Friday, August 14, 2026

Tag: SCOTUS

Supreme Court rejects lawsuit aimed to block climate change suits against...

The Republican effort fell short in stopping Democratic-led states from using their own state courts to sue the fossil fuel industry.

Supreme Court upholds Virginia voter purge, risking thousands’ right to vote...

Virginia’s controversial voter roll purge raises alarms over disenfranchisement and sets a national precedent, impacting voting rights for eligible citizens.

Whitehouse report reveals Trump White House manipulated FBI Kavanaugh investigation, ignored...

According to the report, the FBI was directed by the White House to conduct only a small number of interviews, focusing on a limited group of witnesses.

Supreme Court refuses to hear Biden’s emergency abortion rule appeal, allowing...

This decision came on the first day of the Court’s new term and has significant implications for the legal landscape of reproductive rights across the country.

Wyden pushes for major Supreme Court overhaul, seeks to restore public...

Senator Ron Wyden introduces sweeping legislation to expand the number of justices, implement transparency measures, and limit political influence on the nation’s highest court.

Trump-appointed judges continue assault on workers’ rights by undermining NLRB

In a move that could reshape labor rights across the country, these judges are granting preliminary injunctions to companies that argue the NLRB’s structure violates the U.S. Constitution.

Trump, the felon, has been making a complete fool out of...

The political destruction of Trump who, as a candidate for president is the greatest insult to our democracy and our Constitution and to the U.S. court system that has constantly bent to him and given him one free pass after another.

Clarence Thomas’s undisclosed gifts from billionaire spark renewed calls for Supreme...

New revelations about undisclosed luxury travel raise fresh concerns over Justice Clarence Thomas’s ethics and call for urgent judicial reforms.

Schumer unveils No Kings Act to counter Supreme Court’s presidential immunity...

Schumer’s No Kings Act aims to counter Supreme Court ruling and reassert presidential accountability.

You aren’t voting for a 4-year presidency. You’re voting for a...

2024 could be described as the most consequential election in shaping the direction of the U.S. for generations. What will the history books read?

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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.

Truly remaking Social Security is the key to having a livable society in the...

What does a social democratic political program really mean?

In the crosshairs: The perilous reality for journalists in 2023

Examining the heightened risks faced by journalists in conflict zones, especially in the Gaza Strip, amidst global political tensions and criticism of U.S. foreign policy.

Why so many nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles?

Apocalypse will be highly likely. Artificial intelligence is not going to save us. These weapons need to be outlawed, not produced and purchased en masse.

Across Africa, water conflict threatens security, health, and the environment

The scarcity-led conflict and crisis.