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The United States Military Junta
Our military, thanks to the wording of the National Defense Authorization Act, now has the power to label us terrorists, capture us, lock us up in jail, and hold …
Donors, Friends of Governors Often Get State Supreme Court Nod
The best-qualified candidates may lose out to cronyism.
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SCOTUS Hands Down Another Big Defeat for Big Coal
The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate emissions from fossil-fuel burning power plants that drift across state lines, to states that may not share …
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Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling, and the Reality of Racism
It would be easy to attack the offensive comments made by Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling over the past few days, but their comments reflect a dominant train of …
Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Women Can Be Charged With Chemical Endangerment if They Become Pregnant and Use a Controlled Substance
As a result of the rulings in Ankrom and Hicks, there is no exception from prosecution for pregnant women who used controlled substances that are prescribed by physicians.
US Plutocracy and the Dodd-Frank Sausage Machine
With the rapid concentration of wealth in a few well-manicured hands and the right-wing US Supreme Court declaring money to be speech, the US surge toward oligarchy has gained …
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Why Does Massachusetts’ Governor Support Authority of the Supreme Court to Further Legalize Political Corruption in the McCutcheon Decision?
This open letter asks the honorable Governor to explain why he or anyone else should “respect the authority of the Supreme Court to make those decisions,” like McCutcheon or …
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Supreme Court Brand
Roberts' Rule of ‘Order Yours Today!’
Affirmative Action Ruling Will Further Racial Inequality
Bruce Dixon: The Supreme Court decision furthers institutional advantages of whites under the guise of colorblindness.
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The Mysterious Disappearance
The news media seems obsessed, but with all the wrong things.