A bipartisan majority on the Ohio Supreme Court has rejected Republican-drawn maps for U.S. congressional districts and state legislative districts a combined four times this year, handing Republicans rejection after rejection on the grounds that their proposed maps are illegally slanted in their own favor.
Continue reading “Ohio Republicans Are Gaming The System To Push Through Gerrymandered Districts”Republicans Are Now Gunning For Marriage Equality — And They’re Flaunting It
An upcoming Supreme Court decision cast a shadow across the hearing room where Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson sat for three days, fielding questions about her qualifications for the job: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Continue reading “Republicans Are Now Gunning For Marriage Equality — And They’re Flaunting It”Clarence Thomas Released From Hospital
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital on Friday after being treated for an infection for nearly a week, according to Supreme Court spokesperson Patricia McCabe.
Continue reading “Clarence Thomas Released From Hospital”Wyden: Thomas Must Recuse
Sen. Ron Wyden says that Clarence Thomas’ conduct on the court “looks increasingly corrupt” and that at a minimum he should recuse himself from any cases tied to the January 6th conspiracy or the 2024 election if ex-President Trump chooses to run again for election. I was gratified to see this because I had suggested the same and it seems really the minimum that should be required of him. (He’s already sat in review of other January 6th cases and ruled adverse to the investigation.)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin indulged in a bit of American culture war fantasia on Friday, accusing the West once again of trying to “cancel” Russia while comparing his state’s plight to that of J.K. Rowling.
Continue reading “Putin Laments ‘Cancellation’ Of Russian Federation With J.K. Rowling Comparison”Listen to This: The Judge And ‘Jackassery’
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.
Russian Generals: Yeah, We Meant to Do That
We have a bit more detail now on that Russian General Staff update in which they seem to argue that most of their military operation in Ukraine is now done and they’re going to focus just on “liberating” Donbas, the region in the east of the country, part of which had been under de facto Russian occupation back to 2014. Christopher Miller of Buzzfeed gives us a bit more of the nuance and detail.
Continue reading “Russian Generals: Yeah, We Meant to Do That”Cutting Their Losses?
The Russian Ministry of Defense just announced that, in Reuters’ wording, the “first phase of its military operation in Ukraine was mostly complete and that it would focus” on “liberating” (Russia’s word) the Donbas region in Ukraine’s east. It’s hard to know precisely what this means. It could mean close to nothing and in fact things continue as they have for weeks with no clear change. But it could also mean admitting that most of the military operation in Ukraine has failed or met much more resistance than was anticipated and they are now focusing on cleaving off a large chunk of territory in the east.
Continue reading “Cutting Their Losses?”Manchin To Support Jackson, All But Ensuring Her Confirmation
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Friday that he intends to vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, all but ensuring her confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Continue reading “Manchin To Support Jackson, All But Ensuring Her Confirmation”Cawthorn Awkwardly Admits To Voting Against BIF During Photo-Op Bragging About BIF Funds
Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-NC) photo-op touting the infrastructure funding for his district that came from the bipartisan infrastructure package (BIF) didn’t go quite as planned on Thursday.
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