SCOTUS to decide if Title VII ‘sex’ discrimination extends to sexual orientation and gender identity
April 26, 2019
Over the years I have posted that The time has come to amend the Arizona Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity (December 2017): The Arizona Civil Rights Act does not provide for express protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. A bill has been introduced in the Arizona legislature every year … Read more
Donnie and Jared’s buddies in Arabia, the Saudis, just executed a person for protesting for Democracy.
April 26, 2019
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Who is Mujtaba al-Sweikat? He would have been a college student in the United States had the Saudi Arabian Government not imprisoned him for participating in pro-democracy rallies while a teenager in 2011. His incarceration, justified by a probably coerced confession (probably after torture and without access to legal counsel) sparked condemnation by Amnesty International, … Read more
Felon voting rights and prison gerrymandering (redistricting)
April 26, 2019
Two separate stories this week about criminal justice and the right to vote offer a sharp microcosm of the difference between the major U.S. political parties. While Democrats debate social justice policy, Republicans are enacting voter suppression measures. Today’s op-ed in the Washington Post, Missouri Republicans want to undo voters’ redistricting wishes. The Supreme Court … Read more
Trouble brewing at Fox News aka Trump TV
April 26, 2019
There is trouble brewing at Fox News aka Trump TV. It’s resident “legal analyst” Judge Andrew Napolitano has been going off the reservation as of late, being highly critical of the unlawful actions of Donald Trump. In this segment of Judge Napolitano’s Chambers, he breaks down the Mueller Report and finds that Donald Trump committed … Read more
How many crimes are enough crimes before Congress is compelled to impeach?
April 25, 2019
There have been several good analyses of the Mueller Report Volume II on obstruction of justice. Let’s review some of them. Quinta Jurecic, the Managing Editor of Lawfare, breaks it down in Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: A Heat Map: The Mueller report describes numerous instances in which President Trump may have obstructed … Read more
Congress has inherent contempt power – ‘lock them up!’
April 25, 2019
Captain Chaos, our always insecure megalomaniac Twitter-troll-in-chief, has decided that a constitutional crisis, in a pathetic attempt to run-out-the-clock until November 2020, is his best campaign strategy (not a legal strategy). Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers: “We’re fighting all the subpoenas,” Mr. Trump told reporters outside the White … Read more
Joe Biden joins a crowded Democratic primary field
April 25, 2019
And then there were 20 … Joe Biden made it official today, he is running for president in a crowded Democratic primary field that may continue to grow. Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President: Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced Thursday that he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge President Trump … Read more
Tempe Leaders Relieved at the Attorney General’s Stance on the Dark Money Ordinance
April 25, 2019
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Tempe Arizona’s Mayor and Vice Mayor were pleased with the decision from the State Attorney General office that the “Keep Dark Money out of Local Elections “ initiative, which passed in 2018 with 91 percent of local support does not violate state law and can be “harmonized together” with state statutes. The finding, sparked by … Read more
