‘Infuriating’: Biden Rebuked for Continued Opposition to Supreme Court Expansion
Democrats mull various options, from Supreme Court expansion to abolition of the filibuster, the the wake of the overturn of Roe last Friday.
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade by 5-4 Vote, Thereby Leaving it to States to Make Their Own Abortion Laws
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion. States are once again free to impose their own arbortion restrictions, including outright bans.
Read more...How Effective Are Police?
Yves here. I hate to come off as a knee-jerk skeptic, but I question some of the premises of the post. First, Neuberger states, without a link to a study, that most people think solving crimes is the most uncontroversial/important thing police do (his statement about the popular view of the role of crime solving […]
Read more...WTO 12th Ministerial Conference Continues Sorry Record of Anti-Worker, Anti-Developing Economy Policies
After pretenses that it might be more solicitous towards people, as opposed to big companies, the WTO followed the money masters.
Read more...What Might the US Be Like Post-Roe v Wade? Look at Present-Day Nigeria
Yves here. This using Nigeria as a forecast for the US is hyperbolic, since even if Roe v. Wade is overruled or narrowed, it then becomes a states-rights matter, and quite a few states will allow for abortions and many are likely to strengthen their laws. Moreover, laws by states to criminalize abortions and facilitating […]
Read more...Gazprom Reduces Gas Flows To Italy
More on the dastardly gast cuts to Europe by Gazprom.
Read more...Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low
Boris Johnson has threatened for some time to blow up Brexit’s Northern Ireland protoocol, and now he’s finally set the process in motion.
Read more...Waste Watch: Colorado and New York Pass Right to Repair Measures
Two states, New York and Colorado, recently passed right to repair measures, covering digital electronics equipment and power wheelchairs.
Read more...Why What’s Going on Right Now at the WTO Matters
Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this WTO ministerial than is generally known.
Read more...Global Supply Chains Rattled by Winds of War
An analysis of the concentration of key commodities in supply chains shows why the Russia sanctions are having some outsized effects.
Read more...Our Country Is Trading Children’s Lives for Guns
Gun culture is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood. Our children are paying the price.
Read more...The Only Possible Solution to School Shootings (and You Can Get It Here)
Turning to a tried and true protection against shootings…..
Read more...A Sad Day in Kentucky: Judge Philip Shepherd Recuses Himself from Kentucky Retirement Systems Case
The big Wall Street defendants in the seemingly never-ending Mayberry v. KKR saga, over charges of breaches of fiduciary duty, fee grifting, and other bad behavior, got a big break due to a remarkably lame error by the presiding judge, Philip Shepherd. His being assigned to the case in 2017 was seen as offering some […]
Read more...New KKR Stunt in Neverending Kentucky Retirement Systems Litigation: Demanding Removal of Judge Philip Shepherd
KR is at it again! And of course, not in a good way.
Read more...Department of Justice to Saddle Up Against Private Equity Consolidation/Monopolization Plays. Will It Work?
The Department of Justice says it is taking aim at private equity. Will it hit any targets?
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