Kevin Luo's Government Blog

1. The seven most recent polls they looked at measured opinion about last weekend (Those covering Jan 19 in the polling dates).  How many showed more support for removing Trump than opposition for removing Trump? All 7 found more support for removing Trump that opposition. 2. Which of these 7 polls found the most support for removing Trump? Which found the most opposition to removing Trump? The FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll found the most support for removing Trump (54%). The Monmouth poll found the most opposition to removing him (48%). 3. In FiveThirtyEight's polling average, what percentage of Democrats support removing Trump from office? What percentage of Republicans support removing Trump from office? 83.9% of Democrats support removing Trump from office. Only 8.4% of Republicans support removing him. 4. What difference did the most recent Monmouth University poll find in the people who say they support removing Trump from office and those who support the House impeachi...

1. What issue is at the center of both the Trinity Lutheran and Espinoza cases? Can states refuse to subsidize religious education while supporting secular private education? 2. How does Justice Kagan argue that banning ALL funding to religious institutions would be ridiculous? We cannot refuse to give police and fire protection to religious institutions. 3. What choice do the plaintiffs argue that these bans force on students? Students are forced to choose between an institution which supports their beliefs and one that will give them thousands in aid. 4. According to the Census, what's the average amount that states spend on each public school student? $11,392 per year ​5. How did Chief Justice John Roberts explain the Court's decision in Trinity Lutheran? Denying funding due to religious identity penalizes those with that religion, thus violating the free exercise clause. 6. Because of the current makeup of the court, how do the authors predict that the Court...

1. Why was General Soleimani an important target for the airstrike? General Soleimani was a high ranking Iranain military official planning to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and the surrounding area. He and his forces have cause hundreds of Americans and allied casualties. 2. How did the Department of Defense (the Pentagon) justify this attack? The Pentagon claims Soleimani was an imminent threat to Americans and the strike was a defensive action intended to counter a potential attack. 3. How have Iran's leaders responded to the US attack? The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the president, Hassan Rouhani, vowed to take revenge on America, calling the Americans criminals. 4. How has President Trump responded to Iran's promises of "revenge"? Trump threatened to attack 52 Iranian sites important to Iran and Iranian culture if Iran takes revenge. 5. Why have some said that Trump's response would be considered a war cr...