Archive - Robert Robb

A vexing decision on universal injunctions

What to do about Trump's bull in the Constitution's china shop?

Jul 1 •

June 2025

May 2025

Yee boards a MAGA train

Arguing that the ESA program has too much oversight, rather than too little, won't be politically fruitful.

May 30 •

The Political Notebook 5.20.2025

A tax cut or avoiding a tax increase? Too early for Arizona Democrats to be crying in their beer.

May 20 •

The Trump endgame: managed trade

The flow of goods across borders will be decided more by agreements between political leaders, and less by the market forces of comparative advantage…

May 14 •

The Trump blitzkrieg has been a political loser

The body politic might want change, but not chaos.

May 7 •

April 2025

The sorry state of state government politics, Part II

Is Karrin Taylor Robson faux MAGA or a faux traditional Republican?

Apr 30 •

The sorry state of state government politics

The brouhaha over a funding shortfall for DD programs is a measure of political incompetence all around.

Apr 23 •

For congressional Republicans, will enough ever be enough?

Do any of them have a "sacred honor" to be pledged?

Apr 16 •

Tariff tantrums and contradictions

As in geopolitics, the Trump effect will cause a realignment in trade.

Apr 9 •

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