My daughter just happened to be at the Supreme Court this afternoon, with a group of about 60 girls from Detroit and Ypsilanti, when word came out that Justice Anthony Kennedy, after serving 30 years on the high court, would be retiring, giving Donald Trump yet one more opportunity to remake the Judicial branch in […]
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Kennedy announces his retirement, opening the door for yet another Trump Supreme Court Justice
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, abortion rights, Anthony Kennedy, child detention, child separation, Clementine, conspiracy theory, Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, family separation, Hillary Clinton, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Jeanine Pirro, Jill Stein, John Roberts, Justin Kennedy, Koch brothers, Lisa Murkowski, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, money laundering, Neil Gorsuch, preexisting conditions, Roe v. Wade, Russia, Russiagate, Supreme Court, Susan Collins 32 Comments
Move to Amend chapter to open in Ypsi/Arbor, challenge concept of corporate personhood
Some local folks are starting an Ypsi/Arbor chapter of a national organization dedicated to the elimination of so-called “corporate personhood.” Their names are Reagan M. Sova and Joel Skene, and I thought that I’d take the opportunity to ask them some questions. Following is our brief, but dense conversation. MARK: So, I hear that you’re […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 14th amendment, abuse of power, Adam Smith, are corporations people, Article V, Brown v. Board of Education, Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, constitutionalists, corporate fascism, corporate personhood, corporate speech, corporate takeover of politics, corporations, corporations are not people, Fire Rick Snyder, First Amendment, fourteenth amendment, Fourth Amendment, Free Speech, Frenchie's, Glenn Greenwald, graduated income tax, grassroots organizations, Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court 1865-1903, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Jean Baudrillard, Joel Skene, Julian Assange, Laurence Goldstone, masters of mankind, Michele Bachmann, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Nancy Reagan, National Lawyers Guild, New York Railway, Noam Chomsky, organic institutions, Reagan M. Sova, Reagan Sova, recall, reconstruction, Rick Snyder, Ronald Reagan, Santa Clara Blues: Corporate Personhood and Democracy, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Sheila Tate, slavery, Supreme Court, the rule of law, threats to Democracy, William Meyer 26 Comments