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SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Record Depicts Dangerous Conservative Judicial Activism Op-Ed 08/06/2018 by Devon Schmidt Regardless of which court they occupy, the central quality of any judge should be impartiality. But Trump Supreme Court nominee …

Kavanaugh Misleads on Significant Cases in Responding to Senate Judiciary Committee Op-Ed 07/25/2018 by Elliot Mincberg This post originally appeared on Medium. One important question on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questionnaire for Supreme Court and …

Hypocrisy on Freedom of Religion at the Supreme Court Op-Ed 07/05/2018 by Devon Schmidt In its 7-2 ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the baker, asserting that a statement made by a …

Children Belong in Their Parents’ Arms, Not Locked in Cages Op-Ed 06/28/2018 by Taif Jany I was just 17 years old when I left my sick mother alone in Syria and immigrated to the United States to finish my education. I had already lost my father to the …

Disturbing Writings from a Trump Judicial Nominee: Ryan Bounds Op-Ed 06/08/2018 by Marie Lindberg In a shocking collection of writings for the Stanford Review, Ryan Bounds, Trump’s nominee for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, reveals a deplorable …

The GOP’s Neo-Nazi Problem Op-Ed 06/05/2018 This piece was originally posted on Medium. The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem. At least three congressional candidates running as Republicans are doing so explicitly to promote white nationalist and …

Religious Right's Hypocrisy: Freedom of Speech Unless You're Pro-Choice Op-Ed 05/31/2018 by Marie Lindberg The glaring hypocrisy of the Religious Right has been exposed again. So-called crisis pregnancy centers, or CPCs, often lie to patients to dissuade …

50 Years After King’s Death, A Legacy of Youth Leadership Endures Op-Ed 04/04/2018 by Christin "Cici" Battle This post originally appeared on Medium. It was fifty years ago this week when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at just 39 years old, …

GOP Wants to Flood Politics with Dark Money Using Hidden “Policy Riders” Op-Ed 03/20/2018 by Arn Pearson Campaign finance reform was once a bipartisan issue. With Koch money flooding into the GOP, those days are gone This post originally appeared in …

HUD Mission Statement Is Trump's Latest Censorship Salvo Op-Ed 03/15/2018 by People For Staff On March 5, Secretary Ben Carson and the Department of Housing and Urban Development made one thing clear: after a half century of enforcing the Fair Housing Act …