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Supreme Court Will Rule 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump from Being President Again

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump Yesterday, in a jaw-dropping ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court shocked the world. It found that Donald Trump incited the Jan 6 insurrection. Based on that finding, it ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies him from being president of the United States.  Here is how The New York Times reported on its historic,… Read more.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s ‘Regret’ for Bush v. Gore

Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The tainted legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor  Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman on the US Supreme Court. Her legacy is assured, especially given the pivotal role she played in Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey, upholding abortion rights.  But her pioneering legacy is forever tainted by her vote in Bush v. Gore. To understand why, consider how… Read more.

Clarence Thomas’s Other Billionaire ‘Friends’

Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Clarence Thomas’s billionaire friends Justice Clarence Thomas reacted with righteous indignation when news broke about the luxury trips that billionaire Harlan Crow lavished upon him. Except that Thomas compounded his brazen venality by betraying willful gullibility. Because he wanted us to believe that Crow was just an old friend doing what old friends do. But everyone knows Crow wouldn’t have given Thomas the time… Read more.

Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action, Continuing Thomas’s Personal Vendetta

Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Supreme Court ends affirmative action Today, the Supreme Court ended affirmative action. It ruled that the 14th Amendment prohibits public colleges and universities from using racial preferences. And that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits any school receiving federal funds from using race as a factor in admissions. This case was the most controversial of the term. But this decision is anticlimactic. After… Read more.

Justice Clarence Thomas Accepted Luxury Trips from GOP Donor Who Collects Nazi Memorabilia

Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

For over 20 years, Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips from a GOP mega-donor. Even worse, this mega-donor is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia. The Republican billionaire who lavished luxury gifts on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas collects historical artifacts he says shed a light on the twentieth century’s worst atrocities. Harlan Crow, the… Read more.

Justice Alito Cracks a Racist Joke. Trumpism Has Infected the Supreme Court

Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 6:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Justice Alito Cracks a Racist Joke You do see a lot of Black children in Ku Klux Klan outfits, right?’ Alito then joked. ‘All the time.’ — The Recount (@therecount) December 5, 2022 Frankly, there are too many things wrong with this joke to list. But, notably, Justice Samuel Alito told it during oral arguments at the… Read more.

Justice Thomas’s Wife Ginni Is Complicit in Jan 6 Insurrection

Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 6:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Ginni Thomas is complicit  Last March, the Washington Post published text messages between Virginia (Ginni) Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, and Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff. Those messages revealed she was involved up to her neck in the MAGA plot to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. So any suggestion that her husband wasn’t complicit defies common… Read more.

The Supreme Court Has No Legal Reason to End Affirmative Action. But Its Political Reason Is Compelling.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 6:12 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Based on legal reasoning, precedents, and the justices’ sworn representations, the Supreme Court has no legal reason to end Affirmative Action in college admissions. But it had no legal reason to end a woman’s constitutional abortion rights. Yet the Court did so anyway. Mend, do not end, Affirmative Action Those arguing to end Affirmative Action insist… Read more.

The Supreme Court and Clarence Thomas

Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 7:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Podcast Episode 82 Much is being made about how the Republican Party has become little more than a political cult dedicated to Donald J. Trump. But the Supreme Court is rivaling that party in this respect.  And fears abound that it will take another civil war to save America from their dystopian devices. Listen.