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What people are saying about SCOTUS and Roe
Linda Greenhouse’s Times column today, “Justice Alito’s Invisible Women,” brought out a slew of passionate comments. One, in particular, by Todd, a lawyer from San Francisco, grabbed my attention, because of its central statement: “The ‘Roberts Court’ marks the end … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Human rights, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged Alito, citizens nullification, constitutional rights, Court's reputation, jurisprudence, Roberts Court, Roe v Wade, SCOTUS, stare decisis
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Can jury nullification morph into citizens nullification?
Since my life-long beliefs in civil rights, the strengths of our government, its process and its public servants have been treated so contemptuously by the GOP, the term “jury nullification” has popped into my head. Here’s the definition: “A jury’s … Continue reading
Posted in Judiciary, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights, War on women
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What some people are saying about SCOTUS and Roe
I still haven’t pulled together the words to describe my outrage, so I’ve been reading other people’s words. I don’t care how the draft leaked. That’s a sideshow. What I care about is that a small number of conservative justices, … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, The god problem, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged Adam Schiff, Alito, Andrew Wortman, Jeff Tiderich, Jennifer Rubin, Matt Gaetz, Roe v Wade, SCOTUS, Women's Health Protection Act
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