Republican Party Archives - Page 14 of 14

Lawlessness is a feature of the Republican Party, not a bug

By John Stoehr / September 3, 2021 /

The five most conservative justices, and their allies in state legislatures, have devised a model for using a procedure called the “shadow docket” to weaponize lawlessness against court precedents they don’t like.

Abortion is virtually banned in Texas. The upside? Roe still rules for now in the other 49 states

By Mia Brett / September 3, 2021 /

Overturning Roe would have affected national abortion coverage and abortion would have been immediately illegal in 13 states.

By turning law enforcement over to ‘abortion vigilantes,’ Texas uses lawlessness to destabilize equal treatment under law

By John Stoehr / September 2, 2021 /

So far, it has the Supreme Court’s blessing.

Will GOP voters go to war with corporations over new vaccine mandates? That would require personal sacrifice, though

By John Stoehr / August 26, 2021 /

They’ll obey, like good authoritarians.

The withdrawal from Afghanistan is complex and messy. It’s making partisans say silly things

By John Stoehr / August 16, 2021 /

The president is trying to do the right thing with all the consequences of having tried doing the right thing.

It’s hard to believe the GOP would sacrifice kids to maintain rule by white Christian men

By John Stoehr / August 13, 2021 /

Believe it, though.

In the face of authoritarianism, don’t lose hope. Normal partisan politics can save democracy

By John Stoehr / August 11, 2021 /

The Dems are pushing a fault line within the GOP to its breaking point.

ICE and the Border Patrol consume $20B a year, but have not made us safer. Just the opposite

By Elizabeth F. Cohen / April 19, 2021 /

The threat is not coming from outsiders.

Stop the Nonsense about the Working Class. 2016 Was a Revolt of the Petite Bourgeois

By John Stoehr / February 18, 2020 /

Don’t appeal to voters immune to “health care, health care, health care.”