Supreme Court opens door for punitive anti-homeless policies
The Supreme Court's ruling on an Oregon city's laws allowing the jailing and fining of the homeless presents opportunities for further punitive measures against the…
Opinion: The Republican Party’s bait and switch on abortion
When Republicans affirmed their party’s platform this week, it included a supposedly moderated position on abortion. Don’t believe it.For decades, the GOP has explicitly pledged…
South Korea’s Supreme Court upholds same-sex ruling in historic LGBTQ victory
A South Korean Supreme Court ruling Thursday upheld a landmark ruling that found same-sex couples were entitled to the same spousal health insurance benefits as…
The vibe at the Republican convention is worse than you can imagine
MILWAUKEE — Hello and happy Thursday. There are 109 days until the election and Lord help me, I’m in Milwaukee. Nothing against cheese curds and it’s…
Japan’s PM apologizes to those forcibly sterilized under old law
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan (R) on Wednesday apologized to victims of the country's now defunct eugenics law. Photo courtesy of Japan's Prime Minister's…
Biden may endorse some big Supreme Court reforms. Do they have a chance?
WASHINGTON — President Biden has told progressives in Congress that he will soon endorse proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including by putting term limits on…
Are calls for unity real, or politics?
Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 111 days until the election and man, what do you even say at this point?Like most of us, I…
Japan’s Supreme Court ruling hits Unification Church donations
Han Hak-Ja, wife of late Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon dedicate flower for late Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon during the commemorating 6th…
Dismissal of Trump classified documents case was goal of conservatives
WASHINGTON — A Florida federal judge’s dismissal Monday of the criminal case accusing former President Trump of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office did…
Aileen Cannon’s latest ruling has nothing to do with the law
The initial impulse on reading judge Aileen Cannon’s pseudo-scholarly 93-page dismissal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump is to list the legal errors…
Opinion: Judge Aileen Cannon is flat-out wrong, again
Judge Aileen Cannon’s stunning ruling dismissing the federal indictment against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents is just wrong as a matter of constitutional law,…
Biden backers risk deluding their party into defeat
WASHINGTON — I’ve covered presidents for 35 years. One lesson above all sticks with me: Reality is always worse than what you see.There’s good reason for…
The Supreme Court’s latest term was united by a dark theme
In the three years since conservatives seized a Supreme Court supermajority, they have overruled at least one major precedent a year. This year, from crippling…
Trump wants judge to overturn felony conviction after immunity ruling
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers are imploring a New York judge to overturn his hush money felony conviction and dismiss the case, arguing his historic…
Column: George Clooney drops a truth bomb about Biden. Now what?
Hello. I can’t say it’s a happy Thursday, but it is Thursday. There are 116 days until the election, and today we’re talking unexpected truth…
7th Democrat in House urges Biden to withdraw from presidential race
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J. (pictured, 2022), on Tuesday became the seventh member of the Democratic Party House Caucus to call on President Joe Biden to…
Biden takes a page from Trump
Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 118 days until the election but honestly, can we please just hold it tomorrow and Get it Over With?I’ve…
Judge extends deadline for Trump immunity briefs in classified documents case
Former President Donald Trump stands on the stage during a break in the CNN presidential election debate with President Joe Biden in Atlanta on June…
Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump seeks to freeze classified documents case
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling that said…
Kansas Supreme Court throws out abortion clinic regulations
July 6 (UPI) -- The Kansas Supreme Court declared a series of decade-old abortion regulations unconstitutional. The court's 5-1 ruling Friday involves a 2015 law…