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Pennsylvania canvassing report - Angry Bear

Oct 22, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

I am canvassing near Pittsburgh this week with a group of around 30. The first few days have been relatively uneventful. The weather has been beautiful. A few of my co-canvassers reported useful conversations, like one woman who wanted to vote but wasn't sure who the pro-choice candidate was. I have had one conversation with an undecided voter, a woman who spoke to me from inside her house.
Can the Supreme Court be trusted to call balls and strikes? Neil Gorsuch, in Over Ruled, gives us one answer.

Oct 17, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

I will try to say more about this, but for now:You might have missed it, but in August, Gorsuch published a book titled Over Ruled, which argues that there are too many laws on the books and that government officials at both the federal and state levels are enforcing them in increasingly unpredictable and unjust ways. The argument is not exactly original, but it takes on a different force when it comes from a sitting Supreme Court justice.
The Case for the 28th Amendment

Oct 16, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

This is a guest post by Charles Euchner. Euchner, a political scientist, is former special projects editor at New America, and the author of a forthcoming book on Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. Why are we waiting? Three months have passed since the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States, which grants the president "absolute immunity" in all crimes committed in the performance of "official acts."If allowed to stand, the Court's decision makes the president untouchable.
Beyond price controls: Ozempic for all who want it, and a strategic food reserve

Sep 9, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

Suppose that you wake up tomorrow and discover that a sadistic alien has turned you into an economist. You are just getting over your shock at your new predicament ("How will I make friends? Will anyone ever trust me again? At least I'm not a lawyer.") when Kamala Harris, responding to voter concerns about inflation, makes a vague statement in favor of government restrictions on the price of groceries. It just so happens that you have a regular gig writing columns for a national newspaper.
Patriotism and the Harris campaign

Jul 25, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

Here is the campaign speech Harris delivered in Wisconsin. It's good: short, to the point, and upbeat. She hits on the right issues: Trump is a criminal, abortion, economic opportunity, Republicans cannot be trusted with Social Security and Medicare, etc. A patriotic framing that emphasizes that the United States is a great country could help present this bill of particulars in a compelling way. The basic message would be "Yes, we have our problems. We can and will address them.
Should Democrats rally around Harris?

Jul 23, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

It appears that the democratic nomination contest is wrapped up. People are voting with their wallets. Pelosi and Obama at one point appeared to favor some kind of competitive process, but Pelosi has evidently thrown her support behind Harris. Potential rivals are all standing down. Ezra Klein is still making the case for an abbreviated nomination contest.
This is not going to blow over. It's time for Biden to step aside.

Jul 5, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

Biden has been slightly behind Trump in the polls for months. Still, until now it was easy enough to discern a plausible path to victory. Democratic voters disappointed with Biden would gradually return to the fold as the choice between Biden and Trump became clear. Memories of inflation would fade. Trump would say outrageous things. A few decent breaks and Biden could pull it out. The debate has changed the math. Biden has been badly hurt by his debate performance.
The case for a national unity ticket

Jul 3, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

Will Biden drop out? Should he? What then? To run or not to run So far Biden seems determined to stay in the presidential race. He and his campaign have worked hard to tamp down any talk that he might step aside. Yet there is a reasonable chance he will step aside, especially if his polls drop. If he stays in and loses, he will have to live with the fact that he lost one of the most consequential elections in American history. Just as important, he will not become a revered elder stateman.
The debate - Angry Bear

Jun 28, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

The long term effect of the debate may be small, but the race is at best a tie, and I just don't see how Biden can turn it around. I'm not saying he should drop out or that his candidacy is doomed. He still may be the Dems best bet. Maybe the outcry about his performance will blow over, the case against Trump will become clearer, and wandering Democrats will return to the fold. But Biden was not making much progress in the run up to the debate.
The picayune approach to statutory interpretation and the war on the regulatory state: the case of bump stocks

Jun 27, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Eric Kramer

Imagine that Congress wants to address some social or economic problem by prohibiting certain undesirable acts. One approach Congress can take is to specifically describe the undesirable behavior and prohibit it. This approach sometimes works well - it is the basis of traditional criminal law - but it has two great disadvantages. First, in many fields - like drug regulation and pollution control - Congress lacks the expertise to identify which acts are undesirable.