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The USSC will indeed hear the case and will not overturn Heart's decision. It will be a split decision 5-4 as to the legality of it. In fact, if you read my last entry, I refer specifically to an upcoming SC decision (although the case specifically only mentions the nationalization of the...

Exactly. You seem to be one step ahead of me.

A Loose Bandage Pt. 13 July 2, 1911: The United States Capitol The junior member of the Californian delegation to the United States House of Representatives and one of only four Socialists in the 62nd Congress, was already drenched in sweat. Even for a man who had traveled extensively...

America's too big for public transportation. There's too much space between its cities and the public network would have to be very large. The distances involved (and, thus, the cost of operating such a system) is simply not all that practical when automobiles and fuel are relatively affordable.

1.) Not at the moment. Congress right now is dominated by the Republican Party. However, the progressive Republicans frequently vote with the liberal Democrats, while many of the conservative Democrats vote with the balance of the Republicans. Opposition will soon form around House Speaker...

Same as OTL. Hearst was not known for his, err, 'kindly' views on race. He openly disliked Asians and Hispanics and showed an indifference toward blacks. I doubt if anything in terms of civil rights is going to happen under him.

Baja has been ignored, as you say. US forces are concentrated in the states of Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon. There are also smaller units in basically all states bordering those two.

Actually, I will. I said I was going to do that in the "Progressives Survive" thread.

A Loose Bandage Pt. 12 January 1911 – June 1911 - With an increasingly deadly and, one might add, unpopular simmering conflict being waged in the Republic of Mexico to the south, the mid-term Congressional elections see the Republican Party sweep both Houses of Congress. Unfortunately...

It's probably easiest to have the Democrats destroyed during this period, for one reason or another, at which point the Progressive Party becomes the main opposition to conservative Republicans. Conincidentally, this is what I plan on having happen in the ALB TL I'm working on at the moment.

A lot of them do. Most of the gas stations I fill up at around Boston are Full Service. Is it different in other parts of the country? If it is, I'd say that it's purely a cost-saving measure to have a gas station be self-serve. So, I think that, if most are self-serve in other parts of the...

The course of the Philippine Insurrection is much the same in TTL as it was in ours. The brunt of the fighting in OTL was done before Emilio Aguinaldo was captured in March of 1901, before the POD of TTL.

Fairly abandoned. I'm working on another timeline at the moment.

Sorry but, at this point, I don't think an Air Corps would have been too successful had it been instituted. Oh well, it will reappear eventually. I don't understand the reference to the Decades of Darkness TL. Could you explain further? Well, the US owns Puerto Rico ("Porto Rico") as it...

My understanding is that, after his overthrow, he became one and quickly drank himself to death while under house arrest in 1915 in Texas. However, I understand that before his arrest in 1915, he was a fully functional heavy drinker, but not an alcoholic.

A Loose Bandage Pt. 11 August 7, 1910: The White House "The stability of Mexico and your United States are gravely threatened by the corruption of the Diaz regime," Francisco Madero said, pleading his case to the President of the United States. The man who should be the President of...

Yes, they're chosen for political reasons but they're nevertheless respected lawyers. Justices are approved by the Senate and, in this case, the Democratic Party holds the majority of the Senate. Mid-term elections will not occur until November of 1910. Thus, the last Justice is confirmed by the...

A Loose Bandage Pt. 10 July 1909 – March 1910 - Tragedy strikes the Hearst administration within its first five months in office. The nation mourns the late Vice President, who dies of an intestinal disorder in August of 1909. John Albert Johnson, the former Governor of Minnesota, is...

No. It's a matter of both intelligence and morals. I simply would be thankful that my family member was still alive and unscathed and, while I might harbor some residual and understandable animosity towards said dictator, I certainly would not sacrifice thousands of American soldiers...

And your fixation as PRESIDENT would lead you to sacrifice the lives of over a thousand American soldiers, the limbs of thousands more, the respect of the rest of the world, and the lives of soldiers of our remaining allies? All for petty revenge? Remember, he's the President of the United...