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Tag Archives: Supreme Court
Supreme Ego
In June this year the Supreme Court vacated Roe v. Wade with an extreme, repetitive, and oddly argued opinion that will, despite assurances to the contrary, threaten a constellation of basic rights that have been built up over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged abortion, Casey, Christian, Dobbs, Eisenstadt, Federalist, Griswold, LGBTQ, Loving, marriage, Obergefell, originalist, religion, Roe, Supreme Court
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Religious Reversal
The phrase “freedom of religion” has long been used as a substitute, of sorts, for the protections included in the first amendment to the United States Constitution. As such, it has always been considered to describe a positive concept, a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Christianity, constitution, denial of servce, establishment, first amendment, freedom, health, HHS, prayer, religion, sectarian, Supreme Court
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Census-ship
As I write this, the media is proclaiming that President Trump has backtracked on his various plans to include a specific question on the official 2020 census form. The item the Trump administration wanted would ask respondents if they were … Continue reading
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Tagged census, citizenship, media, president, rights, Supreme Court, Trump, voting
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Supreme Kavanaugh
The nomination and confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the fifth radical conservative justice on the Supreme Court of the United States is now concluded. Our highest court is now firmly in the hands of the oligarchy. Yes, that’s what … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, abortion, committee, conservative, corporate, Democrat, GOP, judiciary, Kavanaugh, oligarchy, Republican, Senate, sexual harassment, Supreme Court, Trump
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NFL Witness
Rulings by the United States Supreme Court have myriad effects on our lives; we frequently see echoes of their influence in events many decades after the Court makes its statement. In some cases we don’t even have to strain our … Continue reading
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Tagged anthem, flag, Jehovah's Witness, kneel, NFL, patriotism, pledge, protest, school, Supreme Court
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Filibuster Bust
Is the filibuster dead? Was last week’s Senate move “unprecedented”? Was it “unthinkable”? Did it ever deserve the hyperbolic appellation “nuclear option”? Did the media overreach when they used such language? The event was certainly significant in its effects, but … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, filibuster, Garland, Gorsuch, media, partisan, Scalia, Senate, Supreme Court
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Bernie or Bust What?
This has been another eventful election year, which, of course, once again brings to mind the fabled Chinese curse which offers the threat “may you live in interesting times.” The 2016 election cycle has seen the ascendance of Donald Trump. … Continue reading
Violent Intersections
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, early in the morning on July 5th, a black man selling CD’s in the parking lot of a convenience store is wrestled to the ground and shot by two police officers. In St. Paul, Minnesota, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alton Sterling, Black Lives Matter, Dallas, gun control, guns, Louisiana, Minnesota, NRA, Philando Castille, police, prejudice, protest, racism, shooting, Supreme Court
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LGBT Success!
On June 26 the United States Supreme Court released a ruling stating that no state government within the country can pass or enforce laws that restrict marriage to “one man and one woman”. In addition, they ruled that every state … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, civil rights, discrimination, equality, gay, LGBT, marriage, minority, Supreme Court, voting, Voting Rights Act
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Fundamental Bias
As I write today, history is repeating itself. The bad news: Many human beings are once again demonstrating that they are both (1) capable of gross insensitivity and (2) ignorant of history. The good news is that we seem to … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, constitution, discrimination, gay, Indiana, Jesus, New Mexico, pizza, religion, religious freedom, RFRA, Richland, Roseville, Supreme Court
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