<div><p>The current term of the Supreme Court promises to be one of the most pivotal in decades.&nbsp;Although abortion has received most of the attention, with both the new Texas bounty law and a direct attack on <em>Roe v. Wade</em> by Mississippi on the docket, the justices will rule on many othe

The Court and Public Opinion

<div><p>The mood among Democrats these days seems to oscillate between panic and despair.&nbsp;The Biden administration, which billed itself as restoring competence and order to the political process, not only grievously botched the Afghanistan withdrawal and the removal of Haitian immigrants in Tex

Painted Into Trump Corner

<div><p>On September 6, 2021, Alan Braid, a seventy-six-year-old OBGYN in San Antonio, Texas, performed an abortion on a woman in her first trimester. A few years ago, this procedure would have attracted little attention. This time, however, Dr. Braid became a national headline. In an op-ed for the 

No Order in the Court

<div><p>On September 1, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, refused to prevent new, draconian Texas abortion legislation from taking effect.&nbsp;The Court’s tentative acceptance of that law, which among other provisions, only allowed a woman to seek an abortion before she likely kne

A Court of the Inquisition

<div><p>Two of the most frequently used words in right-wing America, “freedom” and “Constitution,” are also among the most misused.&nbsp;Many American conservatives believe the “Constitution” gives them the “freedom” to do just about anything they like.&nbsp;They are free to own guns and carry them 

Patriotism and Freedom: The Two Most Misused Terms In US Politics

<div><p>Thanks to the Constitutionally-mandated periodic census, the House of Representatives will look a lot different for the 2022 midterm elections, with some states gaining seats, some losing them, and partisan gerrymanders sprouting across the nation like sunflowers.&nbsp;As a result, Republica

The Census, Power Politics, and Slavery

<div><p>On July 22, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch made national news by filing a brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, claiming the 1973 decision and the subsequent 1992 ruling in <em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey</em> were “egregiously wrong” as 

Beyond Abortion: Putting The Latest Challenge to Roe v Wade Into Context

<div><p>In June 1776, a group of American colonists met in Philadelphia to declare their independence from Great Britain and the end of George III’s dominion over what would become the United States.&nbsp;Almost all agreed that being ruled by a self-perpetuating monarch who had no qualifications bey

America... The Monarchy

<div><p>It has become popular on the Left to ascribe Republicans’ recent attempts to change voting laws as anti-democratic, even potentially criminal. &nbsp;There are those, such as Paul Waldman at the <em>Washington Post</em>, who have gone so far as to suggest that the Right has descended into mad

We Have To Break the Long History of Minority Rule in the US

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