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On the Supreme Court today there is a 6 to 3 majority—I hesitate to call them ‘conservatives’ because they have been ripping apart tradition so drastically—right-wing Republican rule; Harold Meyerson comments on the “week of do this but don’t do it here decisions”.
Trump’s biggest losses in the Supreme Court rulings announced this week were on birthright citizenship—widely anticipated—and the voting rights case where the majority ruled states could count ballots mailed but not received by election day. His biggest win was abolishing independent agencies except for the Federal Reserve. David Cole has our analysis—he’s the former legal director of the ACLU.
Also: This July 4th, the 250th anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence, is an anxious and unhappy holiday for Americans this year; as threats to our democracy have not be this dangerous since the Civil War. The question: “What is to be done?” is visited in “Common Sense 2026″—it’s not a TikTok video, not an instagram post, but a pamphlet, inspired by “Common Sense” by written Thomas Paine in 1776—Alan Minsky, its author, explains. 7-3-2026
