Supreme Court Considers Marriage Equality Debate
What a day for the LGBT community! The Supreme Court heard challenges to California’s Proposition 8 today, and tomorrow it will hear arguments against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). (The audio and transcript are available here, if you have time to check them out!) Let’s hope that Chief Justice John Roberts kept his gay [...]
Progress Report: Religious Symbols on Public Property in RI, Curt Schilling’s Fib, Local Journalism
There is a major and potentially very ugly battle brewing in the Ocean State that has nothing to do with tax rates, struggling cities or bankrupt ballplayers: I’m talking about religious symbols on public property, and it’s getting out of control. The most recent example (which you learned about first from RI Future), a cross [...]
The John Roberts Moment
Surprisingly nearly everyone – especially CNN – the Supreme Court upheld the most controversial aspect of President Obama’s historic health care reforms: the individual mandate. It’s incredibly good news for Obama, Democrats, progressives, Rhode Island (which is already well into the process of implementing it) all the uninsured and under-insured Americans (like me!), the country [...]
Progress Report: SCOTUS on Obamacare, State House Campaign Roundup, High Finance Journalism
The nation, and Rhode Island for that matter, turns its attention to the Supreme Court this morning as the justices are expected to release their decision today on President Obama’s signature act as chief executive: health care reform. The New York Times says the landmark legislation affects “nearly every American from cradle to grave.” Depending [...]
Progress Report: SCOTUS, CEO Politicians, Pension Politics
In a mixed bag of a decision on Arizona’s immigration law, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed local authorities to continue to inquire into people’s legal status when they pull them over or otherwise detain them … this kind of law enforcement is rife with opportunities for racial profiling, which probably isn’t why white Republicans [...]
RI Progress Report: Chafee and Political Principles, Paying for Public Education, Gemma on Marriage Equality
In a surprising move that really shouldn’t surprise anyone who knows him, Gov Chafee has decided to take the Jason Pleau case all the way to the US Supreme Court, if they will hear it. While talk radio, and even the Pleau family, may not agree with this decision, taking a case to the SCOTUS [...]
Obamacare, Broccoli and the Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia observes in court that the government cannot compel a citizen to purchase broccoli, and the government’s lawyers are Struck Dumb. They clearly do not spend time in my local pub. Every week some bonehead appears there with the “broccoli” canard. And there is a simple answer to that stupid assertion: The government can [...]
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