Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 27 June, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Thursday's Daily Stack
Hour One: SCOTUS decisions today
Article: "US Supreme Court gives green light to emergency abortions in Idaho" by Sky News.
Article: "What to know about the Supreme Court's ruling allowing mifepristone to stay on the market" by CNN.
Article: "Supreme Court blocks $6bn Purdue bankruptcy deal" by BBC.
Article: "Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants" by Mark Sherman.
Article: "The Supreme Court just made it much harder to go after financial fraud" by Jacob Shamsian.
Law: "2nd Amendment". (1791) A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..
Article: "The tree of liberty... (Quotation)" (1787) by Thomas Jefferson.
Article: "Supreme Court Green-Lights Corrupt Gratuities for Politicians" by Andrew Perez.
SCOTUS Was NEVER Meant to Be Kings & Queens
Article: "SCOTUS Was NEVER Meant to Be Kings & Queens" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Federalist 78: The Judiciary Department" by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "Federalist 81: The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority" by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: "Marbury v Madison text".
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Case: "Marbury v Madison".
Article: "Politicians accepting a 'gratuity' after official acts is legal, Supreme Court rules " by Matt Keeley.
Case: "Moore v. Harper".
Article: "Highlights from Trump's immunity claim court hearing" by Washington Post.
Article: "Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court's Plain-Spoken Defender" by David B. Rivkin Jr., James Taranto.
Geeky Science! A butterfly flew across the Atlantic Ocean! How do they store enough energy?
Article: "Scientists Find First Evidence That Butterflies Crossed an Ocean" by Monique Brouillette.
Article: "Famed polling expert Nate Silver makes Trump heavy favorite to beat Biden in November: 'Not a toss-up'" by Ryan King.
Debate Night! MAGA outraged CNN is going to Fact check...What's wrong with that Unless you plan to lie?
Article: "I'm worried about Biden's debate with Trump this week" by Robert Reich.
Article: "'Smear and spin': Trump allies outraged over CNN vowing to 'fact check' parties at debate" by David McAfee.
Article: "The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy".
Article: "State Policy Network" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Heritage Foundation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges, authorities say" by Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Jennifer Hansler.
Article: "Trump Again Claims Evan Gershkovich Will Be Freed If He Wins Election" by Marita Vlachou.
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Article: "Death of Eric Garner", 2014 by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Russia, if you're listening': Trump urges Kremlin to hack and release Clinton emails" by Yahoo News Digest.
Article: "Adolf Eichmann" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What conservative justices said — and didn't say — about Roe at their confirmations" by Becky Sullivan.
Article: "Anita Hill" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jim Jordan Shows 'Flaming Hypocrisy' in Subpoena Battle: Legal Experts" by Jim Jordan.
Article: "Soviets boycott United Nations Security Council" by History.com.
Article: "The Biden Administration Just Declared the Death of Neoliberalism" by Eric Levitz.
Article: "Biden makes history by joining US picket line" by Brandon Livesay and Marianna Brady.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the 'On the Edge' podcast @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "War crimes arrest warrants issued for top Russian officials" by Laura Gozzi.
Article: "Russia unleashes 'massive attack' on Ukraine energy facilities" by Leonie Cater.
Article: "Accession of Ukraine to the European Union" by Wikipedia.
Article: "NATO Will Offer Ukraine a 'Bridge' to Membership, Hoping That's Enough" by Steven Erlanger.
Article: "NATO Allies select Mark Rutte as next Secretary General" by NATO.
Article: "Who is Mark Rutte? Netherlands prime minister to become next Nato secretary general" by William Mata.
Article: "Biden may let US defense contractors deploy to Ukraine, but not like in Iraq and Afghanistan: report" by Mia Jankowicz.
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: North Korea to send engineering troops to Ukraine" by quaoar.
Article: "New North Korea-Russia pact calls for immediate military aid if invaded" by Jack Kim and Ju-min Park.
Article: "South Korea ready to send weapons to Ukraine after Putin strikes North Korea deal" by Lucy Sarret.
Article: "US involvement in the Vietnam War" by BBC.
Will Ultra-processed foods get tobacco-style warnings?
Article: "Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist" by Andrew Gregory.
Article: "There's a episode about the case, and Stephen Colbert's in it" by Danette Chavez.
Article: "14th Amendment section 3, July 9, 1868 "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Article: "Trump breaks silence on Israel's military campaign in Gaza: 'Finish the problem'" by Vaughn Hillyard and Allan Smith.
Article: "Trump Is Planning to Send Kill Teams to Mexico to Take Out Cartel Leaders" by Asawin Suebsaeng.
Article: "Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters" by Colby Itkowitz, Emily Guskin, Scott Clement.
Article: "Mitt Romney's Secret Weapon: Clear Channel Radio" by jpeterson2012.
Article: "Everything You Need to Know About the A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II" by Blake Stilwell.
Article: "U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis" by CBS/AP.
Article: "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting" (Parkland) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Children and teens are more likely to die by guns than anything else" by Annette Choi.
Tweet: "Congressman Mark Pocan on my SiriusXM radio show offers to serve an arrest warrant on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the war crimes he has committed in Gaza when Netanyahu addresses the US Congress on July 24. Pocan stated "I'm available!" [video]" by Dean Obeidallah.
Hour Three: Project 2025 / tonight's debate, etc. / listener calls
- Svante Myrick, President & CEO - People For the American Way / Former Mayor - Ithaca, NY @SvanteMyrick @PeopleFor
Article: "6 Ways the Heritage Foundation Makes America Less Free, Less Just, and Less Safe" by Peter Montgomery.
Article: ""Trumptastrophe": Trump's first 100 days and the frightening plans he has for his next term " by Peter Montgomery.
Article: "Norman Lear" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ronald Reagan" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Margaret Thatcher" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rush Limbaugh" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Clarence Thomas: Here Are All The Ethics Scandals Involving The Supreme Court Justice Amid Unpaid RV Loan Revelations" by Alison Durkee.
Article: "Supreme Court Ethics Controversies: New Clarence Thomas-Harlan Crow Trips Revealed" by Alison Durkee.
Article: "Abe Fortas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fact Check: Did Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh's $100K Debt Disappear?" by Tom Norton.
Article: "Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property" by Heidi Przybyla.
Article: "In Secret Recordings, Alito Endorses Nation of 'Godliness.' Roberts Talks of Pluralism." by Abbie VanSickle.
Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."
Article: "Memorandum: Proposals to Divest the Supreme Court of Appellate Jurisdiction: An Analysis in Light of Recent Developments" by John Roberts.
Article: "Project 2025".
Article: "Trump signs bill undoing Obama coal mining rule" by Devin Henry.
Article: "The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here's the Full List." by Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka, Kendra Pierre-Louis.
Article: "A guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda for the next Republican administration" by Sophie Lawton, Jacina Hollins-Borges, Jack Wheatley, John Knefel & Ethan Collier.
Article: "Jeff Sessions" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rex Tillerson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Full List of Ex-Trump Officials Not Voting For Him in 2024" by Nick Mordowanec.
Article: "Mark Esper" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Senate confirms Mark Esper as secretary of defense" by Robert Burns.
Article: "Trump reportedly asked RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel to drop 'Romney' from her name. She did." by Kathryn Krawczyk.
Article: "Lara Trump" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)".
Article: "1 in 4 U.S. Women Will Have an Abortion in Their Lifetime" by Ernie Mundell.
Article: "MAGA group pushes expanded religious test for judicial nominees" by Ja'han Jones.
Article: "Agenda 47" by Wikipedia.