Category: Legal Affairs
Kill the Bastard: The Money Backing the Obamacare Supreme Court Case
by Lou Dubose | Mar 1, 2015 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsThe challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 is supported and bankrolled by a right-wing think tank most widely known for its campaign against environmental regulation, or “eco-socialism.” The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) was founded in 1984, backed by tobacco companies and other corporate and […]
Presidents and Precedents: Executive Authority on Immigration
by Lou Dubose | Jan 1, 2015 | Legal Affairs1956 Dwight Eisenhower paroled 923 foreign-born orphans. 1956 Eisenhower granted immigration parole to 31,915 Hungarians. 1959-1972 Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon paroled 621,403 Cubans. 1962-1965 Kennedy and Johnson paroled 15,000 Chinese refugees. 1975-1979 Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, in 10 separate actions, paroled 360,000 Indochinese from Vietnam, Cambodia, and […]
Science in Court
by Lou Dubose | Dec 2, 2014 | Blog, Legal AffairsIn July 2013, a jury in federal court in Austin ruled that PlastiPure and CertiChem—two small, private labs founded by a University of Texas professor—had made false and misleading statements about plastic bottles, and about Tritan, a trademarked resin used to make the bottles. Tennessee-based Eastman Chemical had spent tens of millions of dollars […]
Courts Consider Texas’s Brutal Abortion Regulation
by Maria Martin | Dec 1, 2014 | Legal AffairsLast March, thousands of women and other reproductive-rights supporters descended on the Texas Capitol in an attempt to block the Legislature’s passage of draconian anti-abortion laws. Despite intense opposition and a dramatic filibuster by state Senator Wendy Davis, which launched her unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2 in a special […]
Reckless Republican Impeachment Chatter Belittles Framers’ Intent
by Elizabeth Holtzman | Nov 1, 2014 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsThe recent 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office gives us a useful perspective on the calls by right-wingers for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. The grounds they claim are vague, if not incoherent. In July, for example, Sarah Palin, former Republican vice presidential candidate and Tea Party favorite, charged him […]
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