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‘The President Is Now A King’: Liberal Justices Express ‘Fear For Our Democracy’ In Trump Immunity Dissent

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote dissents on Monday in which they vehemently objected to the court’s majority opinion in the presidential immunity case brought by former President Donald Trump. The majority held that presidents are entitled to “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional […]

Ty Cobb on Sotomayor dissent: 'A lot of screaming and no analysis'

Ty Cobb, President Trump’s former White House counsel, called Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent from the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling “a bit hysterical.” “I thought her dissent was a little bit hysterical, no analysis at all, just shouting, no analysis at all, which was disappointing,” Cobb said in an interview with CNN on Monday. In […]

‘Must Be Reading From A Different Case’: Conservative Justices Drag Liberal Colleagues For Botching Dissent

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices suggested Thursday that their liberal colleagues completely misrepresented precedent that forms the foundation of their dissenting opinion defending an executive agency’s ability to act as “prosecutor, judge, and jury.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson from the majority’s ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy, claims the […]

Supreme Court accepts new Louisiana map; liberal justices dissent

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Louisiana’s new congressional map, which includes the majority-black second congressional district, can be used in November after a lower court rejected the map earlier this month. did. The high court overruled a federal judge’s decision two weeks ago to block the use of a new Louisiana House map signed […]

State Board of Regents joins woke crackdown on trans sports dissent

Next month, the New York State Board of Regents is expected to adopt “gender-neutral” rules for school sports that encourage mixed-gender teams. I allow it Transgender children can play on teams of their choice. This counts as another part of the full-court coverage aimed at quelling dissent over biological boys competing in (and dominating) women’s […]

Military’s months of mayhem make a mockery of a mere day of dissent

In the summer of 1999, I spent 14 weeks learning how to shoot people. Now, to stab them with a bayonet. “Blood makes the grass greener.” Please hear about my wartime face. Summers in Georgia are unpleasant and OSUT (Single Station Unit Training, an expanded version of basic training that the Army gives infantrymen as […]

Hong Kong lawmakers pass new measures to quash dissent | Hong Kong

Lawmakers in Hong Kong have passed a new national security law that gives the government more powers to crush dissent. The move is widely seen as the latest measure in a broader political crackdown sparked by the 2019 pro-democracy protests. Congress passed the national security bill in a special session on Tuesday. The law comes […]