We are now well into this session of Congress. The Senate has already begun a pace of filibusters that will exceed that of the last session, which was already double the highest number ever. It is very clear. The Neoconservatives are committed not to the constituents who elected them but to large industrial corporations, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Courts and the Law'
Torts, Filibusters, Health Care Reform and Disastrous Supreme Court Decisions
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Courts and the Law, Health Care, Politics
Tags: health care debate·health care lobby·health care reform·Neoconservative·Republican health care plan·Right Wing·Supreme Court
The Dangerous State of Our Legal System
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Courts and the Law, Politics
When Barack Obama became our 44th President, we thought that things would begin to change. And they have. But not much. Yet some people might still say that these things take time and we will gradually get back to normal. That may not happen. And if it does not happen, you are not safe. Not [...]
Tags: Bush judicial appoiontments·Fascist·illegal interference in elections·judicial interference·Neoconservative judges·rigging the judicial system·Scalia
The Supreme Court Disgracefully Wrong on Freedom of Speech
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Courts and the Law, Politics
Many people, on both sides of the political spectrum understand the implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling that says that corporations may basically act as if they are individuals when it comes to political “speech.” They refer to the transfer of a dollar or a billion dollars, which they regard, stupidly…yes, stupidly…as the same [...]
Tags: Alito·Bush supreme court·Campaign finance reform·corporate campaign contributions·freedom of speech·money as free speech·Roberts Supreme Court·Scalia·Supreme Court
We Need Unions Today More Than Ever.
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Courts and the Law, Culture, Economics, Politics, jobs
Under the Bush Administration, unions found themselves once again under siege. The last 29 years have been a battle against corporate lobbyists, Right-Wing radio commentators, and congressmen-turned-lobbyists. Many in the public, including many Democrats have forgotten the debt we all owe to the literally dead and wounded union warriors in the long struggle for the [...]
Tags: anti-union activists·Bush Labor Department·corporate lobbyists·Elaine Chao·unions
The Don Seigelman Travesty: How Neocons Corrupted the Justice System
January 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Politics
I think anyone would agree that if a former Governor of a state, one who is running for a return to office and is ahead in the voting is falsely indicted by the local U.S. Attorney for the opposite political party, it is a very significant issue.
If a governor can be indicted on false [...]
Tags: Alabama political corruption·Courts·justice department·Karl Rove·Lunatic fringe·political corruption·Right Wing·Seigalman case·Seigelman·U.S. attorneys scandal
The Supreme Court: The Unthinkable May Have Happened.
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Courts and the Law, General, Politics
For decades, if not for a century or more, we in the United States have been proud to believe that our Supreme Court has made decisions, for the most part, without the influence of partisan politics, public pressure, or historical tradition. No political party, no group of protestors or no matter the number of years [...]
Tags: campaign contributions·corporate campaign contributions·Neoconservative·Right Wing·Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Says: Corporations, Yes–Americans, No.
January 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Courts and the Law, Culture, Politics
Yesterday, January 21, 2009 may have been a watershed moment in the short timeline of American history. Many say it was. If they are right, and you are among the vast middle class, no matter how benevolent your employer or how prudent your personal economics, your future is in jeopardy.
The Supreme Court yesterday voted [...]
Tags: corporate campaign contributions·Supreme Court·Supreme court decisions