Despite the promises of America’s founding documents, on Independence Day 2023, justice, the “general welfare,” “equal protection of the laws” and “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are all at risk. The Supreme Court, conservative governors and gerrymandered state legislatures are racing to shrink fundamental rights and freedoms, enabled and empowered by structural inequities built into the Constitution.
It stands to reason that in a competitive Republican presidential primary, candidates are going to look for opportunities to pander to the party’s far-right base. It also stands to reason that a race-to-the-bottom dynamic will become inevitable, as White House hopefuls appeal to conservatives’ worst instincts and try to convince rabid GOP primary voters that
The Republican Party has revved up its anti-LGBTQ agenda in recent years, mostly under the banner of a backlash against trans rights and new trans-inspired gender norms. On Thursday, that renewed animosity appeared to kick into an even higher gear when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign reposted a video that all but called for
Donald Trump’s co-defendant in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta, should have been arraigned by now. That arraignment is finally set to happen on Thursday, but these slight delays can add up in a case in which timing is everything.Remember, Judge Aileen Cannon initially set an August trial date. But as I noted at the
Listen to Donald Trump long enough and one of his favorite rhetorical strategies becomes unavoidable. It’s called the I’m-rubber-you’re-glue tactic. As regular readers know, it’s juvenile and ineffective, but the former president has nevertheless relied on this throughout his relatively brief political career.He’s especially quick to rely on the tactic when pushing back against those who’ve
June 24 marked one year since the Supreme Court, in the landmark Dobbs case, overturned Roe v. Wade, shockingly reversing almost 50 years of precedent to strip away what had been a constitutional right to an abortion.You see, the conservative justices in the majority of that 5-4 decision argued the Roe decision was “egregiously wrong” because
The Supreme Court’s final decisions of the term generally do well to emphasize the current court majority’s priorities — and this year was no different. It wrapped up last week by gutting affirmative action, giving business owners a license to discriminate and striking down student loan relief on what amounted to policy grounds.But a less
The Supreme Court in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)A state government should not be able to sue the federal government just because it disagrees with a federal policy. This principle, affirmed by the Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision on Friday, should be obvious.But in recent years, as the country has become more politically
Neil GorsuchJabin Botsford – Pool/Getty ImagesFor a brief moment this summer, after the Supreme Court declined to overthrow democracy and invite Donald Trump to steal the 2024 election, there was a surge of hope that the six justices appointed by Republican presidents were starting to dial back their radicalism in the face of the massive
Against an avalanche of investigations surrounding Donald Trump, there’s the other one that’s easy to forget: Federal officials, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, have spent months examining a pending deal between Trump’s media company and a special purpose acquisition company.In fact, as CNBC reported this morning, there have been some developments in the probe.Three
