justice anthony kennedy retires

  • It’s Been a Lousy Week in Politics, and Some of It Is Obama’s Fault

    It’s been a horrible week in politics, and it just keeps getting worse. Now, I don’t entirely agree with my colleague Terrell J. Starr’s assessment from yesterday. I don’t think we’re fucked—yet. But if we are collectively watching the movie of America on a date with Authoritarianism, then they just finished dinner, canceled Uber and…

  • Don Trump Jr. Just Used the Word ‘Lit’ and I Feel Triggered 

    I’m just now realizing that it isn’t just the Trump administration’s policies that drive me nuts. It’s not the rambling speeches President ChiChi von FuckFace makes or even the endless rallies that include those rambling speeches … it’s the tweets. And not just the tweets, but the victory-lap tweets. If this were the original Karate…

  • We’re Fucked

    Donald Trump will have a second opportunity to convert the U.S. Supreme Court into a white supremacist bastion for generations to come after Justice Anthony Kennedy retires in July. Kennedy’s retirement will certainly shift the high court ideologically far right, raising concerns that the president’s choice to replace Kennedy will provide legal cover for his…