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We are not sleepwalking into autocracy, we are waking up to find it's already here.
John Roberts brought us here. Donald Trump and the oligarchs want to finish the job.
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Edwin Eisendrath
John Roberts gets it wrong. Again.
The Chief Justice’s end-of-year message omitted the most serious threats to judicial independence, and attempted to lay blame on others while ignoring…
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MAGA has put us in a post-rule of law world, we need to protect ourselves
Beware of the religious zealots and bigots whose contempt for the rule of law is only matched by the love of power.
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Republican Justices remain intent on destroying the U.S. Supreme Court
This moment is not even remotely normal. It is a perilous break from our history.
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The United States Supreme Court is a danger to American democracy.
Just like a dictator, Justice Alito's opinions now regularly ignore evidence, stand logic on its head, and invents new legal standards to suit his…
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Today's Supreme Court poses a profound threat as it once again delays justice
Apparently the Court finds unthinkable holding this trial before a possible future President Trump can order it halted.
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Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court
Mr. Trump tried to overturn a Presidential election. Is the Supreme Court seriously saying that he might be allowed to do that?
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LISTEN: Indivisible's Meagan Hatcher-Mays talks about the ways to fix the Supreme Court
Hint: the current majority is not going to course correct on its own
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LISTEN: Law Dork's Chris Geidner talks with me about the Imperial Supreme Court and the decisions still to come this term
Plus a review of some of the decisions already on offer
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Chris Geidner
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No longer legitimate, the Supreme Court is a threat to our liberty
Like old Soviet Courts, this one never surprises us
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