Supreme Court Strikes Down Private Prison Corporations’ Bid For Secrecy
The Supreme Court ruled against two private prison corporations, GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America, which sought to block the release of records related to government contracts with...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Plotting Takeover of Supreme Court
Between Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity and an unprecedented number of resignations in the House and Senate, this year’s midterm elections could prove to be a blue wave for Democrats, even with...
View ArticlePartisan Gerrymandering May Soon Be Unconstitutional
Sometime before June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down rulings on two cases with momentous impacts on who controls power in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. “These cases are...
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AIPAC Funds and Bogus Polling Paved the Way for Trump’s Muslim Ban
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court today upheld the White House’s controversial decision to impose limits on travel from several Muslim majority countries. Coverage of the decision will, no doubt,...
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The Upside of Janus: Court’s Ruling on Dues Check-Offs Could Help Democratize...
CHICAGO — “Shorty!” Ricky Maclin bellowed at the secretary in a stairwell at Republic Windows and Doors, trying to get her attention. She was one of the few black temps in the secretarial pool; he was...
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How Democrats Could Turn Kennedy Replacement into Revival
WASHINGTON (Analysis) — At a conference with Wall Street chief executives in late November of 2008, President-elect Barack Obama’s newly-appointed Chief-of-Staff, Rahm Emanuel, said this of the...
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How the SCOTUS “Muslim Ban Ruling” Gives the President a Blank Check to...
WASHINGTON — Though the recent Supreme Court ruling on Trump vs. Hawaii, which upholds President Trump’s “Muslim ban,” has been widely covered by the press, very few outlets – if any – have explored...
View ArticleThe Constitution Is Not Neutral: Courts of Justice Should Not Act Like Courts...
For those still deluded enough to believe they’re living the American dream—where the government represents the people, where the people are equal in the eyes of the law, where the courts are arbiters...
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MintPress Spoke to Legal Experts, Rights Advocates and Historians About the...
UPDATE 7/10/18: President Donald Trump’s choice of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his second Supreme Court nominee has confirmed that Trump seems dead-set on fortifying conservative control of the court for...
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Here’s What You Need to Know About Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee
After President Donald Trump dragged out announcing his nominee to replace outgoing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, “relishing the suspense,” the president finally revealed D.C. Circuit...
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Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Is Precisely the Pro-Corporate Right-Wing...
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s choice Monday night to nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his second Supreme Court nominee has confirmed that Trump seems dead-set on fortifying conservative...
View ArticleALEC Scheme To Let Lawmakers Chose Their Voters Exposed
When the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) convenes its 45th annual meeting of legislators and corporate lobbyists at the swank Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel on August 8, it will serve...
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Supreme Court Ruling Hands US Border Patrol a Licence to Kill With Impunity
June 2010, 15-year old Sergio Hernandez was playing a game with his friends in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico when a U.S. Border Patrol officer Jesus Mesa shot him in the face, killing him instantly. Mesa fired...
View ArticleThe System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power
CHARLOTTESVILLE (Rutherford) –– The system is rigged, the government is corrupt, and “we the people” continue to waste our strength by fighting each other rather than standing against the tyrant in our...
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The Court of God: How a Catholic Secret Society Took Over SCOTUS
The Trump White House wasted no time in nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a devout Catholic, to the Supreme Court after RBG’s passing gave this administration an unprecedented third bite at the SCOTUS...
View ArticleChris Hedges: Trump’s Barrett Nomination Another Step Toward Christian Fascism
Princeton, New Jersey (Scheerpost) — The Christian Right is content to have the focus on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett revolve around her opposition to abortion and membership in People of...
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Israel: Orthodox Religious Parties Shaken by Supreme Court Ruling on Law of...
JERUSALEM — In a groundbreaking eight-to-one decision, the Israeli Supreme Court recently ruled that the Law of Return, which grants citizenship to any Jewish person who comes to Israel, applies to...
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Legalized Apartheid: The Israeli Supreme Court Just Cemented Jewish Supremacy...
JERUSALEM — In November of last year, an Israeli judge invoked the controversial Jewish Nation-State Basic Law when striking down a lawsuit against the city of Karmiel over funding transportation for...
View ArticleChris Hedges: Jesus, Endless War, and the Rise of American Fascism
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — The Democratic Party – which had 50 years to write Roe v Wade into law with Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama in full control of the White House and...
View ArticleAs Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the...
Little Rock, Arkansas — In June, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law barring state contractors from boycotting Israel, sparking concerns over First Amendment rights in the United States. The...
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