Recent Blog Posts

The Constitution promises to “insure domestic Tranquility,” yet America is an increasingly untranquil society..

A democratic society depends on a moral attachment to the rule of law and an insistence on blind justice.

The poor and nearly-poor must organize to vote in greater numbers. Without doing so, they will continue to be ignored.

America must reckon with the history of those who were denied freedom in 1776 and redress the persisting evils of slavery and the decimation of our Native American population.

Majorities may pass voting laws, but when those laws are unjust, the winners of elections forfeit the legitimacy to govern.

The inequities in the impact of COVID 19 question the moral commitment of the nation. We must fix them now and prevent them in future pandemics.

When the Supreme Court and lower courts are seen as a third political branch of government, their moral authority and respect for the Constitution suffer.