Wow, it’s June already! And you know what that means: SCOTUS Watch. June is the last month of the Supreme Court’s term, and the Roberts Court has developed a reputation for cliffhanger endings to its most controversial cases, as if it is a reality TV show. We are about to find out just how radical … Read more
Supreme Court reporter Mark Joseph Stern reports that Project Blitz: The Christian Nationalist Attack on America today has finally achieved its long-desired goal of getting a test case before the U.S. Supreme Court which directly challenges Roe v. Wade (1973). A Supreme Court stacked by Republicans with conservative activist judges favorable to this anti-abortion position, all … Read more
There has been a lot of right-wing caterwauling about how Democrats want to “pack the court.” Sorry lazy media villagers who parrot right-wing talking points, but Mitch McConnell has already “packed” the courts with right-wing reactionary judges approved by the conservative Confederate Heritage Foundation and the far-right Federalist Society. Many of these judges were inexperienced … Read more
Oh, the lazy media villagers are back at it again. They reflexively parrot talking points from far-right media. Pay attention lazy media villagers: a bipartisan commission (something you all demand) to study reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has not in any serious way occurred since 1869 – long overdue dontcha think? – is … Read more
Voting officially ends Monday for some 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who have been casting ballots by mail on whether to unionize. It’s going to take some time to count their votes. Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse. While we are awaiting the results, the U.S. Supreme Court … Read more