Thursday, January 17, 2019

Briefly...

Not having a State of the Union (SOTU)delivered in speech form is not the end of the world. For those who do not know, presidents have a variety of ways they have met this constitutional requirement. However, the manner of delivery was not uniform historically.

President Washington delivered his addresses at the old Federal Hall building in NYC from 1790-1796. President Adams followed suit for his addresses which were done in the Senate portion of the building from 1797-1800. President Thomas Jefferson who was a poor public speaker and also shy opted to write his and deliver it to the papers in 1801. That established a precedent for all subsequent presidents from 1802-1912.

President Wilson reintroduced the oral speech delivery in 1913. However, from 1918-1920, he was too ill to give it orally so he submitted it in writing to the press. President Harding returned to oral delivery of the speech in 1921 and 1922 and President Coolidge followed suit in 1923. Starting in 1924 though, Coolidge eschewed the oral delivery and submitted a text to the papers instead: something President Hoover did for all four of his SOTU's from 1929-1932. Then President Roosevelt in 1933 cemented the oral delivery of his addresses in 1933 in the House chamber before a joint session of Congress and all his successors followed suit through to 2018 with the time of said speeches being fixed to late January-early February in 1934.
Hundreds of People Are Saving Feral Felines From Death in NYC By Adopting Them as ‘Worker Cats’


Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Happy "New York Values Day" Folks!

(Also known as the anniversary of #TedECruzyote being pwned by Donald Trump in front of the whole country and his campaign ship being gashed with an irreparable tear below the proverbial waterline.)

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Briefly...

For those wondering about all the huffing and puffing about President Trump's AG appointee's Catholicism and why the Democrats are doing that right now, its a trial balloon for SCOTUS. In a nutshell:

Chief Justice Roberts is Catholic
Justice Thomas is Catholic
Justice Alito is Catholic
Justice Kavanaugh is Catholic
Justice Gorsuch is Episcopalian but was raised Catholic
Amy Coney Barrett the likely next court justice to be appointed by Trump is Catholic

This is why they are field testing that kind of argument now.