The unstated secret of abortion politics is that the right likes Roe v. Wade. They don’t like the ruling, of course, and they certainly don’t like the reproductive rights that the decision protects, but as a matter of politics, this ruling helps provide a foundation for conservative ideology, activism, fundraising, and recruiting. And, though it […]
There’s a new myth that seems to be on the GOP talking-points list that deserves to be quickly dismissed. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, yet she was overwhelmingly confirmed” during the Clinton administration, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said on ABC’s “This Week.” Ginsburg “wasn’t asked about her […]
The New York Times Sunday Magazine did a brief interview with Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) last week that ran over the weekend. In light of Hagel’s recent pronouncement that the Bush White House “is completely disconnected from reality. It’s like they’re just making it up as they go along” in Iraq, I thought it’d be […]