Links for 04/18/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: A 13.5% marginal tax rate is devastating if you are Trump or Romney. If you make in the $200,000 a year range, it is about average. Camosy is wrong on a big thing - socialists do not believe in private charity as a replacement for government action. We believe in higher taxes for the upper middle class and the wealthy. Sanders is considered upper middle and received a permanent tax cut thanks to Obama keeping the Bush rates for his income level. Interestingly, Bernie is also going with the meme that below $250,000 is somehow still the middle class. I really is not, especially if you have to have two homes (the perks of office are mostly when you leave - and Sanders will most likely die before he becomes a lobbyist.
Like it or not, the superdelegates are a safety valve to prevent a non-party member or someone like Donald Trump from getting the nomination. Of course, even though Sanders is a nominal socialist, he has been serving in the Democratic caucus in both houses of Congress for decades. If Bernie wins or ties New York, much of the rest of the east and wins big in California, superdelegates will likely change sides, although they don't have to. If Bernie loses NY, he will still have a California campaign swing that will be more speaking tour than request for votes. He is in it for the message - which is why he went to Rome.
A four to four decision on the immigration case defaults to the appellate decision, which favored the government. Of course, if they rule on standing - which might not be 4-4, the ruling on executive power may be moot since there would not be a case. The Court does not give advisory opinions (although this one has been coming close of late).
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