This week starts the 2020 session of the Georgia General Assembly. Similar to sessions of the past few years, at … More
Author: Jeffrey Albertson
I’m here to analyze public policy, political theory, and what goes on politically in the U.S. and state of Georgia.
A Closer Look At Upcoming Congressional Retirements
Significant attention has recently focused on retirements from the House of Representatives and the Senate, prior to the upcoming presidential … More
Beneficiaries To Receive Nominal Increase Next Year
According to data released today from the Social Security Administration, the 68.6 million beneficiaries of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability … More
Republican Challengers Seeking Nomination Face Historical Paradigm Shift
To date three candidates have challenged President Donald Trump to the Republican Party nomination for next year’s election. William Weld, … More
What’s up with Social Security’s Trust Funds?
The Social Security program pays monthly cash benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members and to the … More
“Abu Ghraib: Atrocity, Accountability, and Scapegoating”
By Jeffrey Albertson/May 6, 2019 **Please be cautioned that this post contains graphic content that may be unsuitable for some … More
Trends in the 7th Congressional District of Georgia
By: Jeffrey Albertson/Lawrenceville, GA **This writing will periodically be updated, as events in GA-07 occur. Hashtags: #GA07 & #AlbertsonWrites are an … More
Religious Freedom Bill Stalls in Judiciary Committee As Cross Over Day Ends
I previously wrote about the emergence of S.B. 221 from the Judiciary Committee about two weeks ago, after being introduced … More
“Religious Liberty” Styled Bill Emerges in Georgia Senate
Photo Credit Back on March 16, 2016, the Georgia General Assembly sent H.B. 757, a religious liberty bill labeled the “Free … More
The Republican Paradox
By Jeffrey Albertson/Jan 3. 2018 Republicans in the senate face a compromising position as the government shutdown drags on. Earlier … More
The Government Shutdown Continues On, For Naught
The website of the National Park Service displays a disclaimer about the limited service due to the government shutdown. Jeffrey … More
Final Georgia Elections Go to Republicans
In the general election last month, candidates in two races failed to reach the required 50% vote threshold and were … More
Hyde-Smith Holds Senate Seat by Narrowest Margin in a Decade
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic challenger Michel Espy in this week’s runoff election, becoming the first elected female Senator in … More
Election Results in Gwinnett County Offer Glimpse of Blue Wave
By Jeffrey Albertson/Nov. 12, 2018 While campaigns and pundits debate the merits of a Democratic Party “blue wave” in this … More
Payees Will Receive 2.8% Increase Next Year
Jeffrey Albertson/Oct. 28, 2018 67 million beneficiaries of the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs will receive a … More
Abandonment of the Public Space
/Jeffrey Albertson; June 15, 2018. The daily battle with metro Atlanta traffic is enough to try the patience of the … More
The Logical Fallacy of Impeachment
Should Democrats pursue impeachment, the chance to correct re-alignments of the past, especially the loss of blue collar labor in the midwestern and southern states, may be indefinitely lost. Without correcting that paradigm, Democrats should expect to remain in the Congressional minority in the foreseeable future.
President Seeks Line Item-Veto; Against High Court Precedent
Even if Congress codifies the President’s authority to line-item veto appropriation bills, without specifically resolving the unconstitutional delegation of budget making authority inherently held by Congress, it would be fair to expect the Supreme Court to intervene, similarly as in Clinton, and strike down the law.
“The City Too Busy to Hate:” Atlanta and the Politics of Progress
The story of Atlanta’s struggle with segregation was centered on neither the crusade of civil rights activists nor the reactionary … More
Not So Fast on the #SchumerShutdown
Jeffrey Albertson/26 Jan. 2018 By now, the verdict on the 3-day federal government shutdown has been decided: “Schumer [Sold] Out … More
