No instructions to all US Attorneys to pursue partisan, ideological cases, as AG Gonzalez did.
(The non-ideological case for electing Mitt Romney rested on this last reality, and the advantages of a fresh start).
In this new economic, political and ideological environment, "The Case for Big Government" shows how yesterday's contrarianism can become today's consensus.
The "clear ideological or religious" case was that of Sayfullo Saipov, a twenty-nine-year-old Uzbek national who drove onto a bike path in lower Manhattan on Halloween, killing eight pedestrians, came out of the truck shouting "Allahu akbar," and was shot by the police.
He said that he believed the president had a right to pick his own cabinet officers and that he wanted to set the principle that a candidate for attorney general should not be rejected for ideological reasons, in case a liberal candidate should someday seek confirmation.
Bush v. Gore, Citizens United, and now Obergfell v. Hodges are all recent 5-4 votesplitit down ideological lines in each case, just one judge could have changed the course of the decision entirely.
Eight years ago, when Bill Clinton picked Mr. Gore, a middle-of-the-road Southerner, he broke from the traditional practice of selecting running mates from another part of the country to provide a geographical and in some cases ideological balance.
It also offers an ideological barrier to the case for spending less time at work.
Morning shows are, in any case, branded, ideological machines that, reflecting their viewership, push accessibly progressive content.
So there's been both a physical breakdown in control, as evidenced in the A. Q . Khancase, and ideological breakdowns that, at least from the point of view of the potential targets of jihadis, are cause for concern.
