Kevin Drum raises the question: In the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, some conservatives are talking about passing a national ban on abortion. But I don’t think they can do that. Drum goes on to explain that the federal government is a government of enumerated powers, and that it is not obvious that any of the recognized […]
Can Congress protect abortion rights? Yes, here’s how.
“About that Texas Republican platform,”
Every once and a while, I wander to various sites to see what is cooking there. Kinda to get a bit of a change to our dialogue at Angry Bear. I found this one post on the Texas Part Platform by Infidel posted a few days ago to be interesting. Infidel had been featuring AB […]
Is Putin waiting for Trump?
So suggests Noah Smith: My view is that Putin is banking on congressional Republicans. At this point is seems clear that the Ukrainian army is better than the Russian army (more motivated, better trained and led) and that NATO weapons are better than Russian weapons. If the current coalition in support of Ukraine holds together, […]
Legacy of Racial Injustice in the Administration of the Death Penalty
Interesting information on how courts both state and federal distinguish and discriminate based upon race and color. Not necessarily new information. McCleskey goes back 35 years. In a SCOTUS hearing McCleskey was told data on patterns of sentencing was not allowable unless it was directly related to him. Warren was put to death September 21, […]
Justice ‘Misleadingly’ Quotes Lawrence Tribe in Roe Ruling
This could also be entitled; “leaving society largely intact” which is what the SCOTUS gang of six are selling to the rest of us. And to which a misquoted Lawrence Tribe exposes. Initially, I started at HuffPost and left feeling there must be more to this. I found it in another publicayion. Mary Papenfuss has […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Robert Haveman, RIP
Robert Haveman, RIP, Econospeak, Barkley Rosser Robert (Bob) Haveman died on June 18, aged 85. He had been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1970, when I first met him, where he served as Chair of the econ dept., director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, and also Director of the LaFollette Institute for […]
Back in My Old Home State of Michigan
People in Democrat majority Michigan are Angry . . . Michigan Legislative Black Caucus offers scathing response (audacy.com) LANSING (WWJ) — The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, spearheaded by Sen. Marshall Bullock, slammed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case which effectively ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United […]
Liars, Originalists, Justices, and Dobbs, Oh My!
I do not know about you. It is hard not to get or be angry due to January 6 of last year, the constant barrage of garbage coming from Republican Congressional Representatives, and Senators of the same political ilk. We have found few to be redeemable. Then there is a Conservative, nope, call them Republican […]
On Roe, offer to compromise with Republicans, and vilify the conservative justices
It’s hard to focus as I struggle through my second round of Covid, but a few thoughts on Roe. Compromise: Josh Marshall has been advocating loudly for the Democrats to run this year on a pledge to restore Roe. Maybe this is their best strategy. But they should consider a compromise along the lines I […]