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The intentions of the right-wing majority Supreme Court
An excellent and very clear Vox story and recent history by Matt Yglesias: Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation will delegitimize the Supreme Court — and that’s good. The subtitle continues the explication: It’s time America woke up to the radical right that’s … Continue reading
Posted in J. Judge and courtroom, Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Bush v Gore, Citizens United, Kavanaugh, Matthew Yglesias, McConnell v FEC, Shelby County v Holder, Supreme Court, Supreme Court versus Democracy, Vox
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Roberts backs down from his dark money disclosure delay and…
this means the decision made by Judge Beryl Howell that dark money PACs have to disclose their donors will stand. I was totally taken aback when I saw CREW calmly stating their big win on this on Twitter. I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Citizens United, CREW, John Roberts, Judge Beryl Howell, Twitter
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So what’s doing in the Citizens United Supreme Court?
This. As reported by many newspapers and here by SCOTUSBlog, which I follow. It’s a terse, apolitical layout of what happened. (If I remember correctly, Citizens United — indeed, Scalia said as much — does not state anything about dark … Continue reading
Posted in J. Judge and courtroom, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged American Crossroads, Citizens United, dark money PACs, Federal Election Commission, John Roberts, Judge Beryl Howell, Karl Rove, SCOTUS, SCOTUSblog
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