It’s not a new observation, but Hanson states it so well [emphasis mine]: So what is behind leaking Supreme Court drafts of impending opinions, or seeking to pack the Supreme Court with 15 justices, or ending the Senate filibuster, or … Continue reading →
Now that The Great SCOTUS Leak has occurred, there’s even more talk than before about Congress passing some sort of national abortion bill. But if that were to happen, would such a bill be constitutional? “Constitutional” seems to be a … Continue reading →
Democrats and Joe Biden will be campaigning by drumming up fear: President Joe Biden called the ‘MAGA crowd’ the ‘most extreme political organization in American history’ in a full-throated attack on Republicans and their ‘ultra-MAGA’ agenda in a speech from … Continue reading →
For those of you who might be wondering where the next post in the series is, I haven’t forgotten. There’s just been a lot of intervening news to cover. The next post should be coming in the next few days. … Continue reading →
Greenwald is right, and he’s crystal clear about what the legal issues are (he doesn’t deal with the moral ones). An excerpt: Rhetoric that heralds the values of democracy and warns of the tyranny of “unelected judges” and the like … Continue reading →
Let’s just assume that the Court will overrule Roe and send abortion policy decisions back to the states. Let’s also assume that Congress won’t manage to pass some sort of bill federalizing the right to abortion in every state (of … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s a slightly-edited version of a post I first published in 2014. I thought it might be good to put it up again, because it still seems appropriate.] The time was 1956, over 65 years ago. The place was … Continue reading →
My blog is yummy: Magnificent website. Plenty of helpful info here. I am sending it to some buddies and also sharing in delicious.
Continue reading →What’s going on here? [emphasis mine]: While discussing the Musk take-over on CNN’s potato time with Brain Stelter, “media analyst” David Zurawik proclaimed that Musk is “dangerous” and shouldn’t be allowed to restore free speech on the platform. Zurawik suggested … Continue reading →
It’s another giant step down the road to the ruin of the tacit agreements that allowed this country to function in a relatively peaceful manner. First we have the leak of Alito’s alleged majority opinion overturning Roe, and then the … Continue reading →