Old Constitutions Need Courts More Than New Constitutions
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t know where this post came from anymore. It started when I was reading a Matt Bruenig piece about how social pressures are as important as market forces in bringing up minimum wages. I think someone on Twitter told me I should take a…
Brett Kavanaugh Tries to Make His Case in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Michael Reynolds/Pool/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Thursday evening, defending his position as an “independent” and “impartial” judge ahead of a likely final confirmation vote this weekend. The editorial comes after a blistering and contentious hearing last Thursday—in…
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Says Kavanaugh Should Not Be on Supreme Court
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said on Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed to the Supreme Court, citing the nominee’s behavior during last week’s hearing. “I thought [Kavanaugh] definitely had the qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court and should be…
A New Study Shows How Mushrooms Could Save Bees. Yes, Mushrooms.
Mint/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past decade, the honeybee story has been the stuff of science fiction. Back in 2006, beekeepers first noticed their honeybees were mysteriously dying off in huge numbers, with no clear cause. For some, a whopping 30 to 90 percent of their colonies were…
Thousands of Protesters March to #CancelKavanaugh
Protesters opposed to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh take over the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday.Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thousands of protesters descended on Capitol Hill on Thursday, urging senators to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh just one day before a…
Brett Kavanaugh Is on His Way to the Supreme Court
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’ve been deliberately avoiding Brett Kavanaugh lately because I just can’t stand to write about him. The whole sordid, disgusting affair sends me into a depressive spiral whenever I think about it. I feel so badly for Christine Blasey Ford. I can’t even imagine how…