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The god problem: One New York Times reader comments on Alito and Roe
In response to a characteristically fine column on Alito and federalism by Jamelle Bouie, a frequent Times commenter wrote this: Anyone convinced that a human fetus is inserted with a soul by God at the moment of conception, and that … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Judiciary, Politics, Pro choice, The Facts of Life, The god problem, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged Alito, Catholic Church, Jamelle Bouie, Roe, SCOTUS, separation of church and state
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A master consumer boycott list
It’s longer than usual but then it tags corporations who, despite demurrals about giving bucks to the GOP after January 6, 2021…came right back into the giving mode. CREW provided us with this list. A number of corporations are not … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Consumer boycott, Corruption, COVID-19, Government, Mueller investigation, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged 2016 election, Big Pharma, Boeing, Citizens United, dark money, Lockheed, Mueller report, Pfizer, President Obama, Samuel Alito, Sheldon Whitehouse, State of the Union address
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“It may be Alito’s Court, but it’s not yet his America.”
The final paragraph in a powerful New Yorker piece by Amy Davidson Sorkin: Alito notes that “women are not without electoral or political power.” Indeed, an effect of his draft opinion would be that Americans who care about reproductive rights … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, The god problem, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged Alito, Amy Davidson Sorkin, Roe, SCOTUS, The New Yorker
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