Tag: SCOTUS
SCOTUS temporarily allows parts of Trump’s Muslim ban, will rule on...
Some of the conservative Justices did, however, indicate that they would be willing to uphold the ban, in full.
SCOTUS: Okay for debt collectors to hound people, even after statute...
“The result is that debt buyers have won ‘billions of dollars in default judgments’ simply by filing suit and betting that consumers will lack the resources to respond.”
Supreme Court Overturns Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
What does the new decision mean for other states with TRAP laws?
In Scathing Dissent, Justice Sotomayor Says Supreme Court Just Gave The...
“It implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state, just waiting to be cataloged.”
BREAKING: The Biggest Legal Attack On Unions In Decades Is Dead
Justice Antonin Scalia died, and the anti-union litigants lost the fifth vote they needed to prevail.
Obama’s Nomination Insurance for Plutocracy
Obama can call Garland moderate and Republicans can call him liberal, but on the most important question of 2016 he is neither.
Mitch McConnell: We Won’t Vote on Garland Because the NRA Opposes...
Did Mitch McConnell just admit to Republicans being in bed with the NRA?
Republican Senator Says Colleagues Should ‘Man Up’ And Vote On Merrick...
"The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get "yes" or "no" votes. Your whole job is to either say "yes" or "no" and explain why.”
Myths And Facts On The Nomination Of Judge Merrick Garland To...
Here are the facts on the nominee, previous lines of right-wing attack, and facts about the nomination and confirmation processes going forward.
Supreme Obstruction
After so many years of this, the public is, to say the least, disillusioned to the point of giving up on government – even our current pretense of democracy.
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Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.