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High Court’s Roe v Wade Ruling Attacks Full Humanity of US Women, But it Won’t Stop There

June 27, 2022June 28, 2022 by Dave LIndorff

The 6-3 ruling last week by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade is both the culmination of a decades-long strategy by the Republican Party and the religious right to which it long ago tied its fortunes, and the beginning of a long war by progressives to wrest back control of the Democratic Party …

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A confirmation hearing is a job interview, not a trial

Candidates for Appointment to Government Posts or Judgeships Don’t Have a ‘Presumption of Innocence’

September 25, 2018September 26, 2018 by Dave LIndorff

Whatever your view of Brett Kavanaugh, let’s get one thing clear: While he’s hoping to become the ninth justice of the US Supreme Court, he is not on trial. He is facing a confirmation hearing by the Judicial Committee of the US Senate. Republican backers of this clearly flawed and truth-challenged candidate are insisting indignantly, …

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