Editor’s Note: Excellent complex article, worth reading more than once, by Ian Millhiser (“author of two books on the Supreme Court: Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted and The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America“). I could only include a brief excerpt here. [Don] If Harris wins, the…
The president is reportedly planning to endorse term limits for Supreme Court justices—but not adding seats to the bench. JAKE JOHNSON Reprinted from Common Dreams of Jul 17, 2024 under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). In the wake of rulings that have significantly weakened the regulatory authority of federal agencies, backed the criminalization of homelessness, and granted U.S….
Steven Donziger If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism It is well-known that intense competition between democracy, authoritarianism and fascism is playing out across the globe in a variety of ways – including in the United States. This year’s US supreme…
Don’s Note: I put quotation marks around the title because this is the title of the article as it appears in Jacobin, a socialist journal to which I subscribe. It’s a critique of the Democratic Party from a left-wing perspective. As a lifelong Democrat recently moved to one of the “trigger” states (Kentucky), it’s…