In law enforcement, child welfare, and environmental protection, tribes are leading the way. The states trying to block them, by contrast, are hardly trying to serve their people.
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Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Newest GOP Plan to Maintain Minority Rule
Republicans know demography isn’t on their side. Their response? To try to redraw legislative districts based on voting age.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, Politics
Why Should the Anti-Abortion Movement Settle for Just Ending Roe?
Two eminent philosophers, disguised as bad historians, show SCOTUS a path to a 50-state abortion ban.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Texas Abortion Law Is a Nightmare for Pregnant Teens
A ban on the procedure after six weeks creates a virtually impossible time frame to identify and terminate a pregnancy—especially for minors.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
It’s Time to Raise Hell in Texas Over the Insane Abortion Law
We all need to fight not just for the Lone Star State—but to deter the Supreme Court from overturning Roe.
Posted inBooks, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2021
Justice Stephen Breyer Lives in a World of His Own
The brilliant jurist’s surprisingly (or not) weak case for the Supreme Court’s historic legitimacy.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Brett Kavanaugh Without Tears
The tough time Democrats put the justice’s family through during his confirmation hearings was nothing compared to what Kavanaugh put Vince Foster’s family through in the 1990s.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Protecting the Vote
Why Voting Isn’t A “Privilege”
The Constitution refers to “the right to vote,” and courts and state constitutions agree: It belongs to all Americans.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The (Necessary) Perils of Biden’s Unitary Presidency
Firing Trump’s Social Security commissioner was the better of two bad choices.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Fighting a Fundamentalist University’s Anti-LGBTQ Policies
Elizabeth Hunter suffered under Bob Jones University’s anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Now, she’s the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit to end “religious exemptions” under Title IX.
