Good morning. 
Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventy-four. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 6:46 PM, for 12h 00m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 15.3% of its visible disk illuminated.
Today is the one thousand fifty-first day.
Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1789, Pres. Washington signs the Judiciary Act of 1789, legislation that established the federal judiciary of the United States.
Recommended for reading in full:
Susan Hennessey, Quinta Jurecic, and Benjamin Wittes write So You Want to Impeach the President (‘What to include – and what not to include – in articles of impeachment’):
The Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives suddenly seems to be careening toward impeachment. The resistance to this measure, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, appears to be crumbling in the face of the new scandal over President Trump’s bullying of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to produce damaging information on Joe Biden and his son. Whether the newfound momentum will sustain itself over the coming days is anyone’s guess. But the sudden and urgent focus on impeachment raises an important question: What should the House impeach President Trump for? If the House is no longer considering whether to impeach Trump and has really decided to move forward, it needs to think about what articles of impeachment should—and should not—contain.
This is actually a difficult question. Trump’s misconduct presents what the military calls a target-rich environment. There’s a huge range of activity that a reasonable member of Congress could in good conscience regard as impeachable. That said, it would be a very bad idea for the House to take the approach of throwing a lot of spaghetti at the wall and seeing what, if anything, sticks. That approach could potentially trigger political blowback, giving the president’s allies more material with which to portray congressional Democrats as just a bunch of crazed and partisan attack dogs. And it could also risk doing real institutional damage. When Congress passes an article of impeachment, it makes a statement about the nature of offenses that justify removal from office. It is important to be careful when making such statements so as not to create ill-considered precedents that will justify future mischief.
Jackson Gode writes On National Voter Registration Day [9.24.19], examining ways to expand voter registration:
Americans view paying taxes and voting as two actions that are inherent to democratic participation. Research has shown that when Americans pay taxes to the government, they believe it should come with the right to play a role in determining how the money is spent. For families who rely on the earned income and child tax credits, tax filing can enhance feelings of citizenship and social inclusion. By giving all eligible citizens the opportunity to register when they file their taxes, the government creates an efficient elections system that strengthens democracy.
The process of connecting voter registration with tax filing has proven to be effective in other countries. In Canada, filers are prompted on their income tax form to update their voter registration.