nostr:npub1fvgkh4fz73v2707avda99qc4267rm3lfxr93wz5cdd6qzxnrq9rqn72sdk Sadly, the 1850s and 1860s too—we can trace it all back to the original sin. In the podcast, we talked about the erasure of history and its effect on the struggle.
nostr:npub17a93lvl79m9crvwkkcglmgwqghdxzmkrllvyma7jdhl32k0th3fq4lmv9a Back when he lived in Boston, I saw him on a panel at the Boston Book Festival after his book Stokely was published. I vividly remember how he pushed back against the audience member who tried to derail the panel with a ridiculously off-topic question...
nostr:npub1fvgkh4fz73v2707avda99qc4267rm3lfxr93wz5cdd6qzxnrq9rqn72sdk He is an amazing writer too. I asked him about staying in TX given everything that is going on there. He gave the perfect answer. “Texas is ground zero for my work.”
nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 Every hour... no bigger challenge we have as society, and this one is hitting harder every day.
nostr:npub1esha7f4m7zfc7rlyg7ufeysw8prq76f6edjr7ajh686raeeg5gsqkt5fqz nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 It shouldn’t be controversial—it’s life or death. See Paradise, Maui.
nostr:npub170vth99f30mk0s683wkxkhdhraxkmnyc5a8nw9p2046jz8ztdnps3wjavf Here is a timeline.
May 19, 2021, Texas Heartbeat Bill signed into law. At the time it was signed into law, it clearly contradicted both Roe and Casey.
September 1, 2021, the law went into effect *after* the Supreme Court denied an emergency petition from abortion providers in TX.
For 9 months SB8 was in effect when Roe was still good law and there was a constitutional right to access an abortion.
June 24, 2022, Court handed down Dobbs which overturned Roe v. Wade.
nostr:npub17a93lvl79m9crvwkkcglmgwqghdxzmkrllvyma7jdhl32k0th3fq4lmv9a yeah, that's what I thought so too...
Not that it's exclusive to the #USA but considering it's (quite skewed it it's favour) #HDI and #GDP per capita it should have like free healthcare, childcare and education!
nostr:npub1xtguejmenk9qwd4n2yvpuax2tq4f6rr2jejazgfd2zaffvyu9j4slvxfsf yes, she compares the US to other constitutional democracy and how they have advanced women’s equality differently—not perfectly but with better outcomes.
nostr:npub1xtguejmenk9qwd4n2yvpuax2tq4f6rr2jejazgfd2zaffvyu9j4slvxfsf the latter. She makes the argument that women’s labor is used for the public good without any payment or acknowledgment.
nostr:npub1rp86x9dlxdrvtastccv3txnkqvrklr0swypfgpnx5s0hc55eugvq9w5fqa I have been embarrassed…it is cringeworthy and then some.
nostr:npub1u3q5muemv8mff5h6felmumj34x4sm05ujr6jvjafymg62n5cracq0e7lak I should have done a CW. :)
nostr:npub1sufwxhll8z3zpdg7gv0vw7yg4pqmnltv88m2pw4a4cstshj7vh6qp0lp40 I would argue it is even a little stronger than that because Congress does have significant power to regulate the Court. How they reach the end result—through jurisdictional limits or withholding funding if an ethics code is not adopted appears to be within their power.
nostr:npub19vl6rfsnkf400frfavrr69p6gf5cexhaw223vra4th2lelhqjh8q8tnuam SCOTUS relies entirely on its legitimacy and public trust in its legitimacy is at an all time low. Do you think that makes a difference? The GOP is attacking institutions of governance, especially the criminal justice system. Democracts are also attacking the courts but doing it more through institutional channels—ethics codes, changing the number of Justices, changing jurisdiction—all allowed.
Recently, Justice Alito said “I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it. No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.”
I wonder if he would accept the same being said about the #SCOTUS’ authority to determine the meaning of the constitution. There is nothing in the constitution that gives SCOTUS the final word on its meaning. Yet, it dictates to the other two branches all the time. The hubris!
#law #lawfedi #lawyers
There is no doubt that Mark Meadows or Georgia will appeal the removal decision and it will likely reach #SCOTUS on the shadow docket. Guess who will review it first--Justice Thomas. As we know--he won't recuse himself nor is he required to do so. He could stall the proceedings pending full Court review.
Stephen Vladeck explains the shadow docket on an episode of SideBar.
#law #lawfedi #lawyers #judiciary #Georgia #indictment
In its report PenAmerica describes “forced outing” bills—laws that require schools to inform parents if a student is presenting differently than the sex assigned at birth. Let’s dive into Alabama’s law. It makes if a Class C felony for school personnel to “withhold information” from a parent about a “minor’s perception that his or her gender or sex is inconsistent with the minor’s sex.”
Anyone know what this means? It’s a crime not to.
#LGBTQ #trans #education
nostr:npub1qe5xp836kyz7ymzqe5wy09fzky6z03srv7htgh3ptn4dqmesz94s7z8ugl I noticed the absence of our democracy in that list as well. The #media has once again shifted to horse race coverage rather than exploring the broader implications of last night’s debacle.
nostr:npub1e2k9eewff8savfjta0nqr8e9ygwf5usaz6vcq7vukk3urqud3h4qcv0e0p I tell that story to students to show them the difference between representing a client and acting to ensure the rule of law is upheld.
nostr:npub17a93lvl79m9crvwkkcglmgwqghdxzmkrllvyma7jdhl32k0th3fq4lmv9a I really wish we could lure Steve Vladeck to the fediverse.
nostr:npub1zhmyvn4lfahrem827l84ujcwc0hf9ykgjxpxmcfgnpqp9j270ngqkq2dea Agreed. I learn a ton from his posts.
Three years later and my blood sill boils when I listen to Trump’s calls to Georgia. And three years later he still sounds desperate and pathetic. And three years later I still cannot believe how many people, especially lawyers(!), who enabled and assisted his delusional efforts to undermine our election.
No paywall; you can read through the Georgia timeline & listen to several excerpted calls.
#democracy #elections #politics #USpolitics #lawfedi #law #lawyers
He’s right.
“Too often it seems to me these days, we tolerate a debasement in our politics that most of us would never tolerate in our personal lives. I submit that this is a disastrous mistake.”
#democracy #politics #USpolitics #USpol #elections
nostr:npub1ltax8h059m530l9dj2t6ast8v32uslyklxcmq0dsnfldyspn3edqrrd5k3 provides a searing indictment of #SCOTUS in one sentence.
“Meanwhile, the Supreme Court handed the GOP a presidential election victory, has overturned a fundamental right, is riddled with institutional corruption, and is thwarting governmental efforts to sensibly regulate guns and combat climate change even as the planet burns. No wonder national politics looks like a train wreck to the youths.”
#democracy #politics #USpol #law #lawfedi #lawyer