The Constitution directs the federal government to undertake a census of the population of the United States every 10 years and does so for a very specific purpose: to determine the number of representatives in the House that each state shall have seated. To deliberately skew that census count is to over- or under-represent citizens [...]
You might have heard about the Jones Act during discussions of the Gulf oil spill. In layman’s terms, it prohibits foreign-crewed or foreign-built ships from participating in domestic operations in US waters. By that I mean that a French ship, for example, couldn’t work a contract to pick up cargo in Boston and deliver it [...]
This just in from the Republican Party of Virginia: Fairfax’s Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) is providing p*$$-poor service for his constituents: Fortunately, the residents of VA-11, right next door, have the opportunity to correct this disastrous mistake and put a man in office who has their best interests at heart. Keith Fimian is that man [...]
