The contrarian addiction
…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…
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The Next Civil Rights Movement
…fact, I would argue that the main change that the gay rights movement needs to make is to cast itself as a civil rights movement – one that is no…
Insurrection
…rights and that these demands energized the Civil Rights Movement and accompanying Civil Rights advancements of the 1950s and 60s. Before that, that WWI itself was a consequence of the…
U.S. Civil War 150 years ago
…23 (Texas), March 29 (Mississippi), April 3 (South Carolina) and April 22 (Florida).[210] “ “Reference here for other dates leading to the War Between the States, or the US Civil…
Laugh at Sessions and Suddenly You Are in Federal Court?
…out of here? This man is evil.” Nonviolent civil disobedience is little more than a misdemeanor. For Sessions you go to Federal Court, then they ask her to plea bargain?…
Students Walk to the Polls as Republicans Close the on-Campus Polls
…Woolworth’s lunch counter in downtown Greensboro—an act that sparked a wave of nonviolent civil disobedience across the South. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZrdsPiYHfTY “Aggies do what is necessary for our rights, for our survival, and for…
Claim to Promote Affordable Housing
…. . . “New White House Executive Orders Skirt Civil Rights Laws in its Claim to Promote Affordable Housing and Increased Lending Opportunities,” NFHA The March 13, 2026 executive Orders…
… to Hold “Untouchable” Fraudsters Accountable
…underfunded and understaffed – charged with enforcing civil and voting rights and financial laws. And this “sequestration” proceeds at a time of widespread attempts to suppress people of color’s ability…
$40,000 civil penalty, class D felony
…and distance. Violation of a safety zone can result in up to a $40,000 civil penalty. Willful violations may result in a class D felony. (Bolding is mine) As reports…
Okay, let’s have a show of hands here: How many of you progressives want Obama to nominate a moderate to take Scalia’s seat? Because the Supreme Court should always be comprised only of arch-conservatives and a few moderates. How many want a former prosecutor, on the theory that the federal bench does not already have enough former prosecutors, and because the Supreme Court is just toooo pro-non-white-collar criminal defendant and tooo favorable to civil rights plaintiffs involved in the criminal-justice system?
…in state courts or in federal habeas corpus cases that challenge state-court convictions, or related types of civil rights litigation. It’s now permissible to mention the interests of the people…