Tag Archives: US Senate

Meet my new BFF Alex, as he takes on SCOTUS

It was a coincidence. Really. As certain members of the current Supreme Court of the United States dripped bizarre and inconceivable fantasies into our ears, I was reading Alexander Hamilton’s brilliant soliliquies on the spanking new Constitution. Toward the end … Continue reading

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How quickly can Congress act? This quickly

♥ The US Senate has unanimously passed The Sunshine Protection Act, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent across the US. Although it won’t kick in until 2023.

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Fighting the gerrymander

Marc Elias, the voting rights warrior who, with his group of litigators, smack immediate lawsuits on any state screwing around with their redistricting maps, sent this item today on his weekly Democracy Docket report on our monumental voting rights battle. … Continue reading

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