Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: In World Wars I and Il, it was common for naval vessels to burn oil and create thick clouds of smoke they could hide behind. The smoke threw off the gunnery of their adversaries. Those gunners may not have been able to target the smoke-screened ships with precision, but they sure as … Continue reading The Supreme Court’s Five-Alarm Fire–“The Scheme”: Conclusion
[NOTE: Henry Olsen is a very conservative columnist; I would typically not look to him for political counsel. Even so,there’s one politician Olsen likely understands much better than I could ever hope to, namely: Mike Pence.
Sheldon Whitehouse, in The Scheme: Beyond protecting polluters, the [Supreme Court’s] Roberts Five have weakened antitrust protections, shielded corporate executives from shareholder suits, protected drug manufacturers from state tort laws, taken away fair pay protections from entire categories of workers, restricted class actions that redress low-dollar mass frauds (like adding a small wrongful charge … Continue reading The Scheme: The “Captured” Supreme Court Is Stealing Our Right to Jury Trials
[NOTE: This series of posts about the corporate capture & corruption of the U.S. Supreme Court reflects my sense that: this “scheme” is extremely dangerous to what remains of our democracy; that it is far advanced; it preceded the era of 45 and the “Big Lie,” and it will continue after that ordeal reaches its … Continue reading “Shotgun” Scalia: A study in Supreme Corruption & Impunity; More from “The Scheme”
It was tempting to open with a passage from Volodimir Zelensky’s memorable address to Congress. But that is everywhere today. Instead, here’s a bit from a tribute by columnist David Ignatius: Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, likes to quote a comment attributed to Napoleon: “In war, the moral is … Continue reading Quotes for the Day