Senate GOP policing bill fails; House will pass its policing bill on Thursday

I broke down the differences between the Senate GOP policing reform bill, dubbed the “Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020” aka JUSTICE Act, and the Democratic House policing reform bill, dubbed the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act” aka the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, in this earlier post, Action Alert: tell … Read more

Trump toady judge writes opinion directing Judge Sullivan to dismiss Michael Flynn case (updated)

Today the rule of law may have died in America. The years-long project by Senator Mitch McConnell and far-right organizations to pack the federal courts with unqualified far-right ideologues who would put their stamp of approval on the illegal and unconstitutional acts of Republican presidents and legislators with the imprimatur of a ruling that their … Read more