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Presidential Immunity Didn’t Fall out of a Coconut Tree

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
The six Supreme Court justices who invented presidential immunity are not 'conservative.' A series of interventions by Federalist Society judges have rewritten the United States Constitution and democratic rules in favor of plutocratic interests.

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Joe Biden Issues a Stinging Dissent to SCOTUS

Jamelle Bouie New York Times
The reforms President Biden has proposed are just the beginning of a long battle to restore the independence of the Supreme Court that was lost when conservatives seized this branch of our government for their own ends.

In Any Other Country

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
The Roberts court has completely remade federal elections to advantage Republican interests—in nearly every instance on a straight party-line vote. This amounts to decades of election interference to shielding Trump from legal accountability....

Tidbits – July 11 – Reader Comments: Project 2025–What Is It, What It Will Do to Us; What Biden Should Do; What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?; Remembering Jane McAlevey – Tribute July 27; Counting the Dead in Gaza – Death Toll Could Exceed 186,000;

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Reader Comments: Project 2025 - What Is It, What It Will Do to Us and the Country; What Biden Should Do; What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?; Remembering Jane McAlevey - Tribute July 27; Counting the Dead in Gaza - Death Toll Could Exceed 186,000;

What Joe Biden Could Do: Resign and Make Kamala Harris President

Garance Franke-Ruta The New Republic
If Biden steps aside, yes, he could endorse his veep. He could also make a far more dramatic and potent gesture. He needs to reach back to the country’s founding, to George Washington and the power of our commitment to the peaceful transfer of power.

Tidbits – July 4th – Reader Comments: No One Is Above the Law; About the Debate; Election 2024: A Chess Move, Not a Valentine; Israeli Army Reservists Refusing To Serve; Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize – How To Apply; Cartoons; More…

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Reader Comments: No One Is Above The Law; About the Debate; Election 2024: A Chess Move, Not a Valentine; Israeli Army Reservists Refusing to Serve; U.S. Government Officials who have Resigned; Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize - How to Apply
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