Supreme Court Mifepristone Case Forecasts Decisions Worse Than Dobbs
If we want to preserve what we have left we have to acknowledge the very real and present threat and demand champions who will fight back.
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If we want to preserve what we have left we have to acknowledge the very real and present threat and demand champions who will fight back.
With the fate of democracy hanging in the balance, we are left wondering whether the courts are up to the task of holding Trump accountable at all.
The power to appoint judges is yet another critical reason we must continue to invest in electing more Democratic governors.
The Constitution has a provision to protect our democracy in exactly the situation in which we find ourselves right now. We need to use it.
There really is no way for the Court to protect Trump and defend the U.S. Constitution — it must choose and bear the consequences.
While we should take solace in the fact that no prior president has acted as recklessly as Trump, that is not a reason to ignore Section 3 of the 14th Amendment now.
Honor is the Court’s currency, and it can’t function if the nation perceives it as untrustworthy.
We deserve a country where the administration of law reflects not just our hope for justice, but the beauty of our common struggle against racial hierarchy.
In this upcoming case, the Court will decide whether judges or agency experts are better positioned to decide crucial public policy questions.
The progressive ideal would be to ensure that every vacancy — and there are still over 80 of them — is not just filled, but filled with more movement lawyers.
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