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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.

Tidbits – Aug. 8 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections: Democratic Convention, Harris, Walz, Uncommitted Movement; Israel Killing Hamas Leaders Who Want Ceasefire; Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Biden Issues a Stinging Dissent to SCOTUS; Cartoons;

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Reader Comments: 2024 Elections: Democratic Convention, Harris, Walz, Uncommitted Movement; Israel Killing Hamas Leaders Who Want Ceasefire; Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Biden Issues a Stinging Dissent to SCOTUS; Lots of Cartoons; more....

Friday Nite Videos | August 2, 2024

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Can the Supreme Court Strike Down Court Reform? The Woman Who Inspires Fear in Corporate America. War Game | Documentary. Kamala Harris Hunts for a VP | Daily Show. Religious Affiliation Declines, Christian Communities Divide.

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.

Friday Nite Videos | July 12, 2024

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Top Dems Pull Away From Biden. I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane (Parody). The Billionaire Family Suffocating Rural America. Clarence Thomas Tries To Protect Himself. “I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: Israeli Troops Authorized to Shoot at Will.
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