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Tradition over technology? SCOTUS delays its April oral arguments for no justifiable reason
April 5, 2020
Above: Image courtesy of Demand Justice. (Oh no, now I have the Brady Bunch theme song ear worm in my head). Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reported that the U.S. Supreme Court announced on March 16 that it would postpone the scheduled March oral arguments in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The justices did not set a … Read more
Adelita Grijalva wants to continue and build on the legacy of Richard Eliás
April 5, 2020
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Tucson and Pima County Residents were saddened to learn that Pima County Supervisor Chairperson Richard Eliás passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020. A beloved progressive activist in the community, Supervisor Eliás leaves large shoes for one of his five potential successors to fulfill. One person looking to succeed Supervisor Eliás and continue and build … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of April 5, 2020
April 5, 2020
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
If Republicans succeed in killing the U.S. Postal Service, there will be no mail voting
April 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: This post has been subsequently updated: Republicans are using the Coronavirus crisis to kill the U.S. Postal Service (April 10, 2020) Trump administration opposes US. Postal Service aid – ‘let it die’ (April 12, 2020) Republicans have been trying to kill the U.S. Postal Service for decades. Now the coronavirus pandemic has given … Read more
Know Your Rights During a Pandemic
April 4, 2020
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The National Lawyers Guild put out an updated and constantly changing Know Your Rights brochure on March 27 in response to the pandemic. The Rule of Law, already on precarious ground in the U.S., is often the first to go in a crisis. As Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has shown, fascism never … Read more
Mitch McConnell’s criminal public corruption of the courts
April 4, 2020
Above: Kentucky District Judge Justin Walker, far right, fist bumps U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as Senator Mitch McConnell, in the middle, looks on at Walker’s swearing-in ceremony. There are those who would turn a blind eye to public corruption, excusing it as “elections have consequences,” and this is the “spoils of victory,” and “everybody … Read more
Democracy faces its Greatest Test here and around the World During the Coronavirus
April 4, 2020
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History has shown that leaders, both enlightened and despotic, have used crises and emergencies to advance their agendas. The Great Depression in the 1930s gave rise to both the New Deal philosophy of Franklin Roosevelt and the Nazism of Adolph Hitler. The Great Recession in 2008 gave rise to Barack Obama and the fringe Tea … Read more
