Again. And you thought this was settled back in 1964. Nope. We’re still fighting for the right to vote thanks to the Conservative controlled Supreme Court. President Barack Obama urged Congress to restore a key part of the Voting Rights Act, writing in a letter to the editor in The New York Times Magazine published… Continue reading President Obama Takes On The Republicans’ Attack on The Voting Rights Act
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Obama on Justice Ruth Ginsburg – “The toughest justice on the Supreme Court”
She is 82 years old, and considered one of the wisest and most vocal of all the justices on the Supreme Court. And President Obama honored Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a speech he gave at the White House. Speaking at the White House Conference on Aging, Obama mentioned a number of Americans who show that… Continue reading Obama on Justice Ruth Ginsburg – “The toughest justice on the Supreme Court”
The Conservative Court Turns Left
The same court that brought us corporations as people, unlimited political money, abortion restrictions, a step backwards in voting rights, and unequal pay has now thrown some serious bones to the left in the form of a stronger Affordable Care Act and a right to gay marriage. I’m sure that wherever they are, David Souter… Continue reading The Conservative Court Turns Left
Republican Lawmakers Suing The Voters of Arizona
Republicans are so thirsty for power that they are taking the people of Arizona all the way to the Supreme Court. Arizona voters formed an independent commission to handle all the redistricting in the state. Their goal was to take the politics out of the process and have districts drawn in a more transparent manner.… Continue reading Republican Lawmakers Suing The Voters of Arizona
CNN Puts Hobby Lobby and Their Contraception Hypocrisy on Full Blast
When you’re so against providing contraceptive to your female employees that you take your case all the way to the Supreme Court, you better make sure your business dealings and squeaky clean and represent those strong beliefs. Hobby Lobby’s business dealings are not squeaky clean. Claiming religious beliefs, Hobby Lobby took issues with the Obamacare… Continue reading CNN Puts Hobby Lobby and Their Contraception Hypocrisy on Full Blast
Twitter Users Leave Angry Messages for @SCOTUSblog – @SCOTUSblog Replies with Humor
Photo: Twitter @SCOTUSblog People are upset, MAD I tells ya! This Hobby Lobby decision by the Supreme Court has people up in arms and they’re looking for a way to vent. So what better place to vent your displeasure than to attack @SCOTUSblog? Well, I would attack too, except, @SCOTUSblog is not the blog for… Continue reading Twitter Users Leave Angry Messages for @SCOTUSblog – @SCOTUSblog Replies with Humor
With a Court Like This, Who Needs Congress?
The Tea Party and most social conservatives can sleep easily throughout the summer now. The two Supreme Court decisions rendered on Monday should delight the right and make the inaction across the street in the Capitol seems like a mere distraction. Like a fly buzzing around the collective government heads. The conservative revolution has been… Continue reading With a Court Like This, Who Needs Congress?
Christian Conservative to Christians – Be More “Spiritually Violent”
John Hagee’s son Matthew sent out the special alert bulletin yesterday on “The Hagee Hotline” show, calling all Christians to become more “spiritually violent” in fighting against things like gay marriage and abortion because secularists who support such things have “become violent with people of faith.” Citing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding sectarian prayer… Continue reading Christian Conservative to Christians – Be More “Spiritually Violent”
Not So Breaking News – Fox News Contributor Thinks Obamacare is Unconstitutional – Video
To hell with the Supreme Court and their interpretation that the Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare was constitutional. What do they know anyway. If you really want to know if the healthcare law is constitutional, just ask George Will – a Fox News contributor whose opinion apparently matters to those at Fox. On… Continue reading Not So Breaking News – Fox News Contributor Thinks Obamacare is Unconstitutional – Video
Supreme Court Strikes Down Parts of The Voting Rights Act
Thanks to the Conservative controlled Supreme Court, some southern states can now legally take away the voting rights of some of their residents. The Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, the provision of the landmark civil rights law that designates which parts of the country must have changes… Continue reading Supreme Court Strikes Down Parts of The Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court Says ObamaCare Is Good
The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion that gives Obama a major election-year victory. Basically, a bare majority of the justices said that the individual mandate — the requirement that most Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine — is constitutional as a tax. “Because the… Continue reading Supreme Court Says ObamaCare Is Good
Breaking News: There Is No Individual Mandate In The Health Care Law
The Supreme Court is about to deliver their decision on whether President Obama’s Health Care Law, also called ObamaCare, is Constitutional. Republicans have accused Democrats and the President of forcing Americans to purchase a product through what they said was an “individual mandate.” This mandate they claimed, was unconstitutional and they fought the law through… Continue reading Breaking News: There Is No Individual Mandate In The Health Care Law