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‘No Republican party’ in US today, says anti-Trump conservative judge

J Michael Luttig, who advised Mike Pence not to try to overturn 2020 election, says former president has destroyed GOP

The Guardian - US

Justice Sotomayor's staff urged schools and libraries to buy her memoir or kid's books

The works have earned Sotomayor $3.7 million since she joined the court in 2009. Her taxpayer-funded staffers have been deeply involved in organizing speaking engagements intended to sell the books.

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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books

For colleges and libraries seeking a big name for a guest lecturer, few come bigger than Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice who rose from poverty in the Bronx to the nation’s highest court

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"Scared sh**less" Trump rages at DOJ

"For the first time in his life, it looks like he's being held accountable," said Trump's former chief of staff

Salon

Pence: I can't defend Trump allegations

"There's not an Attorney General of either party who would not have brought today's charges," ex-Pence adviser says

Salon

He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."

WEKU

Democrats call for new supreme court ethics rule amid Clarence Thomas scandal

Democrats accuse top US court of ‘lowest ethical standards’ but Republicans say criticism of Gorsuch and Thomas is unfounded

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New York judge in Trump arraignment reportedly receives ‘dozens’ of threats

Threatening calls, emails and letters to Juan Merchan and his family come following arrest of ex-president in hush money case

The Guardian - US

Mike Pence can run, but he can't hide

Pence is misusing the Constitution's "speech or debate" clause to avoid Jan. 6 testimony — he ought to know better

Salon

Judge who told Pence not to overturn election predicts ‘beginning of end of Trump’

‘What Trump has done is quite arguably the worst crime against the US that a president could commit,’ says J Michael Luttig

The Guardian - US

Jackie Calmes: Will 19 dead in California alter the balance between your right to a gun and my right to live?

Individualism has been a defining and admirable American trait throughout this nation's history on a vast, varied continent. But so has its opposite: communitarianism, collectivism — a focus on the common good, even if that means curbing some individuals' liberty.

Los Angeles Times

Judge says Trump could be imprisoned

A former federal judge said that former President Donald Trump would likely end up behind bars if he were convicted

Salon

From Liz Cheney to Donald Trump: winners and losers from the January 6 hearings

As the House January 6 committee is set to publish its report, here are some of the key standouts

The Guardian - US

Will SCOTUS enshrine minority rule?

The "independent state legislature" theory is a ludicrous fringe position. Will that stop the right-wing justices?

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US supreme court to hear case with critical consequences for voting rights

A ruling in favor of a fringe legal theory would free the states to make their own rules on gerrymandering and voting procedures

Tribune News Service

Gene Collier: You want bad news or worse news about the Supreme Court?

From the Supreme Court of the United States, it would appear the worst is yet to come, and considering the extent of America’s foundational damage already traceable to its top legal minds, no one who’s paid a lick of attention should be surprised.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Congress is trying to stop its own members from another coup attempt

Call it the (spineless) Republicans' lament: "The things we do for the orange Jesus."

Reason

Conservative Legal Luminaries Release Report Entitled "Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election"

The authors include big-name conservative former federal judges Michael Luttig and Michael McConnell, former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson, and others.

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The Independent UK

Peter Navarro accuses Mike Pence of ‘treason’ for not helping overturn 2020 election

Mr Navarro is currently under indictment for disregarding a subpoena from the House January 6 select committee

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The Supreme Court is poised to cut the heart out of majority rule

The Supreme Court’s extremist justices are aiming their next dagger at the heart of the entire democratic enterprise: voters’ right to pick leaders of their choice.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lynn Schmidt: A GOP presidential ticket that just might save the Republican Party from itself

A 2024 ticket of former Vice President Mike Pence and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney might just be the thing that saves the Republican Party and our republic. Since Donald Trump’s descent on the golden escalator in 2015, there have been far too many missed offramps for Republican officials who did…

Salon

SCOTUS sets up election theft for GOP

Supreme Court ends infamous term with promise for worse outcomes next time

Los Angeles Times

Inside John Eastman's California rise from GOP 'happy warrior' to Jan. 6 firebrand

The theme of the third congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection was unmistakable: John Eastman was not just a peripheral figure in the panel's investigation, but a main character. If Eastman was tuning in, though, the proceedings may have struck him as something else — a bizarro episode of…

Salon

Is democracy already lost? Not quite yet

New poll finds that more than half of all Americans think democracy is toast. But that's only true if we surrender

The Independent UK

What Mike Pence has said about the January 6 riot

Ex-vice president remains at odds with Donald Trump over Capitol insurrection, when violent mob threatened to hang him for failing to co-operate with plot to overturn election

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