The Guardian (November 23)
“A crisis is brewing” in Scotland. “Ms Sturgeon intends to demonstrate such demand for separation that a Westminster government using its constitutional power of obstruction would appear to be in egregious violation of democratic principle. If unionists do not want to be caught in that position, they need something more than a legal veto over a referendum. They need the political arguments that can win one.”
Tags: Brewing, Constitutional power, Crisis, Demand, Democratic principle, Egregious, Obstruction, Referendum, Scotland, Separation, Sturgeon, Unionists, Veto, Violation
Time (April 8)
“The end of the special counsel’s probe gives Donald Trump one of the biggest wins of his presidency…. A special-counsel investigation of this ilk might have proven fatal to Trump’s predecessors, yet the President survived it.” Still, “Mueller’s verdict was not nearly as definitive as the President and his allies would claim. He did not clear Trump of obstruction.”
Tags: Investigation, Mueller, Obstruction, Probe, Special counsel, Trump, Verdict
