Originalism is wholesale fraud, manufactured by Justice Antonin Scalia and the Federalist Society.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Fossel’s call for collaboration overlooks Republican partisanship
The differences between the two parties today are hardly insignificant ones.
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Another View: Supreme Court declares the sabotage of democracy none of its business
The highest court in the land is refusing to use the tools it has to defend voting rights.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Supreme Court to review program protecting young undocumented immigrants
Lower courts have said that President Trump’s decision to terminate the Obama-era DACA program was based on faulty legal reasoning.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A year after Janus, many Maine public workers are still unaware of their rights
A new website aims to inform government employees about workplace freedom and organized labor’s efforts to undercut it.
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Federal judges can’t stop partisan gerrymandering, Supreme Court rules
They ‘have no license to reallocate political power between the two major political parties,’ Chief Justice John Roberts says in a landmark 5-4 decision joined by the court’s other conservatives.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Uncategorized
Supreme Court lets Virginia voting go ahead under redrawn map
As a result of the 5-4 decision, Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats.
Posted inNation & World, News
Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers
The Supreme Court rejected the challenge just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia.
Posted inNation & World
Justice Ginsburg warns of more 5-4 decisions ahead
She suggests that there will be sharp divisions among her colleagues as the Supreme Court finishes its term.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Supreme Court ruling protects us from biased arrest
Police shouldn’t be able to retaliate for criticism by arresting the critics.