One of retired Justice Anthony Kennedy’s final acts as a sitting justice was to stare partisan gerrymandering directly in the eye and cry out a resounding “meh.” A pair of cases argued last term were supposed to deliver sharp blows to such gerrymandering. Instead, the Court punted, Kennedy retired, and there is no longer a plausible way to form a majority that could halt this anti-democratic practice.
Yet, even as the Supreme Court refuses to enforce the Constituti...
Month: August 2018
Tossing aside skepticism, Democratic candidates for governor push for state-based universal health care
Republicans, seeking distance from their own health-care woes, are targeting them as big spenders.
US healthcare prices set to skyrocket after ‘Obamacare’ scrapped
Many will have to pay a lot more for insurance after Trump got rid of subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act.
Four cities sue Trump administration over Obamacare “sabotage”
With Congress' attempts to repeal Obamacare unsuccessful, President Trump has looked to executive actions
During unhinged speech, Trump suggests he may still lock up Hillary and mimics MS-13 stabbings
President Trump delivered a nearly 90-minute-long speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Thursday night in which he suggested he may yet lock up Hillary Clinton and smeared immigrants as violent murderers.
When Trump mentioned Clinton, the crowd broke out in “lock her up!” chants. Trump responded by saying, “Some things just take a little bit longer.” He then complained that his Justice Department “only wants to go after Republicans. You look at the ki...
Four Cities’ Lawsuit Calls Trump Efforts To Undermine ‘Obamacare’ Unconstitutional
The complaint, filed Thursday, alleges the Trump administration is "waging a relentless campaign to sabotage and, ultimately, to nullify the law." They say that violates the Constitution.
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While you weren’t looking: Trump administration quietly dismantling Obama-era policies
There’s no shortage of headlines to pay attention to this week, from Presidential tweets to developments in the Russia probe. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is successfully carrying out its conservative agenda including dismantling Obamacare,
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4 cities suing President Trump for ‘violating the Constitution’
Four American cities are suing the President for violating the Constitution by gutting the Affordable Care Act. Watch Ali Velshi speak with Mayor Catherine Pugh, who was one of the mayors who filed the suit.
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