Tag: Supreme Court
How ‘Janus’ will boost income inequality in America
The U.S. Supreme Court has totally ignored that union warning with its Janus decision.
Who is Brett Kavanaugh? Inside the right-wing history of Trump’s Supreme...
Kavanaugh has deep ties to the Republican Party and will push the Supreme Court further right if he is confirmed.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 5, 2018
Protests at the Statue of Liberty, a neo-Nazi has governmental security status, the Supreme Court rules against unions, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.
Money talks: Justice Kennedy’s retirement tied to the Trump family, Koch...
As Americans wait for answer regarding the two families' ties, conservative Republicans are all in on Trump's future nominee.
With Kennedy’s vacancy, only voting can check one-party rule
Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.
High Court killing of closed-shop public employee contracts a needed wake-up...
It's time we stop whining and start organizing!
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 28, 2018
Americans own 40% of the world's guns, the Republican tax plan has made the U.S. debt the highest since World War II, Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire, and more.
SCOTUS votes in favor of Trump’s ‘Muslim’ travel ban
"I am deeply disappointed that this ruling gives legitimacy to discrimination and Islamophobia."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 27, 2018
28-year-old Democratic Socialist wins the New York primary, the Supreme Court upholds Muslim ban and sides with anti-abortion centers, Occupy ICE protests spread, a federal judge sides with Big Oil, and more.
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.