The GOP Senate Debate: Three Stooges (But Actually Five)

I watched the FreedomWorks Arizona Senate Forum (over two hours!) so that you don’t have to. If you want to subject yourself to an alternative reality, I suggest skipping to about 25 minutes in when the candidates begin speaking. The takeaway from the event is that there is not a single candidate who is an … Read more

Arizona AG ‘Nunchucks’ Gets DIG-ed By SCOTUS On Immigration Case

In the sixth and final opinion announced  today by the U.S. Suprem Court, Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco, The Court dismissed as improvidently granted (DIG) the appeal from Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich aka “Nunchucks” (or is it numbnuts?) and 12 other attention-seeking Republican Attorneys General who wanted to step in and … Read more

SCOTUS Watch: Procedural Due Process Day Today

The Court began the day with 29 outstanding cases to be decided, well behind the curve for announcing opinions this late in the year. The court’s end-of-term workload: A historical perspective. Commenters on SCOTUSblog noted a heavy police presence in Washington, D.C. this morning and major traffic issues, likely related to the January 6 Committee … Read more

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero Denounces Louisiana Judges Decision to Keep Title 42

On March 20, 2022, Louisiana District Judge Robert Summerhays, a Donald Trump appointee, applied an injunction on the lifting of Title 42, a rule both the Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris Administrations had utilized to turn back asylum seekers during the COVID 19 Pandemic. While the Biden/Harris Administration has filed an appeal to overrule Judge Summerhays decision, … Read more

Republicans Are Holding Covid-19 Federal Aid Hostage To Their 2022 Midterm Election Stategy of Anti-immigrant Hysteria ‘White Fright’

Americans are done with Covid-19, but Covid-19 doesn’t care, it isn’t done with you. The New York Times reports, Only a third of Americans were worried about the pandemic in April, even as new cases rose, a new poll finds. About 31 percent of American adults said in April that they were “very” or “somewhat … Read more