The Washington Post editorial states the obvious, correct position: There is only one principled vote on Amy Coney Barrett: No: THE SENATE is poised to vote Monday on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, a mere four weeks after President Trump nominated her and five weeks since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. … Read more
Do not despair in the darkness of the moment, keep the faith and go vote! Democrats are on the cusp of an historic victory that can usher in a new progressive era in American history. Morning in America is coming (heh, heh). A couple of good op-eds on this point for your perusal. First, Jennifer … Read more
The U.S. Senate operates on a crazy-quilt of arcane procedural rules. He who masters the rules, rules the Senate. Or so it used to be. Under “The Enemy of The People,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his radical authoritarian Republicans, the rules are whatever they say the rules are at any given moment. To … Read more
States administer federal elections under the U.S. Constitution. A state Supreme Court interpretation of its own state constitution is entitled to due deference from the federal courts. These two principles should have made this case a no-brainer, but four conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrated that they are willing to disregard these principles. … Read more
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is not participating in good faith in her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings. Barrett is dodging answering any substantive questions with the canned response that “If that question ever came before me, I’d need to hear arguments from the litigants and read the briefs, and review it with my law clerks, … Read more