Global warming bill ‘unconstitutional,’ Scott says, predicting court fight
Memo to the Vermont Legislature from Gov. Phil Scott regarding the Global Warming Solutions Act veto override: This ain’t over.
Biden in 2016: SCOTUS confirmation can happen ‘a few months before a presidential election’ if Senate is involved
Former vice president Joe Biden said in 2016 that he would have considered a Supreme Court justice nominee in an election year if the president had consulted the Senate on the nominee.
Black Lives Matter linked to 91% of riots over three months, study finds
The Black Lives Matter movement is linked to more than nine-in-10 riots across the country, according to a recent study.
‘Welcome to hell’ says California policy expert, where Global Warming Solutions Act passed in 2006
Two leading policy experts in California, a state that passed its Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006, are calling Vermont’s pursuit of similar legislation a big mistake.
Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore: We need real solutions on climate
While the GWSA appears to reflect the sense of urgency so many of us feel, the actual process established is unwieldy and does not provide my agency – the Agency of Natural Resources – with the tools needed to accomplish the work.
John Klar: The progressive ‘slide-rule of law’ in Vermont
Many businesses are closed for noncompliance with COVID mandates — some permanently — yet Black Lives Matter protesters remain exempt from social gathering restrictions. This is the “slide-rule of law.”
Stan Greer: Lose schoolchildren, but keep taxpayers’ money
The COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath are now illustrating, perhaps more vividly than ever before, why government union bosses in states like California never should have been granted monopoly-bargaining privileges in the first place.
Opinion: We are watching a replay of the French Revolution
History is repeating itself in America today as we see new age socialists follow the same script as history’s most violent leftist revolutionaries. It happens too fast not to be planned.
Vermont protesters, gov leaders ponder possible post-election unrest
In a year unlike any other in our lifetimes, Vermont activists, lawmakers and National Guard leaders are discussing what could happen if the November election goes sideways.
Roper: Official who oversaw Colorado’s transition to vote-by-mail says Vermont’s not prepared
In his 10-page review, Scott Gessler notes that in order to have a successful vote by mail experience — one free of fraud and error — certain safeguards must be in place. In Condos’ proposal they are totally absent.
H. Brooke Paige: Why Vermont should not implement an all-mail voting system
Vermont’s voter checklists have been the subject of concern since they do not provide local election officials with meaningful information to confirm the identity of individuals who vote in the state’s elections.
McClaughry: It’s Constitution Day
Today, September 17, marks the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States.