Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 2, 2024
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SCOTUS coup and education wars
SCOTUS coup and education wars
SCOTUS coup and education wars
S. Court Made Regulating Corporations Nearly Impossible
The Progressive
A decision about fishing regulations could lead to a massive rollback of progressive policies across the board.
A Corporate Poisoner Two-Steps out of Toxic Liability
The Lever
A Koch-owned company is exploiting bankruptcy law to avoid responsibility for their asbestos assets and rewrite judicial precedent.
The Truth About the Comstock Act
The American Prospect
The anti-obscenity law is unenforceable and probably unconstitutional. Conservatives still want to use it to ban medication abortions.
What Was That Bizarro Louisiana Voting Rights Decision All About?
The Nation
In a topsy-turvy ruling, the conservatives on the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a VRA-compliant congressional map while the liberals dissented.
Shadow of Segregation Looms
The HIll
On the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board
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Inside the Effort by Two Beverly Hills Billionaires To Kill a State Law Protecting Farmworkers
Los Angeles Times
If it succeeds, California’s legal protections for farmworkers could be rolled back to conditions that prevailed before César Chavez’s campaigns for farm unionization in the 1960s.
The Supreme Court Rules That Cops Can Steal Your Stuff—As They Always Have
The Nation
By a 6-3 vote, the conservative justices decided that there is no need for the state to provide a preliminary hearing in civil forfeiture cases.
We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court
Dissent
The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 23, 2024
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