The Courts

Judge to remove Florida voter registration rules permanently

Judge to remove Florida voter registration rules permanently

Florida voters scored a decisive victory earlier today in Florida when a Federal Judge filed an order indicating he will permanently remove controversial restrictions on community-based voter registration drives. The suit was filed by the League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock the Vote, and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund back in December. To […]

Is Obamacare the Right’s new Roe v. Wade?

Is Obamacare the Right’s new Roe v. Wade?

Conservatives are always on the wrong side of history. Without exception, every leap in expanding rights in this country, from slavery to women’s suffrage have been violently opposed by the conservative right. Liberals wanted to end slavery. Conservatives opposed it. Liberals wanted Women’s rights. Conservatives opposed it . Liberals wanted to end Segregation. Conservatives opposed […]

VIDEO: Top Romney Advisor: Romney does not believe the individual mandate is a tax

VIDEO: Top Romney Advisor: Romney does not believe the individual mandate is a tax

On MSNBC’s Daily Rundown, top Romney advisor, Eric Fehrnstrom admitted to host Chuck Todd when pushed that presidential hopeful Mitt Romney does not believe ObamaCare’s individual mandate is a tax. Comparing Romney’s mandate in Massachusetts with the national version, Fehrnstrom stated:  “What we put in place in Massachusetts is a penalty and [Romney] disagrees with […]

Former spokesperson for Michigan Republican party calls for Armed Rebellion

Former spokesperson for Michigan Republican party calls for Armed Rebellion

Matthew Davis, an attorney in Lansing, Michigan—and the former spokesperson for the Michigan Republican Party—questioned in a widely distributed email today whether armed rebellion was justified over the Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare. Davis sent the email just moments after the Court’s decision was announced to conservative activists and he even sent it off to […]