Jay Michaelson, legal affairs columnist for The Daily Beast, writes Clarence Thomas Just Showed How Supreme Court Would Overturn Roe v. Wade: In 1992, the Supreme Court looked poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case protecting abortion rights. They didn’t, however, and the main reason was respect for precedent—specifically, the legal doctrine known … Read more
The landmark civil rights U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was handed down on May 17, 1954, 65 years ago this week. The Court’s unanimous opinion holding that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal” and therefore violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment … Read more
Protecting Donald Trump’s crime family has now become the primary – if not only – mission of the Republican Party. The Trump administration is engaging in a policy of “total obstruction” of Congress. Trump’s Republican co-conspirators in Congress are aiding and abetting his obstruction of Congress. They are all complicit and equally culpable in his crime. … Read more
While the media has been obsessed with trivialities such as Game of Thrones and royal babies this past week, you may have missed that House Democrats are aggressively passing the legislative agenda that Americans elected them to do. Republicans, however, are engaged in a policy of “total obstruction” to do nothing and thwart the will of … Read more
The failure of the U.S.-China trade talks was another blow for American farmers, who just a few weeks ago thought a trade deal was imminent. They now begin another growing season with uncertainty about who will buy their crops and whether they can break even. Frustration Mounts Among Farmers as China Trade Talks Break Down: … Read more