Back in 2012, attorney Kermitt Waters mounted his most audacious legal attack on a law that restricts the ability of citizens to propose laws by initiative. That law, known as the “single-subject rule,” says initiatives can only address a single issue. It was put in place in 2005 to prevent crafty special interests from trying to enact unpopular laws by wrapping them inside popular ones.
Steve Sebelius
For most Democrats, the time for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants is right now.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came to town Thursday, insulted most of his rivals, bashed the media, called the current crop of American leaders incompetent and promised to make America great again. Again.
In the wake of my Sunday column on the Oregon community college murders, several people raised a similar objection to my suggestion that we extend criminal background checks to all gun sales.
“There’s been another mass shooting in America,” President Barack Obama announced from the White House briefing room on Thursday.
Don’t rent trouble. If ever there was an axiom that finds its highest expression in politics, it’s the idea that each day has enough potential trouble without creating more problems.
New York Times columnist Timothy Egan didn’t grow up rich. But he had one hell of a summer home.
If there’s a lesson to be learned from Thursday’s speech of Pope Francis to a joint session of Congress, it’s that God is neither Republican nor Democrat. And those who would claim otherwise will inevitably have to confront some uncomfortable truths.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller gave me a hell of a scare last week.
There’s plenty of confusion out there when it comes to religious freedom.
There came a time during Wednesday’s early CNN Republican presidential debate when the differences between the Panderers and the Pragmatists became painfully clear.
Retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark had one piece of advice for early caucus state voters in Las Vegas: Ask them about their strategy.
Someday, perhaps not too far into the future, some young person is going to look at his or her cup of Starbucks Coffee, read the warning about how it’s a hot beverage and wonder, “Why is that necessary?”
Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich is a really, really good guy. That was the consensus of Nevada’s Political Class last week as it rose to defend one of its own.