ProPublica: Trump and Barr Want to Restore Death by Firing Squad
ProPublica has been collecting evidence of Trump’s “midnight regulations,” the last-minute rule changes he and his cruel administration want to impose before they leave office....
Category : Justice
Mike Klonsky: The Supreme Court’s Dangerous Decision
The Supreme Court has taken a dangerous rightwing turn since the addition of Trump’s three religious zealot. Poor Chief Justice John Roberts has lost control....
Jesse Jackson: Black Americans Are Not Fooled by Trump’s Lies
Jesse Jackson wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that Black Americans will not fall for Trump’s absurd claims about the great things he claims to have...
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Explains Dark Money and Its Corruption of Our Democracy
Sheldon Whitehouse, Senator from Rhode Island, gave a masterful presentation on the power of dark money at the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett....
How Many Justices Should Be on the Supreme Court?
Joe Scarborough, the host of “Morning Joe” and a former Republican Congressman, wrote this provocative article for The Washington Post, where he is a columnist....
Law Professor: Barrett’s “Originalism” Is Incoherent
Kevin Tobia, an assistant professor of law at Georgetown Law Center, wrote in Salon that Amy Coney Barrett’s “originalist” interpretation of law is incoherent. Tobia...
Jan Resseger: An “Originalist” Judge Cannot Understand Education
Jan Resseger writes here about the misfit between an “originalist” interpretation of the Constitution and the field of education, which has evolved very far from...
Steven Singer: An “Originalist” View of Public Schools
Steven Singer tries to understand today’s public schools through the eyes of an “original story,” someone who judges court cases based on the original intent...
How Does ACB’s “Originalism” Connect to 2020 Medical Care?
I get many requests for donations in my email daily. Some come from the Committee to protect Medicare. This was written by Dr. Rob Davidson,...
Rhode Island: A Must-Read Court Decision!
You are probably not in the habit of reading court decisions. They tend to be dense and filled with citations that slow down the reader....