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 'Supreme Court'
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 Grim State of the Nation
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Culture, Economics, Health Care, Politics, energy, jobs
As we are about to enter the third month of 2010, the nation is in its worst financial and economic condition since, perhaps, 1939. We have large-scale unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcies, homelessness, hunger, lack of living essentials, and many working families with huge credit card debt. The Neoconservative Republicans who control the Republican Party, have [...]
Tags: clean energy·economy·energy·food banks·Health Care·health care lobby·health care reform·homelessness·hunger·jobs·reconciliation·Rupert Murdoch·stimulus·Supreme Court·tea parties·tent cities·unemployment·unemployment insurance
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
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