Tag: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s subtle hint on police accountability
Recent rulings suggest the high court may be open to ‘recalibrating’ qualified immunity.
Supreme suppression
Back in the day, nonviolent people power was the only answer to governmental inertia in radically improving U.S. democracy.
Supreme Court strikes down California’s nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions...
In a 6-3 ruling, the court said the law, intended to fight fraud, subjected donors to potential harassment and violated their First Amendment rights
Supreme Court allows fracked gas pipeline’s use of eminent domain. But...
The decision could give private companies more power to take state land, but experts point to a thicket of legal obstacles that remain in the pipeline’s way.
An inequality even conservative justices can’t swallow
A unanimous Supreme Court throws a monkey-wrench into a college sports scene that’s minting mega millionaires.
Supreme Court slices and dices 1789 law protecting non-citizens
International law in the 21st century has expanded to include the protection of human rights.
Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious liberty over LGBTQ rights—and nods to...
As Justice Gorsuch concluded in his concurring opinion, “dodging the question today guarantees it will recur tomorrow.”
Supreme court sides with giant corporations Nestle and Cargill saying they...
“We’re celebrating ‘the end of slavery’ but American companies are still profiting off of slave labor.”
Hypocrite of the age prize to McConnell: ‘Biden’s commission will ‘politicize’...
McConnell didn’t just politicize the selection of justices—he corrupted the entire selection process for our highest court.
Biden creates commission to study Supreme Court expansion, other reforms
"Congress has the power, and the constitutional duty, to set the size of the court, as it has seven times throughout our history."
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.