Notes on k-12 Governance Reform
- It’s hard to miss that the Dems are letting the Rs do some of their dirty work for them. The silence around some of the Eos on DEI, sports, etc…is deafening. There is an old saw in politics that you don’t get in the way when the other guy is shooting himself in the foot. You also stay out of the way when the other party is solving a political headache for you.
- That brings us to Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon. Her hearing is later this week. It’s political malpractice she’s not already confirmed. Her paperwork is complicated but she was confirmed in 2017 by the Senate with 81 votes for Small Business Administrator – where her tenure earned bipartisan praise. Her nomination was an absolute layup where the Dems risked overreaching. Now the problem facing the Dems will be just what to focus on in this target saturated environment (though they’ll still probably overreach with the MSNBC cameras there and all that). Having her confirmed might also help with all this chaos. Agree with her or not she’s not a chaos monkey and was well-regarded in Connecticut education circles.
- So many lawsuits. And it’s only been a few weeks. It’s exciting to see a whole new generation of attorneys get beach houses in Delaware. The plight of the second homeless in D.C. is real. But if team Article I isn’t going to do it’s job then put in Team Article III coach!
Ann Althouse summary:
“If the bureaucracy’s in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have?… It does not match the will of the people.”
and:
Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process takes multiple months.
