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Calling John Roberts, calling John Roberts…
John Roberts took on #MeToo in his year-end report. Gee whizzakers! What judicial courage! When he wrote the lines I bolded below, did he wince or display any physical evidence of irony, or stick his tongue into his cheek — … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged Brett Kavanaugh, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, SCOTUSblog, Supreme Court
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Sitting around, pondering the Supreme Court
That’s what I’m doing now. I’ve moved beyond anger at what’s going to happen if Kavanaugh or another rock-hard conservative is shoved onto the court by a president who will at some point — possibly quite soon — be indicted, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Chief Justice John Roberts, Kavanaugh, Michael Tomasky, Mitch McConnell, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court legitimacy, Trump
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Bad laws in our nation ruled by law: Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal) & Shelby v Holder (voting rights)
Number 4 of Casey Sullivan’s 13 worst Supreme Court decisions: 4. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): The Court’s famous “separate but equal” ruling upheld state segregation laws. In doing so, the Court made sure that the gains of the post-Civil War … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Chief Justice John Roberts, civil rights, gerrymandering, Passy v Ferguson, SCOTUS decisions, Shelby v Holder, Supreme Court of the United States, voter ID laws, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965, worst SCOTUS decisions
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