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News and AnalysisMarch 21, 2017 12:56 pm | By 28188
Gorsuch’s Hollow Rationale For Evasion
Throughout his confirmation hearing so far, Judge Gorsuch has bobbed and weaved around every attempt to get at the most important issue: his approach to judging. He won’t give even a hint on how he would have ruled in cases…
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March 21, 2017 10:36 am | By 28188Gorsuch’s Disturbing Cases: Where There’s Smoke …
In the first day of hearings on Judge Neil Gorsuch yesterday, Republicans trotted out a response to the persistent criticism that Gorsuch has routinely favored the interests of corporations and the powerful over the rights of individual Americans: sometimes the…
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March 20, 2017 8:55 pm | By 41852How Would Gorsuch the ‘Textualist’ Read Trump’s Muslim Ban?
The recent court decisions against Donald Trump’s “travel ban” Executive Orders – on the grounds that they violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause by intentionally disfavoring members of one religion, Islam – present a timely example of something that US senators…
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March 20, 2017 2:52 pm | By 53562Gorsuch: Companies Should Ask Women about Pregnancy Plans
Three days before Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s hearings were scheduled to begin, a former student of his from the University of Colorado Law School sent a letter of concern to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The letter alleges that during…
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March 20, 2017 11:45 am | By 28188GOP Belittled ABA Rating for Obama’s SCOTUS Nominees
During Neil Gorsuch’s committee hearings this week and the debate to follow, we can expect Republicans to echo one of the major talking points: a panel of the American Bar Association deemed him “well qualified,” their highest rating. (The same…
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March 18, 2017 4:51 pm | By 28188GOP Has Already Given Americans Grounds to Reject Gorsuch: “He’s Like Scalia”
When then-candidate Donald Trump outsourced his selection of potential Supreme Court justices to far right organizations, their entire movement was thrilled. By picking their own justice, they could get what they’d long made clear they wanted most: a justice like…
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March 16, 2017 3:14 pm | By 41753Trump Attack on Arts and Humanities Undermines American Values, Harms American Communities
The Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2018 calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, in addition to deep and damaging cuts to programs that serve vulnerable Americans and to basic…
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March 16, 2017 2:34 pm | By 43665Trump’s Budget Plan Is a Brutal Attack on Low-Income Americans
President Trump’s budget plan released this morning can only be described as an all-out assault on the wellbeing, financial stability, and educational opportunities of low-income Americans. This draconian proposal goes after programs that support some of the most marginalized communities…
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March 16, 2017 11:58 am | By 53561Trump’s Attacks on the Media are an Attack on Us All
Just two weeks ago, the media was falling all over itself to claim that President Trump was turning a new page after his “more presidential” first address to a joint session of Congress – perhaps willing it to be true.…
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March 15, 2017 2:19 pm | By 28188Powerful Stories from Those Harmed by Neil Gorsuch
The decade-long judicial career of Neil Gorsuch is littered with the lives damaged by his approach to the law that favors corporations and the powerful over everyday Americans. Three of those people spoke out this morning at a press conference on…
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March 13, 2017 6:00 am | By 53562We Cannot Let Threats Against Religious Minorities Prevail
Religious liberty is a fundamental American value that has been consistently undermined by right-wing extremists, including the president of the United States, who want to discriminate against minority religious groups. In the wake of Donald Trump’s campaign and election, we have seen…
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March 10, 2017 1:27 pm | By 44533Wall Street Invests Billions to Avoid Regulation
During the last election cycle, Wall Street banks and financial interests spent more than $2 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions, according to a new report out by Americans for Financial Reform. This equates to more than $2.7 million per…
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March 1, 2017 5:36 pm | By 53562A Voting Rights Win at the Supreme Court Today
The Supreme Court gave voting rights a much needed win today when they sent a Virginia racial gerrymandering case back to the lower court to reconsider whether or not Republican legislators had unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered 11 of 12 challenged state…
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March 1, 2017 3:58 pm | By 28178Trump’s “More Presidential” Speech to Congress is Just Hate, Rebranded
Let’s be clear. With Donald Trump’s speech last night being heralded by some in the media for striking a “softer tone” and sounding “more presidential” than Trump’s previous overtly hateful, ego romp, lie filled speeches, the threat from Trump and his Republican…
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February 28, 2017 4:48 pm | By 44533Report Suggests Corporate Money in Politics Disproportionately Benefits Republicans
Unlimited corporate political spending appears to be a contributing factor to why Republicans have taken control of 32 state legislatures and 33 state governorships in recent election cycles, a new analysis released this month found. A report recently published by…
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February 28, 2017 4:38 pm | By 53562Five Ways to Turn Your Post-Speech Anger into Action
Tonight we are going to have to get through President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress. Throughout the speech, we can anticipate Trump targeting our American values by way of attacking immigrants and refugees, access to…
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February 27, 2017 11:02 am | By 41753‘Dismal’ Voucher Results As DeVos Era Begins
People For the American Way’s report on the nomination of Betsy DeVos to head the U.S. Department of Education noted that her nomination was, in the words of Tulane University’s Douglas Harris, “a triumph of ideology over evidence that should…
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News and AnalysisFebruary 23, 2017 3:15 pm | By 28188
Don’t Believe the Hype: Gorsuch’s Yellowbear Case Reveals Nothing
The Judiciary Committee questionnaire given to all judicial nominees asks them to list their ten most significant cases. President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch included in his list a 2014 religious liberty case called Yellowbear v. Lampert, which involves…
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February 22, 2017 9:14 am | By 53561CPAC Organizers Condemn Racism, Invite Racists to CPAC
A planned speech at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference about the “dangers of the racist Alt-Right comes just as its adherents are finding success in shaping President Trump’s ideas and his White House team,” writes People For Senior Research…
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February 19, 2017 9:10 pm | By 28188Real People, Real Lives: The Harm Caused By Judge Gorsuch
When Donald Trump was running for president, he outsourced his future selection of potential Supreme Court nominees to two right wing organizations, the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation. They provided him a list of 21 people who were acceptable…