SCOTUS runs interference on Mueller grand jury evidence until after election day

This morning the Supreme Court issued orders from the justices’ private conference on Wednesday. Five cases were granted cert for the next term beginning in October, but the one grant of notable interest is the appeal to decide whether the Department of Justice must disclose secret grand jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to … Read more

Trump toady judge writes opinion directing Judge Sullivan to dismiss Michael Flynn case (updated)

Today the rule of law may have died in America. The years-long project by Senator Mitch McConnell and far-right organizations to pack the federal courts with unqualified far-right ideologues who would put their stamp of approval on the illegal and unconstitutional acts of Republican presidents and legislators with the imprimatur of a ruling that their … Read more

The authoritarian Republican ‘coup’ against American democracy

The closing argument of House Intelligence Committee Chairman and House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff (D-CA) should be a haunting condemnation which follows every Republican senator who abdicated their constitutional duty and oath of office in disregarding the overwhelming evidence to acquit Donald Trump out of GOP tribalism: “We must say enough — enough! He has … Read more