Tag: SCOTUS
What A Bunch Of Self-Serving Assholes In The US Senate
I have only listened to a bit over two hours of the Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings. But I have heard at least two Senators ask a question to how she might rule if violation of laws that they had authored and gotten passed would come to the Supreme…
SCOTUS: Why Is Wisconsin Different Than Pennsylvania or North Carolina?
Just a simple place mat game of which one is not like the others: Let’s just start with my home state, Wisconsin: The Supreme Court on Monday night voted against reinstating an order by a Wisconsin federal court judge that said absentee ballots could be counted if received within six…
SCOTUS Leaves Wisconsin Absentee Voting Laws In Place…As Expected
I previously suggested that we all operate as if the existing absentee voting laws were in place even though suggested changes were getting batted around in the courts. Even if the US Supreme Court had allowed the extended voting rules, now is damn poor time to make that decision, essentially…
So If We Go To An Originalist Interpretation Of The Constitution
wouldn’t we be putting nothing but rich white men in charge? oh, wait. Nevermind.
Fixing Gerrymandering Is Now Up To US!
Given the “one person, one vote” principle is intrinsic to the US Constitution, it is inexplicable that the US Supreme Court would bow out of the partisan gerrymandering issue as not their job. But last week that is exactly what they did: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal judges…
Scott Walker On the SCOTUS Gerrymandering Decision
Well, yes, actually it does!
Campaign 16: Filling Supreme Court Vacancies.
Since the sudden and unexpected passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, there has been a tizzy around filling the vacancy. I won’t go into all of that since I am sure all of you are familiar with the circumstances. But since there is no clear solution in the Constitution…
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