The Daily Populous

Saturday June 25th, 2022 evening edition

image for It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution | Jill Filipovic

On Friday, in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, the supreme court overruled its nearly 50-year precedent of Roe v Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide.

But it’s also devastating for those of us who care quite a bit about American democratic traditions and the strength of our institutions.

Because, with this ruling, the supreme court has just signaled its illegitimacy – and it throws much of the American project into question.

Which means that Democrats and others who want to see America endure as a representative democracy need to act.

A majority of this court, in other words, were not appointed by a process that is representative of the will of the American people.

The supreme court decision stems from … the idea that a patriarchal minority should have nearly unlimited authority over the majority.

The supreme court decision stems from that same rotted root: the idea that a patriarchal minority should have nearly unlimited authority over the majority. »

U.S. Army private admits plotting attack on military unit

Authored by apnews.com

Ethan Phelan Melzer, 24, of Louisville, Kentucky, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court.

It said his actions resulting in the charges occurred in part after the Army told him in early May 2020 that he would be reassigned to a unit that would be deployed overseas to guard an isolated and sensitive military installation.

They said Melzer planned to join co-conspirators to carry out a “jihadi attack” that would cause a “mass casualty” event and had told others that an attack would “essentially cripple” the unit’s “fire-teams.”. »

The Perils of Pessimism

Authored by foreignaffairs.com

When a great power increases its military budget, even for defensive purposes, challengers feel compelled to respond in kind.

Whether foreign policy leaders take a short-term or a long-term view of power depends on a number of factors.

If, however, the great powers succumb to pessimism, then all bets are off, and the world will face a dangerous decade. »

Standing among protestors after the fall of Roe vs. Wade, AOC calls on Biden to create abortion clinics on federal land

Authored by businessinsider.com

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Friday called on President Biden to create abortion clinics on federal land.

AOC said federal clinics would be a "baby step" Biden could take to protect abortion rights.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday called on President Biden to create abortion clinics on federal land, following the landmark Supreme Court ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade and removed federal abortion protections. »