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Stephen Reinhardt: Why our democracy is not the enemy

In today’s Times, Linda Greenhouse, who for many years covered the Supreme Court for the paper, wrote about Stephen Reinhardt, the federal appellate judge who sat on the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco. It is, as always with Greenhouse, … Continue reading

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John Roberts’ delusion about his Supreme Court

I am wiggling around today, on pins and needles. Today was the oral argument in Gill v Whitford, the huge Wisconsin gerrymandering case before the Supreme Court. A number of people have written that SCOTUS’s decision might be the biggest … Continue reading

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“Corporations aren’t people. Americans get it. Gorsuch doesn’t.”

OPINION | Our democracy won’t work if all our citizens don’t have an equal voice. Source: Corporations aren’t people. Americans get it. Gorsuch doesn’t. | TheHill This is a take-down of Neil Gorsuch and his candidacy for the Supreme Court, … Continue reading

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