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Archives: Supreme Court
Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn ‘Dark Money’ Lobbying on His Behalf
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Judge Neil Gorsuch claims he 'speaks for' himself, but secretive sources have spent millions to get him confirmed for a reason During…
The real Victors in Judges’ ban on Trump’s Ban: US Universities
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the Trump administration's request that the Executive Order banning Muslims…
All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)
By Juan Cole | - - About 1 million women and their supporters demonstrated in Washington, D. C. on Saturday, but many millions more rallied in cities like New York, Chicago, Los…
Top 5 Reasons Senate Dems should block all Trump Supreme Court Nominees, Forever
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - We don't need a Trump-nominated supreme Court justice. We desperately don't need such a person. And there is no reason to have one.…
Can Trump be checked and balanced?
By Ulrike G. Theuerkauf | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - The US Presidential system has been much heralded as a prime example of horizontal accountability, but there is no guarantee how Donald…
Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?
By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - The U.S. presidential election continues to grind agonizingly to its conclusion. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but America has turned into a kind…
Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed
By Michele Gilman | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump touts that as president he would be good for American workers. Although many of his plans are vague or possibly harmful,…
Top 5 Scalia Rulings that helped Progressives
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Justice Antonin Scalia died in Texas on Saturday. IC sends condolences to his family. Scalia is widely recognized as having been a brilliant…
Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted…
As Love wins out at Supreme Court, did Justices in Minority encourage States, Fundamentalists to Defy Ruling?
By Danielle Weatherby, Timothy Holbrook and Robert A. Schapiro | (The Conversation) | - - Editor’s note: Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that marriage is a legal right – striking down…
Rand Paul: GOP Hawks are Obama’s “Lapdogs;” McCain: Paul ‘Worst Candidate’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The philosophical difference between the Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and the GOP hawks has burst into open name-calling. First, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that…
In New Gilded Age, Social Protest dominates Academy Awards Ceremony
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - If social and economic inequality were a mine, and if America were deep in this mine with a canary in tow, the canary would long…
Race inequality between US Whites and African-Americans by the Numbers (Again)
By Juan Cole | --- With regard to employment, African-Americans got hit harder by the Bush Depression than did whites, and jobs have not come back for them at nearly the same…
Top 5 Reasons “Labor Day” isn’t for Laborers Anymore
By Juan Cole Calling the bottom of a river a "bed" is a metaphor. Imagine the river restlessly sleeping on its muddy mattress. But when we've so internalized a metaphor that we…
SCOTUS: Corporate “Persons” have Religions, can Deny You Birth Control Coverage
By Mindy Fischer On Monday the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Hobby Lobby case. They ruled in a 5-4 decision that corporations who have religious objections to birth control…