All posts by Chuck Fager

The Big Read: Supreme Beings — Taking on the Architects of Our Emerging Judicially-Spawned Authoritarian Order

[NOTE: i’m somewhat slow on the uptake, but numerous shocks of 2022 have pounded home the sense that the principal architect of our increasingly dominant regime of minority rule is the Supreme Court. To get more up to speed on this process, I’m reading Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s fine new book, The Scheme. Whitehouse has been … Continue reading The Big Read: Supreme Beings — Taking on the Architects of Our Emerging Judicially-Spawned Authoritarian Order →

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Indiana Judge vs. State Abortion Ban: Judge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged

[NOTE: I’m no lawyer, but this opinion seems to come under the heading of “sauce for the goose . . .” and the part of the Constitution about the government is not to officially favor any specific religion, which its recent Dobbs decision obviously does. I’ll be watching for updates on the decision’s fate. Religious … Continue reading Indiana Judge vs. State Abortion Ban: Judge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged →

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LGBTQ persons live in fear and often at great risk in many Muslim societies

[NOTE: A few safe places, amid many areas of official persecution and grave risk; that’s the sum of this sketch of legal, social and religious issues facing LGBTQ persons in most Muslim societies. This Associated Press report is unsettling and may for some be traumatic; readers are advised.] AP News: Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ … Continue reading LGBTQ persons live in fear and often at great risk in many Muslim societies →

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