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I know people don’t find value in voting—especially given the two party system and rampant injustice in this country—but honest to god, the lurching rightward of the courts has concerned me for years.
And now it’s happening. And it really makes me feel sick.
And now it’s happening. And it really makes me feel sick.
And voting is the only way to stop it. It just is.
Part of the reason @Hegemommy and I started this #TeamLegal business is to explain how the law impacts people.
I think a lot of people are put off by all the jargon and so they don’t pay much attention to the courts.
Part of the reason @Hegemommy and I started this #TeamLegal business is to explain how the law impacts people.
I think a lot of people are put off by all the jargon and so they don’t pay much attention to the courts.
I’m begging everyone to pay more attention to the courts. Not just the Supreme Court. But lower courts, too.
Gather round, friends as we settle into Day Two of Kavanaugh confirmation hearings!
Senators are milling about judiciary and things should be starting soon
Senators are milling about judiciary and things should be starting soon
Grassley gavels the room to order and wishes everyone a good morning.
Reminder: no good mornings for Grassley
Reminder: no good mornings for Grassley
Grassley says Democratic Senators interrupted proceedings 63 times and protesters were escorted out about 70 times.
Protesters start speaking over Grassley now. Sounds like a disability rights activist
Protesters start speaking over Grassley now. Sounds like a disability rights activist
Please read this. And then vote like the make up of the federal judiciary depends on it, BECAUSE IT DOES. #TeamLegal | The Latest Big Win in Gavin Grimm’s Case Shows Why Judicial Diversity Matters rewirenews.link/2khY32C
i did a little research on the diversity of the federal judiciary.
Reagan’s appointees were 90% white, of those, 86% were men.
H.W. Bush’s appointees were 90% white and of those, 73% were male.
Reagan’s appointees were 90% white, of those, 86% were men.
H.W. Bush’s appointees were 90% white and of those, 73% were male.
Terrible, right?
I'm updating our legislation tracker and check this shit out. | Missouri 'Parody Marriages' Resolution (SCR 54) - Rewire.News rewire.news/legislative-tr… #TeamLegal
The Missouri legislature has introduced a resolution that states that any form of marriage that does not involve one man and one woman is a “parody marriage.”
PARODY MARRIAGE.
PARODY MARRIAGE.
I'm telling y'all--LGBTQ folks are NOT safe. Same sex marriage--Obergefell (the SCOTUS ruling) be damned--is NOT safe.
This is excellent excellent news.
I wrote about Black hair discrimination and Chastity Jones’ case almost a year ago to the day! It’s one of my better pieces if I do say so myself which I totally just did. #TeamLegal
Black Hair Discrimination Is Real—But Is It Against the Law? rewirenews.link/2Fgq5br
Black Hair Discrimination Is Real—But Is It Against the Law? rewirenews.link/2Fgq5br
And I quoted this book which is truly excellent. After reading it,I realized it was written by a woman i went to Girls’ High with. Small world! researchgate.net/publication/23…
My latest. | Pennsylvania Supreme Court Could Decide Whether Using Drugs While Pregnant Is Child Abuse rewire.link/2Ejpcud
Yesterday I published this piece about how laws not intended to ensnare pregnant people are being used to punish pregnant people.
So here’s a mini thread about it:
Pennsylvania has a law that makes it child abuse to
“intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly … causing bodily injury to a child through any recent act or failure to act.” #TeamLegal
Pennsylvania has a law that makes it child abuse to
“intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly … causing bodily injury to a child through any recent act or failure to act.” #TeamLegal
Covering this morning's House hearing on a TOTAL abortion ban. Stay tuned for more info from me and @Rewire_News. #NoAbortionBan
The panel's chair, Rep. Steve King (R-IA), an unabashed white nationalist, has called the hearing to order. #NoAbortionBan
Like three sentences into his statement, King is already crowing about the Supreme Court. CC: #TeamLegal @AngryBlackLady @Hegemommy
I really like how the judge said it's not the state's fault that there's a scarcity of abortion providers in Missouri.
PLEASE. #TEAMLEGAL
PLEASE. #TEAMLEGAL
Repubs in Missouri introduce 30 pieces of anti-choice legislation a year, all aimed at regulating Missouri's last clinic out of existence...
When I say 30 per year, I'm not kidding. Last year Republicans introduced more than 35 bills aimed at shutting the last remaining clinic.
The Garza hearing starts now. I'll be live tweeting whether Trump administration can force an undocumented minor to give birth.
Government starts by saying it is not preventing Garza from getting an abortion just that they are not facilitating it. Sound familiar?
Government claims there is no undue burden and the only reason she can't get an abortion is because she happens to be detained.
My latest is about that horrible case in Michigan where the judge gave custody of a woman’s son to her rapist. rewire.link/2yqclXq
That order was quickly stayed—the woman’s attorney says she thinks the judge was blindsided by the prosecutor—but there’s more at issue.
It is *shocking* how many states don’t have laws that protect rape survivors who choose to carry pregnancies conceived in rape to term.
