After how the Republicans treated Merrick Garland, they have no basis for decrying partisanship.
Sonia Sotomayor
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Conservatives on the Supreme Court Affirmed Trump’s Right to Lie
They join congressional Republicans in failing to hold this president accountable.
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How Conservatives on the Supreme Court Plan to Attack Civil Rights
The standard for measuring discrimination is under assault.
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You’ll Get Nothing and Like It: The Case Against Gorsuch
There is simply no rational basis for any Democratic Senator to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court–and every reason in the world for Democrats to filibuster Gorsuch’s nomination. Is Judge Gorsuch technically qualified to do the job? Sure. So was Merrick Garland, and we all saw what happened there. Is Judge […]
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Orange Alert
Maybe Donald Trump had better things to do that morning. Perhaps the science-scorning scoundrel would have learned something 35 years ago today, if he had read the report in the New York Times about the crisis that would threaten his city three decades later in the form of Superstorm Sandy–a crisis he would shamefully deny […]
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Sotomayor Shows Us What it Means to Have a Wise Latina on the Court
She’s begun to stand out from even the more liberal justices.
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Tilting at Windmills
Temporary help wanted Obama talks only about creating permanent jobs, but he should not fear temporary jobs that can bridge the gap until private employers begin hiring again. Temporary jobs are exactly what Franklin Roosevelts CCC and the WPA provided. This year, thank goodness, the Census should result in roughly 1 million temporary jobs. Another […]
