Isaac Rabbani Only a strong economic message can restore the party’s credibility with the working class.
A California landowner won his challenge to the constitutionality of a fee a California county charged him to obtain a building permit on Friday. In 2016, George Sheetz of Placerville, CA, attempted to build a home on a parcel of land he owned. When he applied for a building permit, he was gobsmacked to learn that in addition to typical fees, he had to pony up $24,000 for a "traffic impact mitigation fee." A unanimous Supreme Court agreed with Sheetz that the "mitigation" fees he had been...
The right against ‘adverse effects of climate change’ is part of constitutional guarantees, the court said.
Few films have stirred the cultural pot quite like “Civil War.” The April 12 release envisions a near-future America at war with itself. Kirsten Dunst leads an ensemble cast including “Parks and Recreation” standout Nick Offerman as the U.S. president. Much of the film’s story has been kept under wraps. The film’s SXSW Film and TV Festival debut let some light shine on the narrative. Offerman’s president, for example, has fascistic tendencies and is currently serving his third term....
Few films have stirred the cultural pot quite like “Civil War.” The April 12 release envisions a near-future America at war with itself. Kirsten Dunst leads an ensemble cast including “Parks and Recreation” standout Nick Offerman as the U.S. president. Much of the film’s story has been kept under wraps. The film’s SXSW Film and TV Festival debut let some light shine on the narrative. Offerman’s president, for example, has fascistic tendencies and is currently serving his third term....
The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene in a case involving a prominent Black Lives Matter advocate could have a chilling effect on people hoping to organize and demand racial justice. The high court on Monday virtually outlawed the right to mass protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas when it declined to step in and
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act. It is possible that this outcome will be temporary. The Court did...
Surprise announcement heightens stakes for spring 2025 election.
The 158-year-old law criminalises abortions and those who help a woman obtain one
The New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money trial said Monday that Trump cannot attend arguments at the Supreme Court next week over presidential immunity. It came after the judge earlier delayed a decision on allowing Trump to attend his son Barron's high school graduation in May. The attempts by Trump to take []
The New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money trial said Monday that Trump cannot attend arguments at the Supreme Court next week over presidential immunity. It came after the judge earlier delayed a decision on allowing Trump to attend his son Barron's high school graduation in May. The attempts by Trump to take []
Conservative legal activist Leonard Leo swiftly rejected a subpoena issued Thursday by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of their investigation into lavish gifts to conservative Supreme Court justices. The committee had voted along party lines in November to authorize subpoenas to Leo and billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee finally acted this week to subpoena Leo; it’s unclear why they did not subpoena Crow. “I am not capitulating to his...