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 … Read more
Last week retired Judge Michael Luttig, considered a preeminent conservative judge and legal scholar, testified to the January 6 Committee that there is ‘No Basis’ in Constitution for Theories Espoused by Trump’s Attorney John Eastman: Retired federal judge Michael Luttig, one of two witnesses testifying Thursday at the House select committee hearing on the Jan. … Read more
Democrats in Texas have not won a statewide election since 1994. This Republican domination of Texas is largely due to the fact that Texas historically has the worst voter turnout in the nation over all those years (it improved in 2020 with pandemic voting rules, which have since been rescinded by Jim Crow 2.0 GQP … Read more
Above Image: h/t The Daily Beast. Wajahat Ali, a columnist for The Daily Beast, writes Republicans Must Answer for ‘Great Replacement Theory’ Violence: Republicans and the conservative media ecosystem have to answer for the blood on their hands. Either through innuendo or direct statements, they continue to promote the white supremacist “great replacement theory” which … Read more
Above Image: From Politico, ‘Down the rabbit hole’: Arizona GOP goes full fringe. The Arizona Mirror reports, A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group: More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers across the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, according to a new report. In Arizona, … Read more