As ICE creates new deportation centers, Newport, on the quirky, impossibly beautiful Oregon coast, finds itself a battleground in Trump’s war on immigrants. It’s not alone as ICE plans for hosts of detention centers in small towns.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion
“Freedom,” wrote George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, “is the freedom to say two plus two make four. Once that is granted, all else follows.” But what if the test is whether a president can add two and two and get in the neighborhood of four? What if the president says 2+2=10,000? Is that close enough […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Takes On Homelessness. What Could Go Wrong?
Today, the justices hear arguments on a Grants Pass, Oregon, municipal ordinance that slaps heavy fines and, if unpaid, criminal penalties on the homeless.
Posted inMagazine
The Newest Democratic Fight to Make Vote by Mail Easier
Now, Republicans want to force voters to sign up for a mail-in ballot each election in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona, and across the country. They could pay a price for once again stepping on rights.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson Was a Public Defender. Here’s Why That’s a Great Thing.
Jackson would be the first justice since Thurgood Marshall to represent significant numbers of criminal defendants. I learned firsthand how important that is.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Nicholas Kristof Wants to Be a Governor. Why Won’t He Talk to National Media?
In which I ask a few questions that an enterprising local journalist might want to pose to the columnist-turned-aspiring-politician.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Memo to Nick Kristof: Forget Governor. Run for City Council.
As the New York Times columnist considers becoming a politician, he should think local.
Posted inPolitical Animal
How Trump’s Lawlessness Speeds the Pandemic
Republican leaders are openly defying public safety orders, but the delegitimization of Biden’s electoral victory may have more long-term consequences.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Conservative Terrorist Groups Are Blocking Oregon from Addressing Climate Change
Imagine how differently the media would treat this situation if the so-called white “militia” groups were Islamist extremists.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Supreme Court Can’t Wait to Kill Youth Climate Lawsuit
Like death itself, the end can be delayed, but not escaped: A group of 21 youths who accuse the U.S. government of failing for decades to properly address climate change defeated the Trump administration’s attempt to keep the dispute out of court. The U.S. [Ninth] Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that a […]
