The Supreme Court Majority Is Functioning as a Political Arm of Trump
The Republican-appointed majority of the Supreme Court is playing a shell game with the American people. In the guise of making procedural decisions on cases […]
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John Roberts’ Historic Failure as Supreme Court Chief Justice, Part II
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms John Roberts Supreme Courtby Dave WagnerAs I wrote in last week’s Note, “Roberts has taken the lead in writing a series of opinions that have destroyed essential rules governing our […]
John Roberts’ Historic Failure as Supreme Court Chief Justice, Part 1
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms John Roberts Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Dave WagnerChief Justice John Roberts is smart and skilled. He will be remembered, however, as a historic failure. This is not a claim to make lightly, […]
NBC News: In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court ‘s handling of Trump cases
|News, Op Eds, Press Releases |John Roberts Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Dave Wagner“Federal judges are frustrated with the Supreme Court for increasingly overturning lower court rulings involving the Trump administration with little or no explanation, with some worried […]
The Chief Justice, The Roberts Six, & The Path To Tyranny
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |John Roberts Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn 1788, James Madison wrote in The Federalist Paper, No: 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of […]
Report: How Chief Justice Roberts & Former Justice Kennedy Knowingly Misrepresented Court Precedent To Justify Increasing Legalized Corruption
|Press Releases |Citizens United John Roberts McCutcheon Money In Politics Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellPDF Version Democracy 21 Education Fund Report How Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts and Former Justice Kennedy Knowingly Misrepresented Court Precedent to Justify Increasing […]
SCOTUS To Hear Challenge To Limits On Political Party Spending
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Laws Money In Politics Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellD21 President Fred Wertheimer: “This Court is on a path that is completely hostile to campaign finance laws.” The Supreme Court announced Monday that it […]
Is John Roberts Bending The Knee To Trump?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |John Roberts Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellThis note was updated on June 27 to reflect the Supreme Court’s ruling in the birthright citizenship cases. Since January 20, President Donald Trump has […]
How SCOTUS Opened The Door To The Musk Era
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellIt took Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, to illustrate to Americans just how dangerous our corrupt campaign finance system can be. This system allowed […]
How The Opinions Of Two Supreme Court Justices Paved The Way For The Musk Era
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United John Roberts Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellThis op-ed is adapted from a piece that first appeared in Courier Newsroom. How The Opinions Of Two Supreme Court Justices Paved the […]
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