Thoughts

Memory fades 

Love does not

 

Do not get angry

When interrupted

 

Lying to your therapist

Is thoughtless and stupid

 

Old does not mean

Stupid or ignorant

 

If ifs and ans

Were pots and pans

We'd have no need

For trinkets

States Rites

    Every ten years, a nationwide census leads to changes in the way states elect members of the House of Representatives. 

  By its own rules, there can only be 435 members of that chanber, so a change in population leads to a change in membership.

 Currently, California leads the pack of states in revising its map so more Republicans will dominate the state's list of Congress members. Some states will gain members and some will lose.

 But Texas is also planning some changes, and if Canada becomes a state, as suggested by Donald Trump, it will gain a substantial number of members of the House, while other states will lose. Especially large states, such as Texas and California.

  However, every state must have at least one member of the House, no matter its population.

 The Constitution says so.

 But what if the Constitution is suspended, as some say the current president may attempt? 

 We live in interesting times.

Presidential Impunity

    Talk, talk, talk.

    "What I really meant was ..." Political yammer.

   For all the talk about a third presidential term for Donald Trump, will there be any action?

    In one way, there will be no action, since he is not eligible for a third term as President.

   The Constitution says so.

   Unless, of course, he and his allies ignore, cancel or overturn the Constitution. Or they insist it refers only to "consecutive" terms.

    But it doesn't say so.

   How can this happen? One way would be for a majority of states to approve another amendment canceling the rule that a president cannot serve more than two terms. It doesn't say they must be consecutive.

 Another way would be to suspend the entire Constitution because of war or some other excuse. But there will be plenty of action as Americans at every level argue, debate or even fight over the issue.

 All this is a variation on the issue of presidential immunity.

 Donald Trump has long behaved as if he is immune from laws -- behavioral, civil or criminal. Is he immune?

 Who ya gonna believe, him or your own good sense?