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Supreme Court Decides to Hear Trump Immunity Claim, Giving Him De Facto Immunity

Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Presidential immunity? The Appeals Court said, hell no Donald Trump’s autocratic and notorious claim is that a president enjoys “absolute immunity” for every presidential action. He stretches this to the absurd, suggesting immunity would even shield a president ordering Seal Team 6 to assassinate political rivals. This outrageous notion was what the US Court of Appeals for… Read more.

Governing by Extortion: The GOP’s New Normal 

Friday, January 5, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

For 150 years, the Grand Old Party (GOP, aka Republican Party) was the proud standard bearer of Lincoln’s legacy. Yet, in just four years, Donald Trump transformed the Republican party into a cult led by a mafia don. This transformation must have Lincoln rolling over in his grave.  The party now thrives solely on loyalty to Trump –… Read more.

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.