Public Safety Under Covid: Temporary Restraining Order Sought Against Williamstown, MA Over Refusal to Hold Town Meeting in Safe Venue
Fighting for the right for safe public meetings!
Read more...Category Archives: Legal
Seventeen States Sue EPA for Allowing California to Set Tougher Vehicle Emissions Standards
Seventeen Republican AGs sued to overturn EPA waiver allowing California to set tougher vehicale emissions standards.
Read more...The Super Immunity of Our Fabulously Wealthy Corporate Dictators
Ralph Nader on corporate legal immunity.
Read more...Brief Comments on the TerraUSD and Tether Stablecoin Breakdowns
Why the two big stablecoin breakdowns of last week, TerraUSD and Tether, look like frauds.
Read more...Exile
A personal account of exile.
Read more...Russia Announces Initial Retaliatory Sanctions Targets; Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Russia has started rolling out its retailiaory “special economic measures”. But it’s still not clear what they amount to in practice.
Read more...Sanders: GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Supreme Court, So Dems Must End It to Save Abortion Rights
Sanders is pushing for a path for preserving abortion rights. Funny he doesn’t have much company.
Read more...What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...Calling All CalPERS Long-Term Care Policyholders! Kaiser Health News/New York Times Want to Hear Your Stories
CalPERS long-term care victims, um, policyholders: the press is interested in your plight! Use the link in this post to a NYT contact form.
Read more...Disney Hasn’t Found Itself in This Much Trouble Since 1941
Disney is getting a long-overdue comeuppance.
Read more...Treasury Implements Bottom of the Barrel New Russia Sanctions on Sunday May 8; How Broad a Nexus for Russia Retaliatory Sanctions Later This Week?
More sanctions sparring, with the latest US move looking petty and lame.
Read more...Experts Warn GOP War on Abortion Will Turn Red and Blue States Into ‘Mutually Hostile Legal Territories’
How a reversal of Roe v. Wade plus the plans of some states to criminalize abortions as broadly as possible could produce a legal train wreck.
Read more...Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit A War Crime At Azovstal?
A key scene from the protracted Azovstal steel factory drama.
Read more...CalPERS Long-Term Care Program Fiasco
Another presentation by unhappy retirees about the CalPERS long-term care train wreck.
Read more...Texas GOP Governor Considers Challenging 1982 Ruling Requiring Free Public Education
As the reaction of Texas governor Abbot confirms, the expected reversal of Roe v. Wade is inviting other challenges to key precedents.
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