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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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.