The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear eight separate cases that had presented opportunities to reconsider its doctrine of “qualified immunity.” That doctrine, created by the Supreme Court in 1982, holds that government officials can be held accountable for...
Our countrymen. Largely confined to their homes and worried about the spread of the coronavirus and its risks to their own health or that of loved ones, a segment of the United States has turned informant, calling the police, public health authorities and the...
From the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, state and local governments responded in various ways from issuing emergency orders—citywide shutdowns to school closures and beyond—but it’s the suspension of various laws and regulations that is...
Jim Bovard in the Hill on gun control in practice: President Trump declared last week that the law enforcement should “take the guns first, go through due process second.” But the history of federal firearms enforcement shows that due process is often a mirage when...
She is the worst criminal in central Texas. Just like all her predecessors. They don't mind putting innocent young women in prison for fake crimes of which they are completely innocent. And they don't mind doing whatever it takes to keep them there long after their...
In 2006, Johnathan Lubecky was deployed to Iraq. While fighting for his country, Johnathan faced constant enemy strikes, one of which resulted in a traumatic brain injury. Exposures to the horrors of war resulted in Johnathan developing post-traumatic stress disorder...
"A Texas appeals court has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Rodney Reed as a growing chorus of supporters point to evidence they say casts doubt on his guilt. He was scheduled to die in five days for a 1996 rape and murder."
Listen to the audio from Scott's speech at the Ron Paul Symposium on state propaganda and the 2020 election in Texas last weekend. He talks about how important it is, now more than ever, to present a credible opposition to the neoliberal consensus that dominates both...
