Update to SCOTUS Watch: An Activist Radical Republican Court Detached From The Majority Of America (excerpt): [Last] Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the first of its “major” decisions remaining on the watch list, Carson v. Makin. This case was a challenge to the constitutionality of a Maine program that pays tuition for some students to … Read more
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said the quiet part out loud Saturday when she thanked former President Donald Trump at an Illinois rally for his role in overturning Roe v. Wade by packing the U.S. Supreme Court with radical Republican justices. GOP lawmaker calls Roe ruling ‘victory for white life’ as Trump rally cheers: “President Trump, … Read more
It is almost anticlimactic after a month of speculation following a leaked draft opinion, but the activist radical Republican U.S. Supreme Court today reversed Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. As the dissenters write, “one result of today’s decision is certain: the curtailment of women’s rights, … 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voter turnout in the nation over all those years (it improved in 2020 with pandemic voting rules, which have since been rescinded by Jim Crow 2.0 GQP … Read more
Update to Days After A Massacre Of Fourth Graders, Arizona Senate Republicans Kill Democratic Attempt For A Background Checks Bill. Fernanda Santos writes in an op-ed at the Washington Post, What the Arizona GOP’s response to Uvalde reveals: Republican legislators in Arizona have offered more than thoughts and prayers to the innocent victims massacred in … Read more