1/ A Hard-right Supreme Court Nominee Could Completely Alter Life As We Know It >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died >> and while everybody is focusing on abortion >>...
2/ ...the Supreme Court >> if it falls into hard-core conservative hands >> could do massive damage to the entire spectrum of life in America >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>...
3/ ...Ever since the 1930s >> Republicans have been trying to either destroy or privatize Social Security >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >> and a hard right conservative majority on the Court could make that happen >>...
4/ ...Since the 1960s >per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann > Republicans have been yelling that Medicare&Medicaid are actually forms of socialism >> While a conservative Court will almost certainly destroy Obamacare >> it's also likely to end Medicare and Medicaid...
5/ ...In the early 1930s >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >> the Supreme Court ruled that both minimum-wage laws and child labor laws were unconstitutional >> Expect these to once again become issues >>...
6/ ...Since the Reagan revolution >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >> Republicans have systematically torn apart our nation's public schools >> with the state of Michigan >> where Betsy DeVos has been focusing her efforts >> now about half privatized >>...
7/ ...With a conservative Court >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >> we could even see the end of a functional public school system nationwide >>...
8/ ...Are you concerned about how climate change is driving wildfires >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >> massive flooding storms >> and hurricanes>>...
9/ ...A conservative Supreme Court could rule that laws or policies to reduce carbon emissions are an unlawful violation of refiners and other fossil fuel companies rights to do business >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>...
10/ ... ExpectWith a truly conservative court >per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >2lose your right to be protected from being ripped off by your bank >> insurance company >Internet service provider >> and even your utilities (if they are for-profit corporations)...
11/ ...They[Conservative Court] could roll back the right of LGBTQ people to get married >> and the right of labor unions to even exist >> and endorse privatization of the Post Office >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>...
12/ ...All of these are positions that are currently held by various high profile conservative think tanks and movement leaders >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>...
13/ ...They[Conservative Think Tanks] all reflect positions David Koch ran for vice president on in 1980 >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >> and that are now embraced by hard-core conservative Republicans >> including some currently in Congress >>...
14/ ...Conservatives don't just want to take America back to the 1950s; they want to take us back to the 1920s >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>...
15/ ...We all must encourage Democratic members of Congress to do everything possible to hold the line against Trump putting another radical right winger on the Supreme Court >>per bit.ly/3kDviuk by @Thom_Hartmann >>
Trump pins Supreme Court immunity hopes on Brett Kavanaugh not remembering his own argument via @msnbcmsnbc.com/deadline-white…
@MSNBC By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”
In his immunity brief to the Supreme Court, Donald Trump name-checks two articles by Brett Kavanaugh from before Trump appointed him to the high court….tinyurl.com/26quumrr
@MSNBC @Jordan_S_Rubin By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,” The… [Donald Trump immunity brief to the Supreme Court quote articles by Brett Kavanaugh]...citations were obviously meant to support the former president’s broad immunity claim.tinyurl.com/26quumrr
By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”
Massachusetts’ highest court has issued an important ruling on sentencing and modern science, banning sentences of life without parole for people younger than 21 when they committed the crime.tinyurl.com/yv2ddchp
@Jordan_S_Rubin By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”On Thursday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court extended its sentencing precedent to cover “emerging adults,” [banning sentences of life without parole]tinyurl.com/yv2ddchp
@Jordan_S_Rubin By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”…meaning people who were 18, 19 or 20 at the time of the criminal offense. [Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court banning sentences of life without parole]tinyurl.com/yv2ddchp
By @glennkirschner2 in ,
[regarding the Impeachment Judgments clause] Sauer [Trumps Lawyer]apparently decided he could rewrite that portion of the Constitution, and urged the judges to adopt what he’d like the Constitution to say.tinyurl.com/yv2tq5nt
@glennkirschner2 By @glennkirschner2 in , In layman’s terms, this[the Impeachment Judgments clause] meanstThat evenIf theHouse ofRepresentatives impeaches aPresident &the Senate convicts at his impeachment trial, the president can still be prosecuted for his crimes.tinyurl.com/yv2tq5nt
@glennkirschner2 By @glennkirschner2 in , “In an argument unlike any I have ever seen in my 30 years as a federal prosecutor, Sauer[Trump's Lawyer] apparently decided he could rewrite that portion of the Constitution,...tinyurl.com/yv2tq5nt
per by @HC_Richardson,"Late Friday night the Texas Supreme Court blocked the lower court’s order, pending review, and today, Cox’s lawyers said she had left the state to obtain urgently needed health care.tinyurl.com/2x5kp7gn
@HC_Richardson per by @HC_Richardson,"...the Texas Supreme Court ruled against Cox, saying she was not entitled to a medical exception from the state’s abortion ban.tinyurl.com/2x5kp7gn
@HC_Richardson per by @HC_Richardson,"The image of a woman forced by the state to carry a fetus with a fatal condition at the risk of her own health and future fertility until finally she has to flee her state for medical care is one that will not be erased easily.tinyurl.com/2x5kp7gn
“I do think that right after the [Supreme Court] decision,some folks, especially in Dem...states, felt like their rights were going to be protected,”...“And now they’ve seen...Republicans move towards a nationwide abortion ban.”said Rep.DelBene, D-WA per nbcnews.to/3poBLS0
[Rep.Suzan DelBene D-Wash] ] and other Democratic strategists noted that voters will continue to hear more stories of women who suffer because they cannot access abortion care, as Republican-led states move to restrict abortion access. per nbcnews.to/3poBLS0
...Republican presidential candidates have voiced support for federal abortion bans as they compete in their primary. per nbcnews.to/3poBLS0
Is it possible to attribute this to climate change Per on.msnbc.com/3J7GUUW by @ZeeshanAleem interviewing [Michael Mann, a professor of atmospheric science at Penn State and the author of “The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet,”] @canilor
@ZeeshanAleem@canilor Per on.msnbc.com/3J7GUUW by @ZeeshanAleem interviewing [Michael Mann, a professor] "Moreover, eastern North America, where all of this is happening, is one location where we expect the greatest increase in combined heat and drought from human-caused warming.