Can the Wall Between Church and State Survive Brett Kavanaugh?
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-07
The Supreme Court nominee's testimony this week signals an intent to weaken the separation of church and state. | Public schools are educational institutions, not temples of religious indoctrination. For over half a century, the Supreme Court has thus recognized that the Constitution prohibits public schools from imposing prayer on children and that religious education is the province of parents and religious communities, not government bureaucrats. | On Wednesday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, however, strongly suggested that he disagrees and that, if confirmed, he will vote to weaken the separation of…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/can-wall-between-church-and-state-survive-brett-kavanaugh

Repealing the Death Penalty in New Hampshire Is Personal
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-07
The state's legislature has an opportunity to override the governor's veto and finally repeal the death penalty. | New Hampshire is the only state in New England that still puts people to death. The Northeast region, and much of the nation, has recognized capital punishment for what it is: a practice of a bygone era that is inherently unjust, often racially charged, and has resulted in the torture of individuals put to death. | This could change for New Hampshire on Sept. 13, when state legislators have an opportunity to override
aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/repealing-death-penalty-new-hampshire-personal

Trump Will Order DOJ to Investigate Anonymous Op-Ed Author — And Possibly Sue the New York Times
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-09-07
The president supported his actions by claiming national security is at stake. | President Donald Trump says he will ask the Dept. of Justice to investigate who wrote the damning anonymous op-ed that's made headlines for days — and made the president furious. He will also ask the DOJ to investigate the New York Times, possibly including suing the paper, according to various reports. @realDonaldTrump telling press he wants AG Sessio. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trump-will-order-doj-investigate-anonymous-op-ed-author-and-possibly-sue-new-york

Trump to Withdraw From "Flores" Protections to Detain Families Indefinitely
Shared by williampitt | truthout.org | 2018-09-07
The Trump administration and the state of Texas are attacking legal limits meant to protect migrant children from indefinite detention as well as maintain standards at family detention jails on two fronts this week. | The Trump administration plans to withdraw from the federal consent decree that has governed detention standards for child migrants since 1997, known as the Flores settlement, in a move aimed at getting around the settlement's limits on the federal government's ability to incarcerate minors in family immigration jails indefinitely. | The nearly 20-year-old Flores court agreement requires that children must be held in the "least-restrictive" conditions possible. In 2015, a federal court ruled that to uphold the older settlement, children must be released from detention jails within 20 days. While President Trump can't overturn a federal court decision, the administration has the authority to create regulations to…
truthout.org/articles/trump-to-withdraw-from-flores-protections-to-detain-families-indefinitely/

Trump administration to abandon court settlement prohibiting indefinite detention of immigrant children
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-07
The decision is a major escalation in the administration's attack on immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/07/flor-s07.html

As 400+ Children Remain Separated From Parents, Trump Admin Wants to Detain Kids Indefinitely
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-07
The Trump administration is attempting to remove court-imposed time limits on the detention of immigrant children. The administration's proposal would allow immigrant families to be held in detention indefinitely, ending the long-standing 1997 Flores agreement which says that children cannot be jailed for more than 20 days. More than 400 children remain separated from their parents more than a month after a court-imposed deadline requiring the Trump administration to reunite all of the separated families. The American Civil Liberties Union says it appears ICE officials had access to the phone numbers of hundreds…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/7/as_400_children_remain_separated_from

Support Kaepernick, But Boycott Nike
Jason Del Gandio | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-07
Yes, boycott Nike! But not for the reasons of compulsory patriotism. I unapologetically support Colin Kaepernick and his politics. Ending police brutality, mass incarceration, and the school-to-prison pipeline, challenging White supremacy, and uplifting inner-city youth are cornerstones of my own politics. I also support and respect his choice to become the face of Nike. I…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/07/support-kaepernick-but-boycott-nike/

New Documents Indicate Kavanaugh Likely Committed Perjury
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-09-07
Emails reveal the Trump pick lied under oath during hearings for his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2004 and 2006. | The post New Documents Indicate Kavanaugh Likely Committed Perjury appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/new-documents-indicate-kavanaugh-likely-committed-perjury/

Democrats Are Engaging in 'Kabuki Theater' in the Kavanaugh Hearings
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-07
In the hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a new Supreme Court justice, Democrats are mostly focusing on hypothetical questions instead of questioning him on his record and releasing his documents. This is an inflection point in US democracy, says law Prof. Francis Boyle | The post Democrats Are Engaging in 'Kabuki Theater' in the Kavanaugh Hearings appeare…
therealnews.com/stories/democrats-are-engaging-in-kabuki-theater-in-the-kavanaugh-hearings

Kerri Harris Got More Votes Than She Thought She Needed, But It Wasn't Enough
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2018-09-07
In late August, a coalition of progressive organizations supporting Kerri Harris in her U.S. Senate campaign in Delaware put a survey into the field. It came back showing incumbent Tom Carper with an eye-popping 80 percent approval rating, and a daunting 50-point lead in a head-to-head matchup with Harris. | The only public poll, in July, had shown Carper up 51-to-19. But the private survey had found that Carper's four-in-five approval rating was deceptive. Most politicians that popular are immune to negative attacks; voters dismiss new information about their golden boy as biased or simply false. | But Carper's 80 percent was soft, and when voters in the survey learned that Carper had voted in 2006 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the bench, support began to plummet. When they learned of his criminal justice record — he has boasted about overseeing the…
theintercept.com/2018/09/06/kerri-harris-got-more-votes-than-she-thought-she-needed-but-it-wasnt-enough/

Roe v. Wade in Danger: Released Docs Reveal Kavanaugh Thinks Abortion Decision Is Not "Settled Law"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-07
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing took a series of dramatic turns Thursday, as Democratic senators began releasing confidential documents from Kavanaugh's work at the George W. Bush White House. The New York Times also broke a major story Thursday morning revealing that Kavanaugh wrote as a White House attorney in 2003 that he did not deem the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to be "settled law of the land." He wrote, "I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/7/roe_v_wade_in_danger_released

Resistance in the White House? Please, Let's Not Fall for That One
Jim Sleeper, Salon | alternet.org | 2018-09-07
If Anonymous Times Contributor had any guts, he or she would quit and tell the truth about Trump in public | The spectacle of draft-dodger in chief Donny Bone Spurs playing at being commander in chief is making some people whom "liberals" love to hate look good. Maybe a little too good. Neoliberal Democrats who stage "Resistance" galas in Manhattan's palatial Beaux Arts Stephen A. Schwarzman Building are much too excited about the anonymous New York Times op-ed that announces a "'Resistance' Inside the Trump Administration" but tells us nothing we don't already know about "adults in the room" supposedly tempering or deflecting President Trump's gyrations. Not a syllable in the column suggests that the author and his confederates would be anything but delighted to implement Vice President Mike Pence's (or Brett Kavanaugh's) paleo-conservative, evangelical-pandering agenda from the. . .
alternet.org/resistance-white-house-please-lets-not-fall-one

Here's How Kavanaugh's Dissent in a SeaWorld Case Highlights His Active Disdain for Worker Safety
Leo Gerard, Independent Media Institute | alternet.org | 2018-09-07
The judge has a record of siding with harmful workplace practices. | In his statement to Congress this week during his confirmation hearing, Judge Brett Kavanaugh said his mother taught him that judges must always stand in the shoes of others. Though hardly original or deeply inspirational, it's not bad advice. The problem is that Kavanaugh never chooses steel-toed work boots. In every case involving workers, Kavanaugh has. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/heres-how-kavanaughs-dissent-seaworld-case-highlights-his-active-disdain-worker

New Documents Appear to Show Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath Multiple Times
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-09-07
"How much perjury is too much perjury from a Supreme Court nominee?" | That was how one commentator responded to a flurry of new documents and emails released on Thursday by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that appear to show President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath during hearings for his nomination to the US Court of Appeals in 2004 and 2006. | In 2004 — after a Senate sergeant-at-arms report found that Republican staffer Manuel Miranda had stolen confidential communications and documents from Democratic senators — Kavanaugh told the Senate that he never received "documents that appeared…to have been drafted or prepared by Democratic staff members." | But new emails made public by Leahy on Thursday appear to show that Kavanaugh "got 8 pages of material taken verbatim from [the…
truthout.org/articles/new-documents-appear-to-show-trump-supreme-court-pick-lied-under-oath/

Stop Brett Kavanaugh– A Corporation Masquerading as a Judge
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-07
Observers say that confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to become President Trump's second pick for a lifetime job on the Supreme Court will make the Court more conservative. It is more accurate to say Kavanaugh will make the Court more corporatist. With Kavanaugh, it is all about siding with corporations over workers, consumers, patients, motorists, the poor,…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/07/stop-brett-kavanaugh-a-corporation-masquerading-as-a-judge/

Documents Reveal Kavanaugh Thinks Abortion Decision Is Not "Settled Law"
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-09-07
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing took a series of dramatic turns Thursday, as Democratic senators began releasing confidential documents from Kavanaugh's work at the George W. Bush White House. The New York Times also broke a major story Thursday morning revealing that Kavanaugh wrote as a White House attorney in 2003 that he did not deem the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to be "settled law of the land." He wrote, "I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the Court would do so." These revelations come as the Trump administration withholds more than 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh's records on the basis of presidential privilege. We speak with Kristen…
truthout.org/video/documents-reveal-kavanaugh-thinks-abortion-decision-is-not-settled-law/

Crisis, Chaos and Corruption: Here Are Recent Examples of Each in the Trump Era
Alex Henderson, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-09-07
The presidency has sunk to uncharted depths. | Sen. Cory Booker has been in the news a lot recently, questioning Judge Brett Kavanaugh aggressively on racial profiling during U. S. Senate hearings on his nomination for the U. S. Supreme Court. And the centrist New Jersey Democrat, during his fre. . .
alternet.org/crisis-chaos-and-corruption-here-are-recent-examples-each-trump-era

I Fought for Our Country. Now NFL Players Are Kneeling for Me
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-06
A Black military veteran explains why he supports NFL players' decision to kneel during the national anthem. | I'm a veteran of the U.S. Army. So it may come as a surprise that the day I read about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, I could not have been prouder. I was proud because after serving my country for seven years, it felt like someone was finally looking out for me. | As someone who served as a sergeant in Afghanistan, only to take a civilian job helping veterans upon returning home, I fully understand patriotism. I work hard to embody it every day. That's precisely why I think it's so im…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/i-fought-our-country-now-nfl-players-are-kneeling-me

John McCain's Replacement Has a History of Undermining Civil Liberties
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-06
The newly sworn-in senator from Arizona is hostile to civil liberties. | On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence swore in Jon Kyl as the new senator from Arizona, replacing the late John McCain. | Kyl previously served in the Senate from 1995 and 2013, where he built up a clear record of opposition to civil liberties, proposing to make the Patriot Act permanent and supporting amendments to the Constitution to undermine free expression, equal protection, and due process. | He more recently develop…
aclu.org/blog/mobilization/john-mccains-replacement-has-history-undermining-civil-liberties

Kavanaugh hearings highlight corporate control of US Supreme Court
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-06
The Senate hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court have shed light on the domination not only of the courts, but of every branch of government by the corporate oligarchy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/06/pers-s06.html

Cory Booker Rips Open the Web of Secrecy Republicans Have Woven Around Brett Kavanaugh
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2018-09-06
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Supreme Theater in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2018-09-06
One advantage of declaring loyalty to precedent, history, and tradition is that it allows a distancing of oneself from the real-world effects of legal decisions.
progressive.org/dispatches/supreme-theater-in-the-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings-180906/

The Kavanaugh Cover-up? Role in Torture & Domestic Spying Policy Remains Unknown as Papers Withheld
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-06
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing enters its third day today. On Wednesday Capitol Police arrested 73 people protesting Kavanaugh's nomination. The protests began almost immediately when Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley tried to start the hearing. Protesters included Women's March organizers from 26 states. Among them was a teenager who stood on a chair and said, "I'm 18, and I'm here for the youth of the country. You're ruining my future." We speak to Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project, and Vince Warren, executive direct…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/6/the_kavanaugh_cover_up_role_in

Paid protesters at Kavanaugh hearings? Twitter abuzz after photo shows activist receiving cash
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-06
The hearings for Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court have been mired by raucous protests and disruptions and now the emergence of photos from the scene has prompted some to ask if the protestors are paid actors.
rt.com/usa/437794-paid-protesters-kavanaugh-hearings/

Detroit Police Racially Harass and Retaliate Against One of Their Own
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-05
A Black officer is suing the city of Detroit and its police department for racial harassment and retaliation he suffered. | To America's shame, there is nothing novel about police harassment and abuse of young Black men. Consequently, few should be surprised that during an early January morning in 2017, Johnny Strickland was harassed, humiliated, and abused by a group of white Detroit police officers. At least, there should be no surprise until it is learned that Strickland himself is an 11-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department. | Officer Strickland's nightmare began when he attempted to complete an erran…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/detroit-police-racially-harass-and-retaliate

Chaos Greets Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing as Protesters & Dems Demand Postponement
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-05
Protests, arrests and repeated calls from Democratic senators to adjourn the proceedings. That's how confirmation hearings began Tuesday for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's pick to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court. We begin our look at the hearings with Heidi Sieck, co-founder of the national organization VoteProChoice, who was the first member of the public to enter the Kavanaugh hearings on Tuesday and was removed after she protested, along with dozens of others who interrupted the proceedings.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/5/chaos_greets_kavanaugh_confirmation_hearing_as

White supremacist conspiracy theory erupts over hand signal at Kavanaugh hearing
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-05
Tuesday's hearing for a Supreme Court nominee spawned an unexpected and explosive conspiracy theory — was Zina Bash, the wife of a US attorney, flashing a white power signal for the cameras?
rt.com/usa/437665-zina-bash-conspiracy-denial/

Protests disrupt 2nd day of Kavanaugh confirmation hearings
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-05
Protesters have disrupted the second day of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearings, as the bitter confirmation fight continues.
rt.com/usa/437731-protests-mark-kavanaugh-hearings/

Report Finds Judge Kavanaugh Ruled Against Public Interest in Almost All of His District Court Cases
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-05
Even as records about Judge Brett Kavanaugh's time in the White House remain concealed, much can be learned from his judicial record. We speak with Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, about their analysis of Judge Kavanaugh's opinions in split-decision cases, which found that during his 12 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Kavanaugh decided or wrote an opinion against the public interest 87 percent of the time in split-decision cases dealing with consumer, environmental and worker rights.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/5/report_finds_judge_kavanaugh_ruled_against

Meet Fred Guttenberg, the Grieving Parkland Father Who Says Kavanaugh Rebuffed Him at Senate Hearing
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-05
When Fred Guttenberg approached Judge Brett Kavanaugh during Tuesday's Supreme Court confirmation hearings to talk about his daughter Jaime, who was shot and killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre on Valentine's Day, he hoped to shake the nominee's hand and start a conversation. Instead, Kavanaugh turned his back and walked away. We speak with Fred Guttenberg about Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and his record on the Second Amendment.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/5/meet_fred_guttenberg_the_parkland_father

Democrats Find Their Spine at the Kavanaugh Hearings–but Will It Last?
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2018-09-05
Democrats Find Their Spine at the Kavanaugh Hearings–but Will It Last? appeared first on The Nation.
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The 'Anti-Catholic' Playbook
Sarah Posner | thenation.com | 2018-09-05
Does Brett Kavanaugh think abortion should be illegal? A secret network of right-wing activists has spent millions attacking such questions as anti-religious bigotry. | The post The 'Anti-Catholic' Playbook appeared first on The Nation.
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More Than $300,000 Has Been Pledged Against Susan Collins If She Votes for Brett Kavanaugh
Zaid Jilani | theintercept.com | 2018-09-05
As hearings on Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh are underway, activists have raised $330,000 and counting of pledged money for a future challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a critical swing vote. | Progressive activist Ady Barkan, who has the impairing condition of Lou Gehrig's disease, spent the last five months crisscrossing the United States to campaign against Republicans who supported Donald Trump's tax law. | In mid-August, he announced an innovative tactic for pressuring Maine's Collins to vote "no" on Kavanaugh's confirmation. Using the website CrowdPac — which allows users to pledge a certain amount of campaign funding should certain conditions be met — the campaign announced that it would be collecting pledges for a future Democratic challenger to Collins. | The pledges only activate (and then users are charged) if Collins votes in favor of…
theintercept.com/2018/09/05/susan-collins-activists-raise-270000-in-pledges-for-susan-collinss-democratic-opponent-if-she-votes-for-kavanaugh/

Brett Kavanaugh Must Answer These Questions
Jon Wiener | thenation.com | 2018-09-05
Brett Kavanaugh Must Answer These Questions appeared first on The Nation.
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Drones Are Revolutionizing Journalism, but Congress Could Curb This New Tool
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-04
The bill in Congress would give the government enormous power to seize and destroy drones, including in ways that could hamper freedom of the press. | At a time when journalists face unprecedented attacks, Congress is now considering legislation that may make it even harder for them to do their jobs., , Earlier this year, Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduced legislation that would grant the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice enormous power to intercept, surveil, se…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/photographers-rights/drones-are-revolutionizing-journalism-congress-could-curb-new

The EMPOWER Care Act Would Give People With Disabilities the Freedom They Deserve
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-04
Congress should re-authorize the Money Follows the Person program, which helps people with disabilities move back home. | On Wednesday, the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee will consider the EMPOWER Care Act, bipartisan legislation to re-authorize the Money Follows the Person program, which helps people with disabilities move from institutions into the community. | MFP is li…
aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/integration-and-autonomy-people-disabilities/empower-care-act-would-give

"What Are They Hiding?": Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Begin Despite Suppression of 100K Documents
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-04
Confirmation hearings begin for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court. If he is confirmed, it would likely make the court the most conservative since the 1930s. Kavanaugh is 53 years old and could serve on the Supreme Court for decades to come. Critics warn his confirmation could lead to major rollbacks of civil rights, environmental regulations, gun control measures, voting rights and reproductive rights, including possibly overturning Roe v. Wade. We speak with Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Last…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/4/what_are_they_hiding_kavanaugh_confirmation

We Need Everyone to Take Action to Keep Brett Kavanaugh Off the Supreme Court
NationAction | thenation.com | 2018-09-04
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What Kavanaugh Will Say Today, and What He'll Actually Mean
Nan Aron | thenation.com | 2018-09-04
What Kavanaugh Will Say Today, and What He'll Actually Mean appeared first on The Nation.
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There Is No Grassroots Energy Rallying for Brett Kavanaugh. None
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2018-09-04
Last Sunday, several hundred protesters rallied in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado, against President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh. Local reporters were on hand, and the protest earned a two-minute segment on that night's local CBS broadcast. The "Unite for Justice" rally in Denver was just one of dozens held across the country that same day, and viewers of that evening's news learned that the rally-goers were taking a stand against confirming a justice who would be the fifth vote to repeal Roe v. Wade. | The network's attempt at balance, however, was foiled by advocates of Kavanaugh — or, more precisely, the lack of them. The anchor, at the end of the segment, deadpanned to the Denver metro viewership and said, "A pro-life rally was scheduled to run in opposition to the protest, but no one attended.""A pro-life…
theintercept.com/2018/09/04/brett-kavanaugh-no-grassroots-energy-rallying/

The Chaos That Brett Kavanaugh Has Unleashed
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2018-09-04
The Chaos That Brett Kavanaugh Has Unleashed appeared first on The Nation.
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NAACP Supports Prisoners Across the Nation Protesting Long Sentences, Inhumane Conditions, and Forced Labor
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-09-03
As the nation celebrates Labor Day, we must recognize those that labor every day for pennies per hour in prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country. Many imprisoned individuals are conducting peaceful protests to call for an end to unnecessarily long sentences, prison conditions that respect human rights, and fair wages for a day's […] | The post NAACP Supports Prisoners Across the Nation Protesting Long Sentences, Inhumane Conditions, and Forced…
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Hatewatch Headlines 9/4/18
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-09-03
Human rights groups urge senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as hearings begin today; should Trump's evangelical advisers be exempt from disclosure laws? Mollie Tibbetts family says don't use her death to advance racism, and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/04/hatewatch-headlines-9418

A 5-Year-Old Girl in Immigrant Detention Nearly Died of an Untreated Ruptured Appendix
Debbie Nathan | theintercept.com | 2018-09-02
A 5-year-old girl fell gravely ill while in Border Patrol custody in McAllen, Texas. Her mother repeatedly sought medical care before her appendix ruptured. | The post A 5-Year-Old Girl in Immigrant Detention Nearly Died of an Untreated Ruptured Appendix appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/02/border-patrol-immigrant-detention-medical-neglect-texas/

NAACP on Kavanaugh's Troubling Civil Rights Record
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-09-01
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson issued the following statement on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh: "This Senate hearing on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination should not go forward. The President is in personal legal jeopardy and only a fraction of Kavanaugh's record has been produced. To proceed now threatens the legitimacy of the Senate's constitutional review […] | The post NAACP on Kavanaugh's Troubling Civil Rights Record appeared first on NAACP.
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Action Alert: Tell Your Senators Why Kavanaugh's SCOTUS Nom Hearings Must Wait Until After Midterm Elections
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-01
U.S. Senate Hearings on NAACP-Opposed Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Scheduled to Begin Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Urge your senators to move Brett Kavanaugh's nomination until after the midterm elections and the 116th senate to be seated in January 2019 has time to fully review his record. The Issue: On July 9, 2018, President […] | The post Action Alert: Tell Your Senators Why Kavanaugh's SCOTUS Nom Hearings Must Wait Until After Midterm Elections appeared first on
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Tofurky Has a Right to Free Speech, Too
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-08-31
Missouri's new law regulating the use of the word "meat" is unnecessary and unconstitutional. | In a brazen attempt to restrict the First Amendment rights of those concerned with the effects of their food choices, the Missouri Legislature passed a law on Tuesday that prohibits "misrepresenting" any product as "meat" if it does not come from a slaughtered animal. | The new law now makes it a crime for plant-based and clean-meat producers to accurately inform consumers what their products are: Foods designed to fulfill the roles conventional slaughtered meat has traditionally played in a meal. For example, under th…
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Civil Rights Leaders Honor Aretha Franklin
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-08-31
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson joined esteemed civil rights leaders from around the country today in Detroit to honor the life and legacy of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. The day was filled with reflection, personal stories and above all a message to serve a higher purpose, commemorating Aretha Franklin's legacy as an […] | The post Civil Rights Leaders Honor Aretha Franklin appeared first on NAACP.
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Brett Kavanaugh Poses a Severe Threat to Civil Rights: the Senate Must Reject His Nomination
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-08-31
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson issued the following statement on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh: "This Senate hearing on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination should not go forward. The President is in personal legal jeopardy and only a fraction of Kavanaugh's record has been produced. To proceed now threatens the legitimacy of the Senate's constitutional review […] | The post Brett Kavanaugh Poses a Severe Threat to Civil Rights: the Senate Must Reject His Nomination appeared first on
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Update on Prison Strike Demanding End of "Slave Labor": After 10 Days, Protests Spread to 11 States
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-30
Prisoners across the country join work stoppages, hunger strikes and commissary boycotts in at least 11 states to protest prison conditions and demand the end of what they call "prison slavery." Organizers report prisoners in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Indiana are demonstrating. Individuals in Texas, California and Ohio have gone on hunger strike, including some in solitary confinement. Meanwhile, at least six people have been hunger-striking inside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, for more than a week. We speak with Amani Sawari, prison strike organizer working on behalf of Jailhou…
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