SCOTUS

SCOTUS’s Latest Attack on Affirmative Action

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Racism, The War at Home, US Politics, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, June 30, 2023 The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases – Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students[…]

Icebergs, SCOTUS and EPA − a WW commentary

July 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Biofuels, Climate Change

by Paddy Colligan, published on Workers World, July 6, 2022 Before I understood what it all meant, I thought it was awe-inspiring to see icebergs in the ocean waters around Newfoundland and Greenland. Majestic big ones (how large must they have been to travel so far from their glacial source and still be huge) or somewhat smaller ones that became[…]

Democratic Betrayal, Abortion and the Supreme Court

December 10, 2021 UNAC Editor US Government Action, US Politics, Women

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 8, 2021 “What about the Supreme Court?” Those words are used to thwart any discussion which questions support for the Democratic Party. The democrats maintain their hold on voters who would otherwise be rid of them by dredging up the fear of the federal judiciary falling under Republican Party control. The legal[…]