Tag: SCOTUS

Some of the conservative Justices did, however, indicate that they would be willing to uphold the ban, in full.

“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.”

What does the new decision mean for other states with TRAP laws?

“It implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state, just waiting to be cataloged.”

Justice Antonin Scalia died, and the anti-union litigants lost the fifth vote they needed to prevail.

Obama can call Garland moderate and Republicans can call him liberal, but on the most important question of 2016 he is neither.

Did Mitch McConnell just admit to Republicans being in bed with the NRA?

"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.”

Here are the facts on the nominee, previous lines of right-wing attack, and facts about the nomination and confirmation processes going forward.

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.