Soaring housing costs, rising poverty and the end of COVID-era relief checks and eviction protections contributed to a spike in homelessness in the U.S. last year, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. More…
The Supreme Court at a crossroads
Every four years, the people who are most politically engaged in American law and politics tend to focus their autumn energy on the upcoming November election. The annual October kickoff of the U.S. Supreme Court term may be overlooked. That…
Supreme Court inspires Dallas man to campaign against Project 2025
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled July 1 that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution of criminal acts committed while in office, that was a call to action for Pat Hicks. “I knew right then and there that they’ve…
The Supreme Court is afflicted with a deadly empathy deficit
The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on sleeping outdoors in a homelessness case. By a 6-3 vote along partisan lines, the court ruled homeless residents are prohibited from sleeping outdoors. My own sense of the prophetic, especially when indignant,…
Presidential monarchy and judicial infallibility: America 2024
Reading the recently released Supreme Court verdict in the case of Trump v. United States, I couldn’t help thinking that before we put the Ten Commandments in “every classroom,” nationwide, we’d best post them in every room of the White…
Supreme Court says cities may fine or arrest homeless people for sleeping
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling frees municipalities to fine or arrest homeless people who camp on sidewalks or in parks and other public spaces. Justices ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that an ordinance in Grants Pass, Ore., prohibiting public…
Monarchy redux: Follow the money
Who’d a thought that just prior to commemorating our overthrow of a king, the U.S. Supreme Court would reinstate monarchy? That might be an exaggeration, but only a teeny-weeny one. With today’s Supreme Court ruling, presidents of the U.S. have…
Conservative Supreme Court did not give anti-abortion group what they wanted on mifepristone
The abortion-inducing drug mifepristone will remain on the market after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication. The June 13 decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine also…
Your guide to the Supreme Court’s upcoming blockbuster decisions
The United States Supreme Court is poised to issue decisions soon on a blockbuster list of important issues that could impact nearly every American, including abortion, the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, guns, homeless people, and social media…