“With fear for our democracy, I dissent”
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Our best hope for an out of control Supreme Court
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Molly Coleman is the executive director of People’s Parity Project and People’s Parity Project Action. Jenny Hunter is a labor lawyer, writer, and consultant.
The Supreme Court ended this term with a bonanza of terrible, antidemocratic decisions. On Monday, the justices tossed aside the fundamental principle that no one is above the law, declaring that presidents have between presumptive and total immunity from prosecution for official acts. This decision may make it impossible to hold former President Donald Trump accountable for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and will embolden him to abuse his power even more flagrantly if he is elected again.
The court’s right-wing supermajority also decreed that courts can ignore federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of the laws they’re charged with administering, substituting judges’ own views instead, and that businesses can challenge regulations years or decades after they went into effect. Together, these decisions will destabilize the government, leaving rules on everything from clean water and air to safe food and drugs and to climate change subject to second-guessing by judges.
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Legal conservatives’ long game is powerful president and weak agencies
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The Supreme Court seemed to take two views of executive power this term, saying presidents should have immunity to free them from constraints while also scaling back the ability of the executive branch to impose regulations.
But both have been the targets of the conservative legal movement, which sees no contradiction.
In a victory for former President Donald J. Trump that will reverberate long after he is gone, the court’s conservative supermajority bestowed immunity from prosecution upon presidents who use their office to commit crimes.
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A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Term
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Introduction to Project Management for lawyers
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Transgender Law Center hiring Legal Fellow
The position is within the Border Butterflies project and will provide direct legal support to LGBTQ asylum seekers living in the United States.
The Border Butterflies Project aims to support LGBTQ asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border with legal, humanitarian, post-detention, and organizing support. This position, which can be performed remotely anywhere throughout California, will be hosted by Transgender Law Center.
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