Very Interesting. “”In the [Supreme] court that dark money built, the honor system has flagrantly failed. We need to legislate; we need to investigate and we need to fix this mess, for the American people.””
Archive for the ‘courts’ Category:
2023-07-10 If Only Hillary Had Been Elected, We Wouldn’t Be In This Mess
So, so true, and so sad. I’ve been saddened by this thought many times. If only…
2023-07-07 Republican Big Donors Stop Funding – BTC
BTC – Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about how some wealthy Trumplican donors are so fed up with the mess their party is in that they decided that they weren’t getting anything for their money and they stopped donating. Those many thousands of dollars added up and now they’re short of money. And at the
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2023-07-06 Profound Climate Implications Of Supreme Court W. Va v. EPA Decision
Profound implications!
2023-07-04 “Operation Coconut” Special Investigor Jack Smith
Attorney Michael Popok describes this Operation Coconut where special investigator Jack Smith gets Trump’s attorney – client privileges stripped from John Eastman, Giuliani and other attorneys who may have had to do with the fake electors scheme that Eastman cooked up. The attorney – client privilege doesn’t apply when the attorney is doing something illegal.
2023-06-29 Racial Quotas In Education Admissions
I thought about this in the past, and it made sense to me that when there are inequalities in a system affecting human rights, the system should be able to make modifications to reduce the inequalities. For instance, if the percentage of a race is over- or underrepresented in the higher education system, then it’s
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2023-06-27 SCOTUS Moore v Harper Elections Decision
SCOTUS voted 6-3 to reject the “independent state legislature” theory that argued state legislatures can set election rules with little oversight from state courts. Apparently the “legal theory” that the appelants wanted was so extreme that even 3 conservative justices including Roberts voted against it. Quote from Vox article: “”Moore involved the awkwardly named “independent
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2022-03-29 Shell “Breached Legal Duties” By Mismanaging Climate Plan
ClientEarth, a European climate law charity, has filed lawsuit alleging that Shell breached its legal duties by mismanaging climate risk. This is a novel approach and if successful could mean big changes for Big Oil and the fossil fuel industry. https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/03/27/shell-breached-legal-duties-by-mismanaging-climate-risk-lawsuit-alleges/
2022-03-24 Republicans Turn SCOTUS Hearing Into Circus
Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson Senate confirmation hearings into a circus. This was shameful. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/24/ketanji-brown-jackson-republicans-senate-confirmation-hearing
2022-03-15 Hawaii Big Oil Court Case Passes Major Milestone
This important article by a ‘guest contributor’ gives some very good links to information. The court has allowed Hawaii to go ahead to the discovery, where oil companies will have to reveal internal documents regarding fossil fuels causing climate change. Quote: << A growing movement Climate litigation such as the Hawaii case is designed to
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