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Big Cases Scheduled For Scotus Term

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:00am

The new term of the U.S. Supreme Court crept up on us Monday and started with a bang.

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Bills Stalled by Senate, Not House

Published by admin on Fri, 10/04/2019 - 12:00am

If you’ve been drowning in a sea of impeachment chatter for a couple of weeks, you’re probably not too concerned about the plastic wading pool of what else the 116thCongress is doing with its time.

The President has repeatedly said that the House of Representatives is so busy investigating that it has done nothing, nada, zilch in the way of law making.

That is not true.

It has done a lot and you may not like the results but many of the bills the House has passed in 2019 have been buried in Mitch McConnell’s graveyard of legislation.

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Democrats Failing to Learn Tough Lessons

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 12:00am

Do some Democrats actually take aim before shooting themselves in the collective foot?

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Federal Grant Money Isn’t Free Money

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Thu, 09/19/2019 - 12:00am

Members of Congress and Senators love to brag to constituents that their hard work has landed a grant for some desired local project.

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Biden Could Become Next Muskie

Published by admin on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 12:00am

Journalist Matthew Rosza of Salon wrote an intriguing piece last week asking whether Joe Biden might become the Ed Muskie of 2020.

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Leonard Pens Must-Read Book on Koch

Published by admin on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 12:00am

A clever observer of modern life once said, “If you want to boycott Koch Industries, you can’t.”

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Fershee Has Promising Future at Creighton

Published by admin on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 12:00am

The Creighton Law School class of 2022 is up and running and the whole endeavor is being led by a new dean.

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Buescher Following in Big Footsteps

Published by admin on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:00am

When Brian Beuscher was confirmed as Nebraska’s newest U.S. District Court judge, he joined a company of individuals of great integrity and independence going back 151 years.