Tag: Supreme Court

The New Jim Crow: John Roberts Edition

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 23, 2020

In the initial Gilded Age, the courts took the 14th Amendment, tore it up as it applied to African-Americans, and created entirely new and unintended meanings for it as it applied to corporations, starting the nation down the road that has lately led to Citizens United. It took the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, refused to apply […]

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Don’t Blackmail Me Into Voting for a Flawed Democrat Because of the Supreme Court!

By Erik Loomis

On December 9, 2019

Both parties are the same and so why not just for Jill Stein again in 2020. The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law, mandating doctors perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to pat

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 586

By Erik Loomis

On November 17, 2019

This is the grave of Harry Blackmun. Born in 1908 in Nashville, Illinois, Blackmun grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Somewhat incredibly, he went to elementary school with Warren Burger. Although he w

Even children know that sometimes it’s better to take the loss

By Dan Nexon

In General

On July 11, 2019

Imagine that your party has stacked the judiciary with ideologues willing to aggressively pursue your political agenda. The Supreme Court, having ruled in favor of electoral authoritarianism, is on the brink of making progressive policy impossible. What would you do if you narrowly lose one case? If you’re playing the odds, you take the loss. […]

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This Day in Labor History: June 3, 1918

By Erik Loomis

On June 3, 2019

On June 3, 1918, the Supreme Court, in the case of Hammer v. Dagenhart, overturned the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, once again proving a reactionary force in the fight for Americans to live decent li

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Describing the Truth is “Corrosive”

By Erik Loomis

On May 3, 2019

The elite legal class sure struggles to admit the actual reality of modern legal politics. I really hate the way Trump and his allies such as Graham talk about the Supreme Court, as if they control it

This Day in Labor History: March 29, 1965

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 29, 2019

On March 29, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court rules for the defendant in the case of Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Company. In a 7-0 ruling the Court decided that a company could close a recently unionized factory, even if it was done to bust a union. An employer could not close part of […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 422

By Erik Loomis

On February 28, 2019

This is the grave of Harlan Stone. Born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire in 1872, Stone graduated from Amherst College in 1894. He taught for a bit and then decided on law school, attending Columbia and

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 397

By Erik Loomis

On January 15, 2019

This is the grave of John Catron. Born in 1786 to a German family in Pennsylvania, Catron and his family moved to Kentucky early in the 19th century. He fought in the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson.

Why Kavanaugh is on the Court

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 11, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh sure is a nice man: A Supreme Court argument on Wednesday over the detention of immigrants during deportation proceedings seemed to expose a divide between President Trump’s two appointees, Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh. The question in the case was whether the federal authorities must detain immigrants who had committed […]

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Will Janus Only Apply to Unions?

By Erik Loomis

On September 9, 2018

I know I can’t wait for cases like this to get to the Supreme Court where Roberts and Friends can decide that the free speech definition used in Janus only applies to labor unions. Citing a U.S.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 323

By Erik Loomis

On September 5, 2018

This is the grave of Stephen Field. Born in 1816 in Haddam, Connecticut to a Congregationalist minister and a larger family who would produce many leading 19th century figures, including Cyrus Field,

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