What are the long-term consequences of, not America First, but America Alone?
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/trumps-tariff-threats-how-can-any
Budget leaves state finances still rickety
Hobbs and the legislature keep spending virtually all of any surplus in the very next budget year.
A vexing decision on universal injunctions
What to do about the Trump bull in the Constitution’s china shop?
Iran bombing: Constitutional, but imprudent
It would have been better to let Israel conduct its own campaign without the U.S. joining its offensive component.
Biggs, Musk, and the disgusting abomination
Is Biggs exercising independent judgment or just deferring to Trump?
Prop. 123 extension: The case for an education lobby initiative
The GOP school choice-higher distribution combo is blatantly unconstitutional.
Yee boards a MAGA train
Arguing that the ESA program has too much oversight, rather than too little, won’t be politically fruitful.
The Political Notebook 5.20.2025
Is it a tax cut or avoiding a tax increase? It’s too early for Arizona Democrats to be crying in the beer about the 2026 election.
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 and consumer preferences.
The Trump blitzkrieg has been a political loser
The body politic might want change, but not chaos.