Thursday, August 13, 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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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

Trumping the future

Okay, I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can’t take the bad news. It’s too much. It’s so extra, as the kids like to...

Legal battle looms as Louisiana mandates Ten Commandments in classrooms

Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law, mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in "large, easily readable font" in public classrooms by the start of 2025.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.

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

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