“We have a responsibility to protect our democracy,” said the New York Democrat. “That includes holding those in power who violate the law accountable.” Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Sunday that right-wing U.S. Supreme Court justices who “misled” senators during their respective confirmation hearings about whether they supported overturning Roe v. Wade should be impeached for lying […]
Fifty years ago, Frank Wills, a 24-year-old, $2-an-hour, black security guard at D.C’s posh Watergate office building, was working the midnight shift when he noticed a piece of duct tape on the lock of a basement door leading outside. Assuming a careless worker had left it, he removed the tape, closed the door, and went back […]
“If only there had been some warning signs about Kavanaugh’s dishonesty,” quipped another advocacy group. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a self-styled moderate who postures as a defender of reproductive rights, has said repeatedly in recent years that she would not support a Supreme Court nominee who demonstrates “hostility” to Roe v. Wade. But late Monday, Politico reported that right-wing Justices […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last month after he urged hundreds of his supporters to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost last November’s election to Democrat Joe Biden. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict the former U.S. […]