Jul 13, 2022 – Spelman College, a JD from Columbia Law School, a Ph.D. from Columbia in anthropology, and a career in classical ballet is somehow … All that matters, in true Foucault fashion, is power. … That, presumably, is the reason why Bridges treats dissent as a form of violence -- oligarchs usually do.…

Jul 11, 2022 – It came under fierce criticism, including from Fox and right-wing media." … These are serious cases of medical misinformation receiving little to no outrage from other members of the press, the same sources … Not only was this an old story from June 2021, but it was completely debunked over a year ago.…

Jul 28, 2022 – Damning," the New York Post wrote: "His only focus was to find any means -- damn the consequences -- to block the peaceful transfer of power … The Wisconsin Supreme Court, also on procedural grounds, ruled against Trump 4-3. … But the chief justice of that court, in a dissent, argued among other things that the use of drop boxes violated the law.…

Mar 30, 2009 – Supreme Court. Fortunately, a solution to the problem is being proposed. … In 2005, the Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment – which bans cruel and unusual punishment – prohibits the execution of murderers … One of the true believers is Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, who, in his desire to turn our country over to the “international…

May 27, 2009 – God save us from liberal "empathy." … Obviously, disadvantaged children from single-parent homes suffer the most from inadequate public schools -- and their tragic outcome … "Empathy," in Liberalspeak, is nothing but raw political power.…

Jun 11, 2009 – the function of counting the number of US citizens and residents living in the US and its territories was non-political and free from … Groves, 60, currently a professor at the University of Michigan, will face a hailstorm of dissent from conservative groups and politicians … Abuse is already rampant in the collection of fraudulent income tax refunds from the IRS -- especially by illegal immigrants.…

Jun 29, 2009 – disputed June 12 presidential elections in which – according to the Wall Street Journal – “hard-line clerics have rallied behind Supreme … WALID PHARES: The Iranian people have a unique opportunity to liberate themselves from 30-years of oppression embodied by the Vilayet … Lebanon's Cedars Revolution, which has been under attack for the last four years may also derive tremendous benefit from the youth…

Jan 22, 2008 – quintessential example of judicial activism, and it has to be the greatest exercise of (to use Justice White’s phrase) “raw judicial power … In any other case, the Supreme Court’s “jurisdiction” might have ended there, answering the question that was actually presented to … And Justice ultimately comes from God’s hands, not the Supreme Court’s. [1] Roe v.…

Mar 16, 2008 – So Americans have come to expect some degree of freedom from government prying — and government protection from private snoops as well … And on Thursday, the issue was decided by the state’s Supreme Court. … It is demonstrated criminal behavior that should warrant the intrusions of police power. Not mere generalized suspicion.…

Apr 17, 2008 – Supreme Court ruled with a 7-2 decision Wednesday. … There were three concurring opinions, and one dissent, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and joined by Justice David Souter. … In 2005, the British medical journal The Lancet reported that blood samples taken from executed prisoners showed concentrations of…

May 29, 2008 – The California Supreme Court recently postulated that limiting marriage between one man and one woman was unconstitutional. … Why are you undermining California Supreme Court Justice Baxter's dissent, in which he forcefully and compellingly defended constitutional … You have also proposed a 66% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (from 2005 levels of 5.8 billion metric tons).…

Jun 18, 2008 – Such power is committed to the executive as part of the commander in chief's power, and thus implicitly denied to the judiciary, just … as is the power to declare war is unilaterally committed to Congress. … That may be the only place left that is safe from Justice Kennedy.…

Jun 17, 2008 – WASHINGTON -- The day after the Supreme Court ruled that detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo are entitled to seek habeas … As such, the Supreme Court's ruling only begins marking a boundary against government's otherwise boundless power to detain people … No state power is more fearsome than the power to imprison.…

Jan 13, 2010 – But today let's give the devil/grand dragon/Supreme Leader his due. … further study, or maybe from society in general. … The American method of suppressing dissent is more subtle, and effective.…

Jan 27, 2010 – The nature of our government is largely a product of political power being applied to lawmakers and executors. The U.S. … Chicago); continuing in 1947 with Justice Hugo Black's famous dissent in Adamson v. … Only by changing the architecture of power will we change the shape and exercise of power.…

Feb 24, 2010 – When Congress sought to stop people from drinking, it recognized that amending the Constitution was the only legitimate route. … Likewise, one searches the Constitution in vain for the power to create a national board of censors charged with regulating the content … Justice Clarence Thomas highlighted this problem in his dissent from the 2005 Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government's…

Mar 21, 2010 – The Supreme Court reversed that decision on a technicality, and recently, the Ninth Circuit got to try again. … the state, but from a “higher power” beyond the state. … somewhere higher than the state—from the “Creator,” the “Supreme Judge,” and “Nature’s God.”…

Apr 15, 2010 – By 1939, the Supreme Court had been embroiled in political controversy for half a decade. … Hugo Black had been a senator from Alabama. … Bill Clinton seriously considered four prominent politicians for Supreme Court nominations -- New York Gov.…

May 19, 2010 – In upholding that policy on Monday, the Supreme Court not only blessed yet another use of psychiatry to escape the safeguards of our … criminal justice system by disguising punishment as treatment -- it also encouraged Congress to pile one dubious assertion of power … ' any enumerated power."…

Jun 23, 2010 – Supreme Court didn't exactly defend Plessy v. … But the generation in power in 1954 looked at enforced separation without the revolting background of slavery. ... … Because, to quote from Mr.…

Jun 23, 2010 – On June 21, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP). … Justice Stephen Breyer took the unusual step of reading his dissent from the bench, joined by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor … Stevens is the last military veteran on the Supreme Court, and it informs his understanding of the scope of federal power to protect…

Jun 30, 2010 – On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down a deeply-disturbing decision in Christian Legal Society v. … its messages, those living in such a way—including sexually-active gays—are ineligible to lead those Bible studies or have voting power … This, despite the fact that as Justice Sam Alito argued in dissent about this policy (joined by the other conservative justices), “…

Jul 13, 2010 – We have had this administration pushing vigorously for abortion-on-demand from the first day they took office. … She assured House members she would do all in her power to help overturn foreign countries’ pro-life laws. … No, Joe, responsible dissent is one of the strengths of democracy; bribery is one of its drawbacks.…

Aug 13, 2010 – The good news is that Walker committed the supreme judicial faux pas by flipping off the U.S. Supreme Court in the process. … The Supreme Court held in Baker v. … Take, for example, Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Roper v.…

Nov 8, 2011 – She added that the late Supreme Court Justice Byron White had predicted this chaos. … Based on bowl revenue from 2010-11, that’s about $1 billion. … Still, it’s never too late to unleash the power of the free market.…