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Movements are afoot
For a while now I’ve been picking up on movements that have advanced from inchoate mutterings to full voice plans and plots. I’m liking this a lot. Aside from the already written vital legislation which got stopped, i.e., postponed, by … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, climate change, Corruption, Government, Politics, Pro choice, SCOTUS, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, The god problem
Tagged anti-abortion, Catholic Church, Clarence Thomas, congressional stock trading, dark money, DISCLOSE Act, Elizabeth Warren, John F Kowal, Ro Khanna, SCOTUS, SCOTUS term limits, Sheldon Whitehouse, The People's Constitution, Wilfred U Codrington III, windfall profit tax
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It has happened before
While our immediate world seems to have been turned upside down in the space of a couple of nauseating weeks, I am reading a book about the Constitution. Yes, this is one of those “I’m reading a book” posts. Can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Government, Guns in the U.S. of A., Jan 6, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Politics, Pro choice, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting rights
Tagged 19th Amendment, 26th Amendment, Jennings Randolph, John W Kowal, Mary Martin, SCOTUS, South Pacific, the New Deal, The People's Constitution, Wilfred U Codrington III
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Elbridge Gerry and me
Since the Gerry gentleman’s dates (1744-1814) precede mine, he never knew me. But I know him, and for more than his most prominent connection, the portmanteau term “gerrymander.” Elbridge Gerry, as I’m learning from reading The People’s Constitution, by John F. … Continue reading
Posted in Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Bill of Rights, Claudia Tenney, Elbridge Gerry, Elise Stefanik, Freedom to Vote Act, Gail Collins, gerrymandering, gobbledegook, John F Kowal, John Lewis Voting Rights Act, John Roberts, Lee Zeldin, New York State redistricting, SCOTUS, The Brennan Center, The New Press, The People's Constitution, Voting Rights Act, Wilfred U Codrington III, Wisconsin v Gill
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