From the editorial, "Part of what’s at work is a reasonable desire to give a party with more than its share of grizzled congressional veterans a jolt of youthful energy. "
From the editorial, "The court’s penchant for tossing away or ignoring established precedent is made worse by justices who refuse to uphold parts of the Constitution as it is written."
From the editorial, "From the U.S. point of view, that motivation to have an American kid with an American Dream can also be seen as affirmative of the values of a nation of immigrants.”
From the editorial, "Restoring the system to long-term solvency requires an even bigger drop in benefits or a much steeper tax increase than the one proposed by Warren and Moreno."
