Jay Michaelson, legal affairs columnist for The Daily Beast, writes Clarence Thomas Just Showed How Supreme Court Would Overturn Roe v. Wade: In 1992, the Supreme Court looked poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case protecting abortion rights. They didn’t, however, and the main reason was respect for precedent—specifically, the legal doctrine known … Read more
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, published in 1985, was supposed to be a fictional account of a dystopian future in which a totalitarian state resembling a theonomy has overthrown the United States government: Beginning with a staged attack that killed the president and most of Congress, a radical political group calling itself the “Sons … Read more
For the third year in a row, Arizona House Democrats forced a debate and a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). On April 16, I made an “emergency motion” to skip over First, Second and Third Readings of HCR2030 and bring the ERA up for an immediate vote. Predictably, the Republicans offered as substitute … Read more
“Fanaticism is not synonymous with faith; it is merely faith at its worst.” – Andrew Sullivan, from America’s New Religions. There is religious fanaticism loose in America. Jonathan Davis writes that “Christian nationalism – including the tendency of many evangelicals to seek power for themselves (and their version of Christianity) – is a threat to … Read more
Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona was in the news and in the streets this week. ERA supporters launched an ambitious 38 Mile March for the ERA through the streets of Phoenix– starting at the Capitol on Monday, March 11 and ending there on Wednesday. After the speeches, supporters filled the gallery … Read more