The New York Times reports, If Tennessee’s Legislature Looks Broken, It’s Not Alone (excerpt): There are 99 legislators in the Tennessee House of Representatives, the body that voted on Thursday to expel two of its Democratic members for leading an anti-gun protest in the chamber. Sixty of them had no opponent in last November’s election. … Read more
It has often been said that “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” But the Constitution does include the seeds of its own destruction. Thomas Jefferson believed that a country’s constitution should be rewritten every 19 years. Instead, the U.S. Constitution, which Jefferson did not help to write (he was in Paris serving as U.S. … Read more
First, Tom Bogionni summarizes a longer piece by Supreme Court reporters Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern in a cloumn for Slate, Clarence and Ginni Thomas are telegraphing the roadmap for stealing the 2024 election: legal experts: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern make the case that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his conservative gadfly … Read more
Two state representatives, one from Missouri and one from Michigan, demonstrated this week how Democrats must fight back with moral righteousness against the hateful white Christian Nationalism of MAGA/QAnon Republicans and their campaign to “cancel” Americans who are the object of their hatred. As Paul Krugman explains, Republicans Say, ‘Let Them Eat Hate’ (excerpt): I’d … Read more
Department of Justice Press Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting … Read more