An in-depth New York Times story examining Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' membership in an exclusive club of wealthy Americans—and the benefits he has reaped from the association—sparked fresh calls for his resignation on Sunday, with watchdogs and lawmakers decrying the new...
Think about it, every year we celebrate the 4th of July and the "passing of the Declaration of Independence." Ok, so the vote itself was taken on July 2 and the 4th was the day it was "published" as...
Fresh off his landmark victory at the Supreme Court in the “Independent State Legislatures” case in which Republicans sought to strip state and federal courts of their oversight of State Legislatures actions to change election laws - perhaps to...
Trump, as well as other Republicans have been looking anxiously at next year, in large part because one of their tools isn't going to be available next year. Putin and his marauding muckrakers won't be available this time. But...
America's already sweltering with a heat wave and now Stephen Miller comes along to make us collapse -- with laughter. Miller is simply enthralled with the fact that SCOTUS has ended affirmative action as we knew it. And he's...
Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line
And never was that more true than ion the 50 years since the Roe v Wade decision from the SCOTUS. The GOP's most rabid, most motivated, single issue voting bloc was the far right...
I don't doubt for a second that Clarence Thomas experienced racism and significant discrimination. Both while growing up and as he moved into adulthood. I also don't doubt for a second that despite all the insults to his intellect...
The impact on non-whites of SCOTUS overturning precedent and gutting affirmative action is huge news today. It should be. Chief Justice John Roberts famously, in my view petulantly wrote in his decision gutting the Voting Rights Act that the...
I'll be honest, I don't know if the Supreme Court has been embarking on some kind of lame reputation rehabilitation tour to try to convince the American public that they're not craven political hacks, or if the whole legal argument was...
Stupid is as stupid does Mama Gump
If you're following the current saga of the almost moblike corruption of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with anything more than passing interest, you should have some twitchy feelings and instincts right about...
