Tag: Supreme Court
Supreme Court blocks New York’s restrictions on religion amid COVID-19
The Supreme Court's majority ruled that "even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten."
McConnell caught trying to sabotage Covid Relief agreement in order to...
The window to hash out any details of a coronavirus relief deal is coming to an end as Election Day approaches even though there is a huge need for one.
Watch: Why Trump’s judges are the worst of the worst
How has Trump had so many vacancies to fill?
‘Look for power in the shadows’: Watch Sheldon Whitehouse shine light...
“Something is not right around the court. And dark money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it.”
Supreme Court: A superstore for the super-rich?
This is America, after all, where rich white men can buy whatever they want, including members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.
Barrett’s views on climate crisis worry and appalls environmentalists as her...
“If you’re neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends.”
Amy Coney Barrett won’t say climate change is real; forgets 1st...
Here are some of the key exchanges from Wednesday’s hearing...
Amy Coney Barrett’s remarks on climate change raise alarm that a...
“It’s a really big deal — and a sign of a complete failure of our democracy — to be confirming a climate denier to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court during a moment when urgent climate action is an existential priority.”
How Donald Trump intends to weaponize the Supreme Court against ordinary...
The addition of anti-worker Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the right-wing-dominated Supreme Court will help the rich tighten their stranglehold on working people.
‘Incapable of rendering equal justice’: 150 groups demand senators reject Coney...
"The undersigned organizations urge the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Judge Barrett and allow the president duly chosen in the 2020 general election to fill the existing Supreme Court vacancy."
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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.