Republican politicians line up to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

The annual anti-abortion rights “forced birther” March for Life Rally in Washington, D.C. is January 24, 2020. In advance of this annual ritual calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reports, Federal government’s brief in abortion case supports Louisiana’s position, raises possibility of … Read more

New evidence becomes available almost daily in impeachment proceeding (updated)

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, can provide Congress with evidence in his criminal case that is of interest to impeachment investigators. The Washington Post reports, Giuliani associate can give impeachment investigators phone data, documents seized by prosecutors, judge says: U.S. … Read more

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hears Don McGahn appeal (updated)

Two panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard back-to-back oral arguments today for the House of Representatives enforcing its subpoena for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn, and obtaining the grand jury materials of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation. Politico has an early report of what happened … Read more

What has Trump done?

Last night, the United States launched a drone strike that killed Iran’s leading commando in international guerilla and proxy war, intelligence, and terrorist tactics, Qaasim Suleimani. It also resulted in the death of the leader of the radical Iraqi branch of the Popular Mobilization Forces. Iran has, of course, vowed revenge. Tears should not be … Read more

Virginia will pass the ERA in 2020, then the legal games will begin

Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment are so confident Virginia is on the verge of becoming the critical 38th state to ratify the gender equality measure, they are already making plans for how they will celebrate. The Associated Press reports, Lawmakers pledge ERA will pass in Virginia. Then what? In Virginia, the ERA’s future is … Read more