No Corporate Law and Power Questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Senators found no time to tap into Judge Jackson’s knowledge and analysis of the grave issues regarding the nexus of the power of giant corporations and the Constitution.
Voting Rights Remain the Critical Barrier to Racial Equality
Voting rights advocates are now forced to focus their efforts on Congress and state legislatures to pass new laws to protect their rights
The Supreme Court Just Allowed the Executions of Two Disabled Black Men
Donald Grant and Matthew Reeves were executed after failing to “choose” their own method of death, activists say.
High Court Allows Assange to Appeal to Supreme Court
The High Court in London has allowed Julian Assange leave to appeal its own ruling to the U.K. Supreme Court. The High Court ruled in December that Assange can be…
House Progressives Endorse Adding 4 New Seats to Supreme Court
By Julia Conley / Common Dreams The push to reform the U.S. Supreme Court got a significant boost Wednesday as the Congressional Progressive Caucus voted to officially endorse the Judiciary…
Rights Groups Accuse Tech Giants of Throttling Content on Abortion Pills
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams As anti-choice lawmakers ramp up attacks on reproductive freedom across the United States, new reporting on Monday raised alarm about Big Tech companies limiting…
The Supreme Court, Abortion, and the New Dred Scott
The Mississippi decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will open up a new battle ground in abortion rights that parallels Dred Scott.
Elizabeth Warren Supports Push to Expand Supreme Court
Sen. Warren and other supporters of the expansion plan would like to add four SCOTUS justices to the lineup.
The Great Inheritors: How Three Families Shielded Their Fortunes From Taxes for Generations
In the early 1900s some of the wealthiest Americans claimed their fortunes would never last through the generations. A century of tax avoidance later, the dynasties are going strong.
Reproductive Rights Defenders Rally as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to Roe
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Reproductive rights advocates rallied Wednesday outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard oral arguments in a case directly challenging the constitutional right to…
ScheerPost Contributors Honored Eight Times Over at L.A. Press Club Awards
By ScheerPost Staff Los Angeles-area journalists gathered together once again on Oct. 16 for the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual SoCal Journalism Awards, the LAPC’s first in-person awards event since…
The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State
Imprisoning the David to Chevron's Goliath is the latest outrage by a US judiciary now engineered to always favor the interests of capital.
Years of Local Opposition Defeats PennEast Pipeline
Opponents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey cheer "cancellation of this unneeded, dangerous fracked gas pipeline."
America’s Homelessness Crisis Is About to Get So Much Worse
The looming eviction crisis could precipitate the worst housing and homelessness disaster in American history.
‘Incredible Victory’ for Trans Rights: Supreme Court Rejects School Bathroom Case
The top court’s decision represented a big victory in the fight for transgender rights.