That’s what the Democrats will do. Yup. Illinois Republican Mark Kirk won’t be seated in the U.S. Senate in time for the start of the lame duck session of Congress this month — unlike two other newly elected senators. The session begins Nov. 15. But state officials say the paperwork officially declaring Kirk the winner of the Senate race won’t be delivered until Nov. 29. That should still allow Kirk

Byron York: There’s been a lot of talk about Republican plans to subject the Obama administration to strict oversight once the new GOP House majority takes office. Most of the discussion has focused on Rep. Darrell Issa, head of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is the main panel charged with keeping the administration in line. “I’m going to be doing a lot of investigating,” says Issa. That’s

Or racist, white-male nativist temper tantrums irrationally aimed at a Black Man? Hard to tell, really.

WSJ Law Blog: Oklahoma City federal Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, set a Nov. 22 hearing to consider whether the Save Our State Amendment violates the U.S. Constitution. Until then, she issued a temporary restraining order preventing the state Election Board from certifying State Question 755, which passed by 70 percent last week. The measure directs state courts to ignore “legal precepts of other nations or cultures” and specifically forbids consideration of