The right-wing rag National Review, founded by snooty patrician William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of modern movement conservatism, defended white supremacy and American Apartheid (sate sanctioned racial segregation and Jim Crow black codes). The Intercept reflects that In 1957, Buckley wrote an editorial entitled “Why The South Must Prevail.” The South does not want to … Read more
Jonathan Gould, assistant professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law; Kenneth Shepsle, the George Markham professor of government at Harvard University; and Matthew Stephenson, the Eli Goldston professor of law at Harvard Law School, propose a creative solution to the anti-democratic Jim Crow relic Senate filibuster rule that even Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has lost his mind over corporate accountability, corporations speaking out in favor of voting rights in the wake of GQP Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression laws being enacted by state legislatures around the country based upon Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the election was stolen from him. McConnell is starting … Read more
Chief Justice John Roberts has fought to undermine voting rights his entire career. Chief Justice Roberts’s lifelong crusade against voting rights, explained. Roberts dismantled much of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder (2013), in which he made the ridiculous assertion that “There is no denying, however, that the conditions that originally justified these … Read more
Arizona’s Jeff Flake built his entire political career around getting rid of “earmarks.” Earmarks – funding for specific projects usually inserted into broad spending bills – were eliminated in 2011 by Republicans who had just recaptured the House riding a wave of Tea Party support. It was a stupid idea that made negotiations over major … Read more