Author: Bob Loevy

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with what looks like a tired and worn-out party system, where the two old political parties are bankrupting the country. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a famously…

Bob Loevy Let’s continue our close look at the six Colorado cities suing Gov. Jared Polis and the state legislature for enacting two new laws to limit the home rule powers of cities on the Front Range of Colorado. As pointed out last week, the new laws deny cities the power to require off-street parking…

Bob Loevy Let’s take a closer look at the six Colorado cities suing Gov. Jared Polis and the state legislature for enacting two new laws that limit the home rule powers of cities on the Front Range of Colorado. These two new laws deny cities the power to require off-street parking for new apartment buildings.…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy “Home Rule” legal authority gives city governments in Colorado the power to make laws regarding matters of local concern. It differs from state control, where matters of city government are controlled by the governor and state legislature. Under Home Rule, authority to act on matters of municipal (city) concern is…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy A major military parade in Moscow a week ago was just one of many celebrations of the victory of the United States and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War II. VE Day — Victory in Europe Day — was 80 years ago on May 8th, 1945. World War II was…

Bob Loevy Decades of teaching college students about American jurisprudence have convinced me it takes at least 30 minutes of class time to teach students what “due process of law” is. The concept is not as well-known as more familiar rights and freedoms such as “freedom of speech” and “freedom of the press.” But, as…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy President Donald Trump, the Tariff Man, has relished his retaking of the White House. He has also let everyone know, prematurely it seems, he’d welcome a third term as U.S. president. That would require repealing the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, or it’d require some imaginative “workaround,” which President…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy President Donald Trump is his own biggest cheerleader. He loves campaigning and he loves being a promoter — a promoter with multiple deals and multiple programs. He gave a lengthy, program-filled, blame-heavy, comeback-kid performance last Tuesday at the “Capitol Theater” in Washington, D.C. It broke the record for the longest presidential…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy “Here I am,” President Donald Trump proclaimed.  Trump 2.0 may be older, yet he yearns to be bolder. During his second inaugural address, Trump had scorn, and no praise, for his predecessors, many of whom sat nearby. He implied, because of God, he was brought back to save the American…