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The Supremely Undemocratic Court

October 26, 2020 Eleanor Goldfield, Act Out! , ,
In this first installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into that most supreme of undemocratic courts - just as Amy Coney Barrett looms over a smooth confirmation. Could the Democrats have stopped her? Then, we sit down with Dan Kovalik, human rights lawyer and author, for his take on the court, RBG, and more.

Chris Hedges: Trump’s Barrett Nomination

October 5, 2020 Chris Hedges, ScheerPost.com. , , ,
The Christian Right is content to have the focus on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett revolve around her opposition to abortion and membership in People of Praise, a far-right Catholic cult that practices “speaking in tongues.” What it does not want examined is her abject subservience to corporate power, her hostility to workers, civil liberties, unions and environmental regulations. And since the Democratic Party is beholden to the same donor class as the Republican Party, and since the media long ago substituted the culture wars for politics, the most ominous threat Barrett’s appointment to the court represents is going unmentioned.

Democratize Justice!

September 24, 2020 Dakota Lilly, Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
One of the main reasons so many people cite their intention to vote for Biden is because of the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Let’s assume this is a valid reason, I don’t necessarily agree that it is but for argument’s sake we will go with it. This reasoning exposes a much more deep rooted problem in the political system of the US, that is, its anti-popular nature. This political system is so fragile and so anti-popular that theoretically the death of just 1 judge out of 9 could spell disaster for millions of people who are shielded by court rulings in the field of labor law, civil rights, and anti-discrimination.

Supreme Court Just Made The Case For Medicare For All

July 31, 2020 Sophia Paslaski, Otherwords. , , ,
This July, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that President Trump, who does not have a uterus, was quite right to object to Obama-era rules under the Affordable Care Act that allowed Americans who do have uteri access to free birth control through their employer-provided health insurance plans. Specifically, NPR reports, the Supreme Court upheld a Trump administration rule that “would give broad exemptions from the birth control mandate to nonprofits and some for-profit companies that object to birth control on religious or moral grounds.”

Will The Supreme Court Return Eastern Oklahoma To The Five Tribes?

May 11, 2020 Albert Bender, People's World ,
The case of McGirt v. Oklahoma sits at the top of the Supreme Court docket as the Indian law case that will decide the issue of whether eastern Oklahoma will be returned to reservation status. The Court, if ruling according to firmly established precedent, would have to return three million acres of eastern Oklahoma to the Muscogee Creek Nation, and as a monumental ripple effect would result in the return of an additional 16 million acres to the other four southern nations—the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole—forcibly removed, in the 19th century, from their ancient homelands.

Women Lead Protests To Supreme Court Before Kavanaugh Vote

October 7, 2018 By John Zangas, DC Media Group ,
Thousands of protesters, led by women, walked past the Supreme Court Thursday and Friday in opposition to the likely appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the high court. It was the second day of a growing people’s mobilization against a GOP-led Senate confirmation expected to take place Saturday. On Friday afternoon Senator Susan Collins announced she would cast her vote in support of Kavanaugh, making it all but certain he would assume the role of Justice in the final Senate vote. Collin’s Senate office was the scene of chaos as protesters clashed outside it Thursday and Friday. Capitol police were forced to enforce limits on passage through the corridors leading to it.

Protests Continue Against Kavanaugh, Yale Story Unravels, McConnell Pushes Fast Vote

October 2, 2018 Emily Peck, Huffington Post , ,
As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to push for a quick vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, protests are escalating and Kavanough is being caught in lies. His story denying the allegations at Yale are unraveling. The most important breakthrough maybe Jeff Flake and Susan Collins called for a real investigation by the FBI. Flake said, “It does no good to have an investigation that just gives us more cover, for example. We actually need to find out what we can find out.” By the end of the day it seemed President Trump authorized the FBI to interview any witnesses they saw fit consistent with the desires of the Republicans in the Senate.

Protests Erupting Over Kavanaugh Nominations, Nationwide Walkout

September 24, 2018 Dominique Mosbergen, Huffington Post , ,
Women’s rights organizations are urging people to take part in a national walkout on Monday to show support for the two women who have publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, of sexual assault. “We believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. We believe Deborah Ramirez,” wrote abortion rights advocacy group NARAL on Twitter, referring to the two Kavanaugh accusers by name. “Survivors must be heard,” the anti-sexual harassment organization Time’s Up tweeted

Collins’s Office Received 3,000 Coat Hangers Protesting Kavanaugh

September 9, 2018 Tal Axelrod, The Hill. , ,
Activists have sent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) 3,000 coat hangers, referencing back-alley abortions, in their efforts to persuade her to vote against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The mail-ins accompany TV ads aimed at swaying the senator’s vote and pledges to fund her Senate opponent in 2020 if she votes to confirm Kavanaugh, The Associated Press reports.  The centrist Collins is seen as a critical swing vote in Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing and has said she wouldn’t vote to confirm a nominee who was hostile to Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortions. 

Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Kavanaugh: The “Forrest Gump Of Republican Politics.”

July 9, 2018 By Dylan Matthews, VOX , ,
Kavanaugh's resumé is the one every ambitious college Republican hoping to be on the Supreme Court one day dreams of building. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) once called him the “Forrest Gump of Republican politics.” But his likely nomination is sparking substantial debate among movement conservatives. He has his defenders, but concern has been growing in right-wing legal circles about his decisions in religious liberty cases and on Obamacare. Even cautiously pro-Kavanaugh writers are skeptical he’s the best possible pick.
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