How Three Conservative Justices Voted To Jack Up Your Prescription Drug Costs

How Three Conservative Justices Voted To Jack Up Your Prescription Drug Costs: In 2000, a pharmaceutical company named Solvay obtained a patent for a drug called “AndroGel,” which is used to treat men with low testosterone levels. Shortly thereafter, several of Solvay’s competitors sought to market generic versions of the same drug, claiming that Solvay’s patent for the testosterone replacement gel was invalid. These claims were never [...]/p

Roberts, Scalia and Voters | Common Dreams

Roberts, Scalia and Voters | Common Dreams
"The outcome of the argument is almost a foregone conclusion. The only suspense is in waiting to find out if Massachusetts continues to be used to justify the ruling and whether the Court applies the Scalia Cowardly Congress theory to justify its ruling. One thing seems certain-Scalia and Roberts will be the winners. The voters will be the losers."

Why Chief Justice Roberts’ Voting Rights Act Math Doesn’t Add Up

Why Chief Justice Roberts’ Voting Rights Act Math Doesn’t Add Up: The US Supreme Court seems poised to invalidate a key section of the Voting Rights Act after last week’s hostile oral argument. Conservative justices insisted that special protections for minority voters in historically discriminatory districts are now obsolete. While Justice Antonin Scalia brashly attacked the law as “a perpetuation of racial entitlement,” Chief Justice John [...]/p

The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court Gearing Up to Restore White Rule Over America | Alternet

The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court Gearing Up to Restore White Rule Over America | Alternet
"GOP desperation over U.S. demographic changes has spread to the U.S. Supreme Court -- a majority is ready to tear up the most important part of the Voting Rights Act."

The Double Standard Behind The Roberts Court’s Hostility To Voting Rights

The Double Standard Behind The Roberts Court’s Hostility To Voting Rights: WASHINGTON, DC — The Voting Rights Act did not have a very good day today. Chief Justice John Roberts suggested that a key provision of the law is rooted in the idea that “citizens in the South are more racist than citizens in the North.” Justice Antonin Scalia accomplished the unusual task of making Roberts [...]/p