Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions


The Supreme Court is considering legal challege to President Obama's overhual of the nation's immigration laws. This has been his most far reaching executive action since his election in 2008. Many adversaries of President Obama feel he is abusing his authority while others feel he has done nothing to overstep his authority. Do you feel President Obama has overstepped his authority with his immigration laws? How do you think the Supreme Court case will turn out? Could this affect the balance of power between Congress and the president?

Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump

Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump




Donald Trump has recieved an endorsement that could greatly increase his support in some conservative states. Sarah Palin, the 2008 GOP vice-presidential candidate, has endorsed Trump. This could lead to increased support for Donald Trump as we near the primaries. Palin's endorsement is the highest-profile backing of a republican candidate so far. Do you think Palin's endorsement will increase support for Trump? Will it have no affect? Could it even reduce support for Trump?

Sander's Campaign Takes In $33 Million During Final Quarter

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders has raised an impressive thirty three million dollars in the last three months of campaigning. All of this, in the spirit of his campaign, has been without the aid of SUPERPACS and by keeping a monetary cap on the amount any one voter can donate. This is largely in contrast to the manner in which the  other candidates have raised their funds. With some of the other candidates receiving donations in the ten million dollar range, what does this landmark fundraising achievement reveal? Do you think that the Citizens United case allowing such high amounts of donations from any single party should be upheld?

G.O.P. Presidential Hopefuls Gird for a Month of Mud-Flinging

Working their ways into January, the GOP candidates have begun putting their helmets on for what is expected to be an aggressive campaign battleground. With a large amount of them still in the race and February fast approaching, each of the candidates intends on making sure they are the last man standing. The article states that "by month’s end, the candidates and their allied groups could spend as much as $100 million combined, much of it on negative advertising delivered via television, radio, mailers and digital spots." While many of these candidates are skeptical of Trump's front-running poll numbers, the belief that, "spending money against Mr. Trump and inviting his wrath could only help another hopeful" seems to have created a sort of nonaggression pact towards him. Who do you think will benefit from this upcoming series of attacks? Will they increase the chances of having a challenger that trumps Trump? Or conversely will they feed into his support? In the 2016 race as well as in general, how does the nature of attacks on other candidates affect the race as a whole?

Bipartisan Criminal Justice Overhaul Is Haunted by Willie Horton

A popular bipartisan criminal justice overhaul is currently up in the air in Congress.  The overhaul would lead to the early release of thousands of nonviolent offenders.  Many influential members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties support the overhaul, but it is still facing opposition.  This is because of an event that occurred after the release of Willie Horton on a weekend pass.  Shortly after leaving the prison, Horton committed a brutal home invasion and rape that sent him back to prison.  Many lawmakers are wary of this overhaul as they do not wish to see a repeat of this event.  What do you think of the efforts to promote the overhaul? Should politicians still be cautious or is this the time to act?

Bernie Sanders Attacks Hillary Clinton Over Regulating Wall Street

Senator Bernie Sanders visited New York City's Town Hall and made his case to break up "too big to fail" commercial banks.  He pointedly attacked Hillary Clinton for being too lax with her plan to regulate Wall Street.  Sanders says that Congress should be the one regulating Wall Street and not the other way around.  He claims that banks need to stop taking advantage of poorer Americans who need more affordable banking options and that he would allow post offices to engage in basic banking services to fix this issue.  Clinton pushed back on Sander's statements arguing that she was tougher on the shadow banking sector and that she has a broader, more comprehensive set of policies for Wall Street  What do you think of Sanders' proposals?  Is his plan too extreme?  What of Clinton's proposals, are her plans for Wall Street too weak or too tough?

Presidential candidates are getting their campaign ads ready for the first primaries

Voting in Iowa and New Hampshire is only a couple of weeks away. Watch some of the ads that opponents are throwing at each other in order to possibly get ahead in the wake of many opponents. What do you think of some of these ads? Do you think they will help some of these candidates get further in the poles or is it futile? Are any of the ads appealing to you in any ways? And how is it relative to what we have been learning lately about campaigning.?

President Obama has emotional call on limiting gun violence

President Obama had a very emotional and passionate meeting on gun violence. There were people affected by gun violence in attendance that he recognized, including former congresswoman Gabby Giffords. The President made it clear that there must be expanded background checks for gun buyers. What's your reaction to Obama's ideas and his emotions? Do you think it was appropriate? Obama also made it clear about what he thought of those opposing the bill. What do you think about the reaction of those agreeing and those opposing Obama? Are you surprised? And what are you're overall thoughts on the President's possible executive action on limiting Gun Control?

Bill Clinton: GOP 2016 field 'kind of scary’

As part of Candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign, former President Bill Clinton is delivering speeches on her behalf. In his first speech in New Hampshire, he first described his emotional connections toward Hillary. As his speech continued, he labeled the entire field of GOP presidential candidates as “kind of scary.” Is President Clinton’s statement accurate? Why or why not?

GOP field wants no part of Oregon standoff

A group of armed protestors, led by Cliven Bundy,  took control of the Masher National Wildlife Refuge building near Burns, Oregon, and will not leave and wants the government to hand over land resources. Conservatives who are sympathetic to their cause have openly criticized these protestors, such as Marco Rubio calling them “lawless.” Conservative sympathy arrives in the belief that there is too much federal control over land. Are these protestors entirely unreasonable in their demands? Is the reaction of conservatives surprising?

President Obama on Gun Control

President Obama announced executive action on gun control.