The Flight 93 Democrats: Power over Principle

The Flight 93 Democrats: Power over principle

In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln announced he was suspending the most basic of civil rights: the right of habeas corpus, which prohibits the government from imprisoning you without charges. When a court ordered the federal government to release an unindicted U.S. citizen, Lincoln simply ignored the order. The Bill of Rights and the courts were now null and void. Such niceties could not be indulged when the very existence of the Republic was at…

The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight

Elie Mystal Virginia Democrats’ appeal to the Supreme Court to save their state’s new congressional map is a sad case in point. The post The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight appeared first on The Nation.