‪Rebalance the Supreme Court. Call it the Mitch McConnell Supreme Court Justice Act.‬ Large numbers of justices to moderate it. Fixed terms. … [Read more...]

Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says in two adjacent sentences that: 1. Defunding of police has destroyed American cities; 2. That the first time he heard the idea and term of “defunding the police” was last year in … [Read more...]

Trump cultists talk about normal Americans who don’t hang on every word from the madman being “sheep”. The news today confirms what I and so many were screaming from the mountaintops all last year: it was absurd to only recommend … [Read more...]

The courts have gotten too much slack and too much credit for ‘holding the line’ against Trump’s criminal activity over the past five years. I am nowhere near as optimistic about the courts as savior as many other Trump opponents. The … [Read more...]

It may be worth explaining the etymology of the word “subpoena” at this particular time. Subpoena Sub-poena Latin for: Under-punishment A subpoena is a legally valid demand that a witness provide either testimony or … [Read more...]

“No man, no madness Though their sad power may prevail Can possess, conquer, my country's heart They rise to fail” Chess, 1984 Songwriters: Tim Rice / Benny Goran Bror Andersson / Bjoern K. Ulvaeus / Elfed Morris … [Read more...]

Bannon Can Be Held In Jail Sooner Than Most Realize Most legal analysis in the media on whether Steve Bannon will be able to run out the clock and avoid jail time for thumbing his nose at Congress has not mentioned something … [Read more...]

As in the days of the fugitive slave acts and the underground railroad, decent people who believe in democracy and modernity need to create a fund to pay the abortion bounties, and a fund to pay lawyers’ fees for the pregnant people. As … [Read more...]

With the Supreme Court leaving in place a Texas law that is literally a Taliban-style outrage that allows your neighbor to put a bounty on your head if you are a woman who might have an abortion, this compromised court deserves … [Read more...]