Thomas is a senior legal fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler and others announce legislation to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court on April 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
The Judiciary Act of 2021 which would add four seats to the Supreme Court would be the most radical change to the Supreme Court as an institution in American history
Looking at how the justices do their job, instead of the party of the appointing president, puts a whole new spin on it.
How Generations of Presidents (Including Reagan) Wrecked Our Country
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Todayâs Highlight in History:
On April 14, 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. shipâs time and began sinking. (The ship went under two hours and 40 minutes later with the loss of 1,514 lives.)
On this date:
In 1759, German-born English composer George Frideric Handel died in London at age 74.
In 1828, the first edition of Noah Websterâs âAmerican Dictionary of the English Languageâ was published.
In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of âOur American Cousinâ at Fordâs Theater in Washington.
Apr 8, 2021
When Major League Baseball decided to move the midseason All-Star game out of Atlanta to protest a new Georgia law that restricts voting, Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina quickly tweeted an idea for how to retaliate:
Other Republicans, including Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, agreed. “Why does @MLB still have antitrust immunity?” Lee asked.
You know what? It’s a good question. Congress should get rid of it, not as an act of revenge but because it has outlived its usefulness. In fact, it never truly had any legitimate usefulness; the antitrust exemption, which no other professional sport enjoys, is as nonsensical a thing as exists in the law.
Azzi: To get beyond racism, you must account for race
Robert Azzi
From the Upper Valley to the Lakes Region and Seacoast - from New Hampshire’s largest newspaper to the State House - arguments over HB544, “… AN ACT relative to the propagation of divisive concepts … ” are roiling the state’s cultural and political waters.
Simply stated, HB544 is an attempt to protect white institutional privilege and supremacist narratives about America’s origins, while inhibiting free speech and difficult discussions about American values and interests.
An attempt to delegitimize Critical Race Theory (CRT), which examines and contextualizes social and cultural issues related to race, justice, law, and political power.
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