Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Tag: Neil Gorsuch

Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy in free speech ruling

In an 8-1 decision, the Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, prioritizing a therapist’s First Amendment claim over state efforts to restrict a practice rejected by major medical organizations.

Supreme Court: Are new ethics rules needed as Gorsuch, Roberts &...

“Because they don’t have an ethics code, you don’t know whether they’re doing things in an above-board way.”

With Kennedy’s vacancy, only voting can check one-party rule

Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.

The judicial test Neil Gorsuch can’t pass

The moral test, which asks whether a nominee’s opinions adversely or positively will affect the lives of ordinary Americans, is far more important than what they've been trying to talk about in Gorsuch's confirmation hearings.

Democrats: Do the right thing

Gorsuch could not have come this far without the plutocrats.

Gorsuch on labor: A soulless man cannot serve justice

The senator’s question was simple and straightforward: What would you have done?

Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until we know the person who picked...

Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until Trump comes clean.

Pro-Gorsuch dark money raises doubts about judicial independence

Does Gorsuch have a conflict of interest?

Neil Gorsuch and the case of the frozen trucker

Neil Gorsuch cast a cold, solitary vote against a worker who was fighting for his life.

Five reasons moderate democrats should oppose Neil Gorsuch

Opposing Gorsuch is the right political move. More importantly, it’s the right thing to do.

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Judge blocks Trump policy of fining immigrants up to $1.8 million after deportation orders

The Boston ruling halts penalties of $998 a day that DHS says it has assessed in more than 103,000 cases, after finding the forms lacked individual allegations
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America’s Archvillain, And His Arch of Tr(i)ump(h)

Tom Engelhardt on the 250-foot triumphal arch Trump plans to build in Washington, D.C.
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Nearly 4,000 Brigham nurses set open-ended strike for Oct. 14, the largest in Massachusetts...

Mass General Brigham says it has contracted 1,300 temporary nurses, while the union says the system conditioned further talks on a multi-year pay freeze
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States take on 75 percent of SNAP administrative costs as federal share drops to...

Forty states have appropriated money for the shift, while New York and North Carolina passed the costs to counties and Arkansas and New Hampshire declined
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No, Mr. Trump, Iran can’t “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego

US intelligence agencies have assessed for 25 years that Iran has no military nuclear weapons program, and Iran has no intercontinental ballistic missile, writes Juan Cole.