Supreme Court

By Sophia Paslaski | – (Otherwords.org ) – The late justice dedicated her career to women and other marginalized Americans, and we owe her the same faith she had in us. By Sophia Paslaski | September 23, 2020 In August 1993, the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg took her seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. I […]

Democratic Party

With Barrett on the Court, if Trump is Reelected and goes Full Mussolini, Can he be Stopped?

Michael G. Roskin

Williamsport, PA (Special to Informed Comment) – “A republic, if you can keep it,” Ben Franklin famously described the new Constitution in 1787. Well, can Americans, including the Republicans, keep it, or will they let it slide into authoritarianism? I, like Franklin, am an optimist, but we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility that […]

Cults

What is Amy Coney Barrett’s charismatic Catholicism?

The Conversation

By Mathew Schmalz | – Amy Coney Barrett reportedly will be Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Questions have been raised about her alleged association with the “People of Praise,” a nondenominational Christian charismatic community, seen by some as being a potential influence on her legal thinking, particularly […]

Democratic Party

Top 8 ways to Restructure the Supreme Court so it Looks more Like America

Ted Becker

Auburn, AL (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party’s rush to appoint of a “social conservative” to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the U.S. Supreme Court (hereafter referred to as SCOTUS), should make it abundantly clear that SCOTUS justices are highly political creatures and must be treated accordingly. Since we may as well admit […]

Democratic Party

The case of Biden versus Trump – Could a judge could decide the presidential election?

The Conversation

By John E. Finn | – Imagine the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Given the unprecedented number of mail-in votes this election, Americans may wake up and still not know who won the presidential contest between Republican President Donald J. Trump and Democratic challenger Joseph Biden. The contest could be so close that a […]

Far Right

How a GOP 6-3 Court will Set Individual and Privacy Rights back 50 Years

The Conversation

By Morgan Marietta | – If the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is replaced this year, the Supreme Court will become something the country has not seen since the justices became a dominant force in American cultural life after World War II: a decidedly conservative court. A court with a 6-3 conservative majority would be […]

Donald Trump

If McConnell Packs the Court on behalf of Minority Rule, Dems must Expand and Reform it

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell was asked what he would do if there was a vacancy on the Supreme Court in 2020. He smirked like a mischievous turtle, and said unhesitatingly, “We’ll fill it.” By “we” he meant not the American people but the unrepresentative Republicans in the Senate. Russell […]

Feminism

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women’s rights – even before she went on the Supreme Court

The Conversation

By Jonathan Entin | – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the Supreme Court announced. Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement that “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature.” Even before her appointment, she had reshaped American law. When he nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, President Bill Clinton compared […]

Donald Trump

Supreme Court ruling on Dreamers sends a clear message to the White House: You have to tell the truth

The Conversation

By Morgan Marietta | – When it came down to it, the fate of 700,000 immigrants brought to U.S. as children hung on a simple question: Does the White House have to tell the whole truth in justifying its move to deport them? On June 18, the Supreme Court said “yes.” In a 5-to-4 decision […]