Notations On Our World: An Outsider Newsflash On the @SCOTUS (Supreme Court) Nomination by @POTUS

President Obama has nominated Judge Garland of the DC Courts of Appeal to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court.     As we went to press with this newsflash, The US Senate Majority Leader is speaking that reiterates his opposition to the President having the right to nominate anyone based on what he views as the "Biden Rule".    In his speech at the floor of the US Senate, Senator McConnel says that the President is politicizing the nomination process even though he underscored the right by the President to nominate a replacement.    

Notations On Our World: On the Virtual Beat w/the US Elections on @realDonaldTrump & Other Thoughts.....

The Trump juggernaut has continued.     Mr. Trump had a statement in Florida on the occasion of his wins as he also made sure that his embattled Campaign Manager got center stage too after a recent controversy regarding the Campaign Manager having been in a scuffle with a Briebart.com Reporter.  It was also interesting how he noted that despite all the negative forces arrayed against him, he still won.   The problem is still that over 60% of the Republican Electorate has voted against him as he called for unity in the party.   

As we went to press, Governor Kasich has won his home state of Ohio.    Missouri was too close to call.  But,  what we deemed "Super Dopper Tuesday" has underscored that the Trump train appears unstoppable as he has also won North Carolina and Illinois having tapped into the very nature of the disaffected that seem to help drive  her candidacy.        He has also won North Carolina and Illinois.   What some refer to as the "Delegate math" is continuing to so far work in his favor.


As Trump won, Marco Rubio dropped out.   This came out from his campaign:

Tonight, Marco reminded us why we’ve been working so hard to help him win this election, and while the results tonight weren’t what we had hoped for, we’re all very proud of Marco.   Click here to watch Marco’s message from tonight

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As we went to press, Hillary Clinton won Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Illinois.   She continues her march on to the nomination.   The path to the nomination is pretty much blocked for Senator Sanders as Senator Sanders will apparently win Missouri.   Senator Sanders' campaign will continue for a while though to follow through on the message of Equality and change.       Our team has found it especially of note as Mr. Trump has noted how  he has not even begun on Hillary Clinton yet.

We find it fun to be witness to history....

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Notations On Our World: On the Eve of the Polls Closing......

Polls in the Five Pivotal States will be closing within the next few hours.    Deliberations are continuing as we await the results.      It was of interest as we saw this recent column by Professor Turley he published on USA Today recently that we have decided to feature here in its' interesting with some ideas to reinforce faith and mitigate the apparent anger being felt which has fueled the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders:

Voters Want A Revolution. Here’s What It Would Take. by jonathanturley

Below is my Sunday column yesterday in the Washington Post on reforming our political system. We are certainly, as the Chinese curse says, “living in interesting times.” We seem to be in the midst of an American revolution where citizens have arisen in collective disgust of the establishment and the status quo. For years, citizens have objected to a political system that is dysfunctional and detached. The two parties have largely ignored these objections and many have objected to this "doupoly" on power. For many, answer of the two parties to the American people seems to be the same as Henry Ford to customers of the Model T Ford: “you can have any color so long as it is black.” In the United States, you can have any party so long as it is red or blue; Republican or Democrat. Yet, in 2016, the public has responded with a deafening rejection of the establishment. The most obvious is Donald Trump who is the perfect personification of an angry electorate. On the democratic side, a 74-year-old Democratic Socialist has rocked the Democratic party, which overtly rigged a primary system to guarantee the selection of the ultimate establishment figure: Hillary Clinton. However, we seem to go this cathartic exercise every four years rather than seek some changes to break down the insularity of government. There is another way. Instead of just choosing some personality that matches our angry politics, we can really change the system . . . for the better. The Framers gave the public the power to solve our own problems, including the ability to circumvent Congress with a constitutional convention. We have the anger. The question is whether we have the answer.

Below is the column. There are a host of other changes that can be made to improve the system, including many that can be down without a constitutional amendment. However, there is a value in focusing on a few basics that could have a transformative effect on the respective branches of government.

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