The Texas Supreme Court’s anti-abortion ruling and the war on democratic rights
By Tom Carter. The Texas Supreme Court’s abrupt intervention to block a medically necessary abortion is not only a monstrous injustice. It is a concentrated expression of the profound rot of the whole social order in America, with fundamental human rights under siege and collapsing across the board. Kate Cox is a
Right-wing Supreme Court majority on brink of gutting federal regulatory powers
By John Burton. At oral arguments Wednesday morning the right-wing majority of Supreme Court justices sympathized openly with an extremist position advocated by the attorney for a fascistic con artist that threatens longstanding federal powers to regulate the securities markets and other major business activities, including workplace safety, environmental protections and
US Supreme Court papers over rampant corruption with first-ever “Code of Conduct”
By Kevin Reed On Monday [13], the Supreme Court of the United States published, for the first time in its history, a document concerning what it calls “ethics rules and principles that guide the conduct of the Members of the Court.” The code elaborates five fundamental principles called “canons” and is signed
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife paid by Billionaire in advance of Citizens United decision
By Jacob Crosse On Sunday, September 10, Politico reported extensive and damning revelations on the longstanding connections between Virginia Thomas, the wife of arch-reactionary Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, billionaire Nazi artifact collector Harlan Crow, and Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society. Their relationship, which included Crow’s funneling of hundreds of thousands of dollars
US federal appeals court abortion pill ruling calls for further restrictions
By Trévon Austin Last Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, should be further restricted. This most recent attack on the right to abortion is targeted at the most popular method for ending a pregnancy in the United States. Boxes of the drug
Corruption and criminality of the Supreme Court most right-wing Judge Clarence Thomas exposed
By Patrick Martin An investigative report published Wednesday by Pro Publica outlines the utterly corrupt lifestyle of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The most right-wing of the nine justices, the most consistent advocate of the interests of the super-rich and enemy of democratic rights, has lived like a billionaire throughout his
Supreme Court allows completion of gas pipeline along Virginia forests
Staff Writer The United States Supreme Court (SC) has, on July 27, lifted an obstacle to completing the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline, dealing a blow to environmental groups opposed to the West Virginia-to-Virginia pipeline led by Equitrans Midstream. The justices granted Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC's request to lift stays imposed by
A Rogue Judiciary: America has a Supreme Court Problem
By Molly Jong-Fast A decade ago, the idea that a radical Supreme Court would remake our country might have seemed hyperbolic. But that’s exactly what happened. In just the past two terms, the Trumpified Supreme Court ended women’s constitutional right to an abortion, limited the state of New York’s ability to
Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s partial student loan forgiveness plan, 43 million borrowers denied debt relief
By Barry Grey The US Supreme Court on Friday with a stroke of the pen blocked a measure that would have provided limited relief for 43 million Americans suffering under a crushing debt burden of $1.7 trillion in outstanding federal student loans. On the same day that the Supreme Court struck down