Andy Borowitz
| Supreme Court Majority Calls Case a Dispute Between Women and
People
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "By a 5–4 vote on Monday, the United States Supreme Court settled a dispute that Justice Samuel Alito said was 'at its core about the rights of women versus the rights of people.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "By a 5–4 vote on Monday, the United States Supreme Court settled a dispute that Justice Samuel Alito said was 'at its core about the rights of women versus the rights of people.'"
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Paul Krugman |
Charlatans, Cranks and Kansas
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Two years ago Kansas embarked on a remarkable fiscal experiment: It sharply slashed income taxes without any clear idea of what would replace the lost revenue."
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Two years ago Kansas embarked on a remarkable fiscal experiment: It sharply slashed income taxes without any clear idea of what would replace the lost revenue."
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Ginsburg's
Passionate 35-Page Dissent of Hobby Lobby Decision
Abby Ohlheiser, The Wire
Ohlheiser writes: "The divided court's 5-4 decision included a dramatic dissent from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who called the majority opinion 'a decision of startling breadth.' Ginsburg read a portion of her decision from the bench on Monday."
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Abby Ohlheiser, The Wire
Ohlheiser writes: "The divided court's 5-4 decision included a dramatic dissent from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who called the majority opinion 'a decision of startling breadth.' Ginsburg read a portion of her decision from the bench on Monday."
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Juan Cole |
The Arab Millennials Will Be Back
Juan Cole, TomDispatch
Cole writes: "Three and a half years ago, the world was riveted by the massive crowds of youths mobilizing in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand an end to Egypt's dreary police state."
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Juan Cole, TomDispatch
Cole writes: "Three and a half years ago, the world was riveted by the massive crowds of youths mobilizing in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand an end to Egypt's dreary police state."
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The
Bait-and-Switch Behind Today's Hobby Lobby Decision
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "For many years, the Supreme Court struck a careful balance between protecting religious liberty and maintaining the rule of law in a pluralistic society. Religious people enjoy a robust right to practice their own faith and to act according to the dictates of their own conscience, but they could not wield religious liberty claims as a sword to cut away the legal rights of others."
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Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "For many years, the Supreme Court struck a careful balance between protecting religious liberty and maintaining the rule of law in a pluralistic society. Religious people enjoy a robust right to practice their own faith and to act according to the dictates of their own conscience, but they could not wield religious liberty claims as a sword to cut away the legal rights of others."
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The Supreme
Court Deals Blow to Public Sector Unions
Brett LoGiurato, Business Insider
LoGiurato writes: "The Supreme Court on Monday limited the power of public-sector unions to compel employees to pay contributions, dealing a setback to public-sector unions."
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Brett LoGiurato, Business Insider
LoGiurato writes: "The Supreme Court on Monday limited the power of public-sector unions to compel employees to pay contributions, dealing a setback to public-sector unions."
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Peru Police,
Military Now Have "License to Kill" Environmental Protesters
David Hill, Guardian UK
Hill writes: "Some of the recent media coverage about the fact that more than 50 people in Peru – the vast majority of them indigenous – are on trial following protests and fatal conflict in the Amazon over five years ago missed a crucial point."
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David Hill, Guardian UK
Hill writes: "Some of the recent media coverage about the fact that more than 50 people in Peru – the vast majority of them indigenous – are on trial following protests and fatal conflict in the Amazon over five years ago missed a crucial point."
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