Supreme Court

Forward to the Past

Outrage continues over Justice Neil Gorsuch’s recent remarks that policy responses to COVID-19 may represent “the greatest intrusion of civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.” Slavery, the historical exclusion of women and non-property owners from voting, Jim Crow, the abuses of the Red Scares and an infinite list of other violations of […]

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Speaks Out Against Lockdowns

Neil Gorsuch, a Supreme Court justice, has spoken out against the decisions by numerous US states to close churches, schools and businesses during the lockdowns, while allowing casinos and multiplexes to remain open.
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The US Supreme Court Corruption Bonanza

When ProPublica’s investigation into links between Republican donor Harlan Crow and the US Supreme Court surfaced, there was a sense that dark waters lurked beneath the revelations. While Justice Clarence Thomas featured prominently as the recipient of largesse and pomp from Crow – island hopping in Indonesia, private jet travel, among other treats – things […]

US-backed Military once again Targets Deposed Pakistani PM Imran Khan

Imran Khan poses the greatest threat to Pakistan’s military monopoly on political power. The arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI) caused thousands of Pakistanis to take to the streets and protest. However, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on May 11 his release, […]

Biden’s Sham Compassion for His Covid Persecution Victims

Brownstone Institute, May 10, 2023 Biden’s Sham Compassion for His Covid Persecution Victims by James Bovard On Saturday, President Biden tweeted: “One of the most underrated professions in America is nursing. Nurses don’t just help you live, they make you want to live. This National Nurses Week, let’s celebrate and appreciate all they do to […]

The Progenitor of Inequalities: Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings

The word “inequality” is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the public debate is the biggest perpetrator of “inequality” against human beings – the corporate entity itself. Ever since 1886 when a U.S. Supreme Court reporter, in a headnote […]

2022’s Danger Signs

The danger signs were everywhere in 2022. With every new law enacted by federal and state legislatures, every new ruling handed down by government courts, and every new military weapon, invasive tactic and egregious protocol employed by government agents, we were reminded that in the eyes of the government and its corporate accomplices, “we the […]
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“But Jesus Didn’t Use a Condom … “

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and as residents in the first state to officially ban abortion, sexually active Missourians are f*cked or, rather, will be literally unf*cked in the near future once state legislators succumb to a targeted pressure campaign to criminalize contraceptives.  Historically and politically, all roads lead to Missouri’s small, but […]
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US Abortion Rights:  Who Would Kill the Gander that Goosed a Golden Egg?

The suffering of US women under the iron heel of abortion is intensifying, especially for women of color.  This makes it imperative to closely examine possible paths forward. As a teenager during the 1960s I witnessed two political paths that remain imprinted on my mind. LBJ and 14 (b) Even before classes began in 1963, […]

Thank Joe Biden for Your COVID-Positive Nurse

Thank Joe Biden for Your COVID-Positive Nurse by James Bovard October 4, 2022 If you pick up a COVID infection during your next visit to a hospital or medical office, maybe send a thank-you card to President Biden. His COVID vaccine mandate was one of the most perverse public-health edicts in modern times. Vaccination status […]
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