Tag: majority

The Supreme Court’s Supreme Betrayal

admin

The Supreme Court of the United States did a grave disservice to both the Constitution and the nation in Trump v. Anderson.

In a stunning disfigurement of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court impressed upon it an ahistorical misinterpretation that defies both its plain text and its original meaning. Despite disagreement within the Court that led to a 5–4 split among the justices over momentous but tangential issues that it had no need to reach in order to resolve the

… Read more

What Happened to the Democratic Majority?

admin

Do political parties make coalitions, or do coalitions make political parties? In American electoral commentary, the commonsense view is that parties stand for certain principles or policies—on gun control, say, or taxes, or abortion—and then ordinary voters line up with the party that is closest to their own beliefs. But for Karl Marx and his acolytes, this view of parties was nonsense. Political parties were defined not by their stated platforms but by the character of their social base. This … Read more

Sarah Isgur’s Majority Report | The New Yorker

admin

It wasn’t clear to Isgur what her post-Trump career would look like. In 2019, she accepted the job of political editor at CNN, but the offer was rescinded after many liberals objected to the idea of a former Trump official wielding editorial power at a news network known for its unsparing criticism of him. In the aftermath, Isgur heard from a much less prominent outlet: The Dispatch, a new publication founded by a small group of Trump-skeptical conservatives. French, who

… Read more

Victorian Election 2022: Daniel Andrews’ victory speech panned as Labor win majority

admin

A high-profile Liberal senator has slammed Daniel Andrews’ victory speech as ‘really rude’ and accused him of making his critics out to be anti-vaxxers after the Victorian Premier celebrated his third term by declaring ‘vaccines work’.

Mr Andrews kissed his wife, pumped his fists and trumpeted his controversial Covid policies – which included a 263-day lockdown of Melbourne, the world’s longest – as a tough decision that ultimately succeeded and united Victoria. 

However, his comments were criticised by a furious

… Read more

How Sweden’s Covid gamble paid off: Nation suffered FEWER deaths in pandemic than majority of Europe

admin

Sweden has logged one of the lowest pandemic death tolls in Europe despite its refusal to impose lockdowns, World Health Organization estimates suggest.

The Scandinavian nation became an international outcast when it defied scientific advice and chose not to shut down in 2020 — instead relying on people’s common sense and light social restrictions.

Now, the WHO’s analysis of excess deaths — people who died directly and indirectly from Covid — suggests the highly-controversial hands-off approach has been vindicated.  

Of

… Read more

Majority of Covid inpatients in England are NOT primarily ill with virus for first time ever

admin

The majority of Covid patients in English hospitals are not primarily being treated for the virus for the first time in the pandemic, official statistics show.

As few as a third of inpatients are mainly sick with the virus in parts of the country, with the rest mainly receiving care for a range of other conditions, such as a broken leg or heart disease.

Experts have called for the breakdown of so-called ‘incidental’ cases to be published alongside daily Covid

… Read more

Majority of England’s Omicron cases are double vaccinated

admin

More than half of England’s Omicron Covid cases were in double-vaccinated people, health officials revealed today amid fears the super-mutant can slip past existing jabs.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 12 of the 22 known cases up to November 30 — 55 per cent — were in people who had at least two doses. 

Cases of Omicron have risen domestically since, with 59 infections found across the UK in total. Six were unvaccinated, two were partially vaccinated with

… Read more

The Supreme Court Has Neutered the Voting Rights Act

admin

The Voting Rights Act regime as we knew it is gone, and it’s not coming back.

Once thought of as the crown jewel of the Second Reconstruction, the VRA has lost its luster. For the past decade or so, the Supreme Court has systematically reduced the scope and reach of the law. The Court’s decision last week in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is only the latest case, and certainly will not be the last, to interpret the act in

… Read more