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A Preview Of Coming Attractions In Arizona’s August Primary
June 29, 2022
Colorado held its primary election on Tuesday and MAGA/QAnon election denier candidates lost their Republican primary. The Daily Beast reports, Indicted Election Denier Tina Peters Loses Her Own Election—and Denies She Lost: Tina Peters, the [election denier] Colorado county clerk who flogged election conspiracy theories and was then indicted for allegedly breaching [the security of]
The Inspiring and Vital Dobbs Dissent by Justice Sotomayor in a Podcast For Easy Listening
June 29, 2022
I read the Dobbs decision, overturning Roe and Casey, suffused with dread and punctuated with periodic fits of anguish and disbelieving wrath at this unprecedented violation of American women’s human rights by our highest Court. It left me discouraged and angry and bewildered with the question of what’s next – which I addressed in a prior
Ramos and Smith React To Claim Andy Biggs Wanting a Pardon from Donald Trump
June 29, 2022
Andy Biggs is another walking reason that many members of the former Party of Lincoln do not deserve to be entrusted with the public service positions they currently hold. While not mentioned in Cassidy Hutchinson’s riveting live testimony (could not believe she was just 25) before the January 6, 2021 select committee hearing, her prior
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the Bipartisan Budget Passed by the Arizona State Legislature
June 29, 2022
From a Democrats and social justice perspective, there are several good items in the bipartisan budget passed in the Arizona State Legislature last week. There were also some bad and ugly provisions in and outside the budget as well. To be fair, there are probably Republican legislators who feel the same way about the budget…for
As Russian War Crimes Mount In Ukraine, NATO Formally Invites Sweden And Finland To Join The Alliance
June 29, 2022
A missile strike by state sponsor of terrorism Russia on a shopping mall in a civilian neighborhood of Kremenchuk, Ukraine killed at least 15 18 civilians and left scores injured, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. At least 15 dead after Russian strike on shopping mall, Ukraine says: The Pentagon said Monday that Russia launched about 60
SCOTUS Watch: The Final Four – Two Opinions Today, Two Opinions Tomorrow
June 29, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions on Wednesday, and one from its emergency docket (“shadow docket”) on Tuesday. The two final cases to be announced on Thursday morning are (h/t Amy Howe): West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (argued Feb. 28): A challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. One question before
The Dobbs Question… And I Don’t Know the Answer
June 28, 2022
As a prosecutor, one is taught to never ask a question that you don’t already know the answer to in a courtroom. As that training runs quite deep, it is difficult to ask the following question, as I have no idea what the answer might be. We know what we do as a society when
Department Of Justice Focused on Trump Coup Plotters Lawyers
June 28, 2022
The New York Times reports, Federal Agents Seized Phone of John Eastman, Key Figure in Jan. 6 Plan: Federal agents armed with a search warrant have seized the phone of John Eastman, the lawyer who advised former President Donald J. Trump on key elements of the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election,
