Tag Archives: SCOTUS

Moriarty and SCOTUS’s Dark Web

By Robin Bates | Published: June 25, 2023

The Moriarty of America’s judicial system is Leonard Leo, who keeps a low profile as he links SCOTUS justices with rightwing billionaires.

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Camilla, the Woman Who Fights Back

By Robin Bates | Published: October 1, 2018

Camilla is a woman who fights back against Aeneas. It prove to be all in vain, which may be the case of those opposing rightwing justices on the Supreme Court.

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Jack Burden, We Need You on Kavanaugh

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2018

The GOP is currently hiding Judge Kavanaugh’s past in the George W. Bush White House. Needed is Jack Burden from “All the King’s Men.”

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i sing of Kaepernick glad and big

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2016

The case of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick not standing for the national anthem brings to mind E. E. Cummings’s “i sing of Olaf,” where an American conscientious objector refuses to honor the flag and is tortured.

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Now, Gods, Stand Up for Trump!

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2016

When traditional institutions like the government or the Supreme Court are undermined, the way is cleared for the rise of liar like Trump.

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On the Death of a Controversial Judge

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2016

How long should one pause following the death of a public figure like Justice Antonin Scalia before considering the political implications? It’s an issue that also arises in Anthony Trollope’s “Barchester Towers.”

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