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In the areas where Americans would be most severely affected, there’s hardly a fly’s hair of separation between them.

He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com) - He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that …

Article: Tomgram: Clarence Lusane, For Trump and DeSantis, Different Paths, the Same Destination - He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who used states rights to push through undemocratic policies locally. And hes the only American president who lost a reelection bid but returned to office in the following election[...]

Article: Tomgram: Clarence Lusane, For Trump and DeSantis, Different Paths, the Same Destination - He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who used states rights to push through undemocratic policies locally. And hes the only American president who lost a reelection bid but returned to office in the following election[...]

At issue was whether or how to pay almost $34 million in debt that the Commonwealth of Virginia incurred when it sold bonds between 1822 and 1861 to raise money to subsidize construction of canals, toll roads, and railroads. The state sold most of the bonds during the 1850s for railroad construction and used the money to purchase stock in the corporations that the General Assembly created for constructing what at the time were called internal improvements. Most of the debt was in the form of bo...