Tag: U.S. Constitution
Civil Rights case probes racism behind Cancer Alley pollution
Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
SCOTUS rules on ban on gender transition care for minors
The Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee's ban did not violate "U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law by discriminating on the basis of sex" and upholds ban against treatment for minors.
House passes bill to shield Trump from legal accountability, restricts judges...
Republicans push sweeping limits on judicial authority after courts repeatedly block Trump’s executive actions as unlawful or unconstitutional.
Ripping up constitutions
But Trump doesn’t care what’s in the U.S. constitution any more than he cares what trees make up his toilet paper.
The U.S. constitution was meant to be a work in progress
Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal’s first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed, but that it’s still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.
Protest as domestic terrorism? The threat to dissent
With activism more and more referred to as a form of terrorism on the right, the left will need to take local and state elections more seriously to halt the trend.
How African Americans fought for & won birthright citizenship 150 years...
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
The biggest threat to our democracy that you haven’t heard of
The real threat is the real possibility of a rogue Constitutional convention – empowering extremists to radically reshape the Constitution, our laws, and our country.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
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.