On Election Night 2016, Republicans came home for Donald Trump. After nearly a year of expressing disgust and dismay at Trump's rise to prominence, Republicans – both ordinary voters and party elites – swallowed their reservations and came out en masse for their nominee. Why did they do it? And why have Congressional Republicans stayed so loyal … [Read more...]
Georgia Abortion Ban Blocked by Federal Judge
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Georgia law that would ban most abortions as soon as a heartbeat can be detected by a doctor, as early as six weeks into pregnancy. House Bill 481 would have gone into effect January 1, 2020 but will be on hold until the case against it plays out in court. Similar “heartbeat bills” have been passed this … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Decides New Docket
Reuters reports the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term will open on Monday. The conservative majority is in a position to take the country in a more aggressive Republican direction. They will look at divisive issues including abortion, gay rights and gun control. As early as next week, the nine justices will decided if gay and transgender … [Read more...]
Laverne Cox Spotlights LGBT Rights Challenge at Emmy’s
Laverne Cox at L.A.'s Families Belong Together March (Photo Credit: Luke Harold, CC 1.0) Laverne Cox, the first transgender woman of color to win three Emmy awards for her role in Netflix’s series, Orange is the New Black, sported a handbag at the Emmy’s with lettering reading “October 8, Title VII Supreme Court’, that thrust three … [Read more...]
Asylum, Dark Money and Gorsuch Book Tour Lead Up to Supreme Court Term
President Donald J. Trump, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Anthony M. Kennedy, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 8, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain) The Supreme Court is not scheduled to convene until October 7, … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Too Partisan to Hear Landmark NRA Challenge, Democratic Senators Allege
The Roberts Court, November 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. (Photograph by Fred Schilling, … [Read more...]
What Policy Positions Will Stand Out in The September 12 Democratic Debate?
Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) When 10 Democratic candidates take the stage at Texas Southern University in Houston on … [Read more...]
North Carolina Court Strikes Down Republican Gerrymander
A three-judge panel in North Carolina has struck down that state's existing map of legislative districts, ruling that the maps represented an unacceptable partisan gerrymander designed to systematically advantage Republican candidates. Republican leaders in the state have said that they do not intend to appeal the ruling, meaning that it will … [Read more...]
Michigan Voted To Create an Independent Redistricting Commission. Republicans Are Suing To Destroy It.
Last year, e-mails emerged in Michigan dating back to the state's 2011 redistricting effort. With the state government totally controlled by Republicans in the aftermath of the 2010 Tea Party wave, Republicans were able to gerrymander the closely divided state to give their party a decisive advantage in the state legislature and the congressional … [Read more...]
Roberts Court Could Expand Gun Rights as Remington Asks Court to Hear Sandy Hook Appeal
While the nation overwhelmingly supports stricter gun laws, not so the Supreme Court, especially since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last September seals the fifth vote necessary to expand Second Amendment Rights. The Court has avoided gun rights cases since it issued a pair of landmark decisions, District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, … [Read more...]
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