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Why Can’t the Supreme Court Tell Trump No?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (356+ words) Today, oops, they did it again. Five justices told Donald Trump all was forgiven for tearing down the historic East Wing of the White House, and he could carry on with his ballroom project while litigation about its legality proceeded....
Catching up on Three Important Cases from this Week: Meta, Paramount/Warner Bros., and the challenge to Trump’s EO on mail voting
2+ week, 1+ day ago (245+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Catching up on Three Important Cases from this Week: Meta, Paramount/Warner Bros., and the challenge to Trump’s EO on mail voting The landmark settlement state attorneys general reached with Meta to take steps to…...
Bad Food - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
3+ week, 1+ day ago (221+ words) In March 2025, shortly after his return to power, Donald Trump’s administration postponed the compliance deadline for the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule by 30 months. That moved it back from January 20, 2026, to July 20, 2028. We are now paying the price. At the time,…...
They’re Building The Excuse Now
3+ week, 2+ day ago (231+ words) On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a Department of Commerce “report” that claims more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election. That sounds bad, right? At least, until you hear the response. Lauren Groh-Wargo, the president and CEO of…...
The Washington Post Is Wrong About Todd Blanche And Presidential Power
3+ week, 4+ day ago (304+ words) Jeff Bezos’ newspaper, The Washington Post, went all in on the unitary executive theory today. Ironic that the newspaper that revealed the Watergate scandal is willing to vest such absolute authority in the presidency, even as this administration’s corruption of…...
E. Jean Carroll, Jeffrey Epstein, and the Power of Being Believed
3+ week, 6+ day ago (579+ words) It was a real Roy Cohn move. Cohn was the lawyer who gave Trump the advice he continues to adhere to. Cohn, who was Senator Joseph McCarthy’s lawyer during the “red scare” communist blacklist era of the 1950s, told Trump, in…...
Deeply Disgusted - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
4+ week, 1+ day ago (520+ words) Deeply Disgusted Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Newly anointed Attorney General Todd Blanche has been busy. But instead of doing justice, he’s been doing the president’s political bidding. A violation of the Hatch Act, if…...