It's time to establish an ethics standard for the Court, as well as passing a law that legalizes abortion nationwide that can't be struck down by 5 handpicked religious fanatics.

Pramila Jayapal and Elizabeth Warren just introduced legislation to impose a code of judicial ethics on the Supreme Court. Today Chuck Schumer is holding a vote in the Senate to legalize abortion nationwide.

The barrier to either becoming law is the Supreme Court's own argument that it's essentially above the law with regard to ethics and that — on constitutional issues — it has final say and can't be overruled by Congress without a constitutional amendment.

For decades, conservative justices have openly flaunted judicial ethics by participating in politics and taking millions in gifts from billionaires with business before the Court.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Is the Supreme Court Seriously Above the Law?" by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "The Francis Wright (1881)".

Case: "National Mut. Ins. Co. Of Dist. Of Col. v. Tidewater Transfer Co. (1949)".

Article: "Index: The "Supreme" Court" by Greg Olear.

Article: "Abortion: Why is the Court Using Religious Belief to Alter what Should be Secular Law?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Congress Should Be Regulating the Corrupt Supreme Court? Where Are They?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Sunday Excerpt: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' - and How You Can Fight Back"" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Jayapal and Warren Reintroduce the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act " by Pramila Jayapal.

Article: "The Radical Right Wing Supreme Court Is Acting Like It's a Monarchy /A>" by Thom Hartmann.

Letter: "from Theodoe B. Olson to William French Smith", 26 April, 1982.

Article: "Abortion, Race, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century America" by Nicola Beisel and Tamara Kay.

Article: "Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics" by Mike McIntire.

Article: "The evangelical presidency: Reagan's dangerous love affair with the Christian right" by Steven P. Miller.

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803 (judicial review).

Letter: "Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane", 6 Sept. 1819 "The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist, and shape into any form they please."

Case: "Dred Scott v Sandford".

Law: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".

Law: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause).

Law: "15th Amendment", February 3, 1870 "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

Case: "Plessy v Ferguson".

Case: "Brown v Board of Education".

Article: "Memorandum: Proposals to Divest the Supreme Court of Appellate Jurisdiction: An Analysis in Light of Recent Developments" by John Roberts.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."

Article: "Watch Live: President Biden Delivers Another Speech On Inflation Warning "Ultra-MAGA" Republicans Would Be Worse" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Biden announces historic oil reserve release and presses oil companies to do their part to reduce gas prices" by Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan.

Article: "Federal Reserve lifts interest rates by 0.5 percent in bid to slow inflation" by Rob Wile.

Article: "Biden says he's discussing the future of China tariffs imposed by Trump" by Maegan Vazquez.

Article: "Mark Meadows complains Biden's inflation plan will 'help the American people' by lowering costs" by David Edwards.

Article: "UH OH… Biden's New Press Secretary Just Started and Already Has Some 'Splainin' To Do…." (Is Biden's New Press Secretary an Undercover Insurrectionist?) by Sophie O'Hara.

Article: "I'll take America over Africa every time" by Mychal Massie.

Article: "Walgreens – Unvaxxed are testing positive for Covid-19 at the lowest rate, Triple Vaxxed at the highest" by National Conservative.

Article: "Trump Kept Asking if China Was Shooting Us With a 'Hurricane Gun'" by Asawin Suebsaeng& Adam Rawnsley.

Quote: "Two Things Are Infinite: the Universe and Human Stupidity" - attributed to Albert Einstein.

Quote: "The Difference Between Stupidity and Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits" - Alexandre Dumas, fils.

Article: "Stare Decisis" by Merriam-Webster.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973).

Article: "Bannon vows a daily fight for 'deconstruction of the administrative state'" by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa.

Article: "Federal Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate for Planes and Public Transit" by Charlie Savage and Heather Murphy.

Article: "1931 State Law Makes Abortion a Felony if 'Roe' Falls, Warns Michigan Attorney General" by Kate Wells.

Article: "Will Michigan's top county prosecutors enforce an abortion ban?" by Craig Mauger, Beth LeBlanc.

Article: "Hyde Amendment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federalist 81: The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority" by Alexander Hamilton.

Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896 (separate but equal).

Article: "Seminole Indians hit the jackpot with controversial Florida gambling deal" by Craig Pittman.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954 (integrated schools).

Article: "Abortion Rights Groups Plan 'Bans Off Our Bodies' Day of Action on May 14" by Chelsea Steiner.

Event: May 14 "'Bans Off Our Bodies' Day of Action".

Hour Two: Why Is Inflation Being Blamed on Biden?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff / Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "Fed Confronts Why It May Have Acted Too Slowly on Inflation" by Jeanna Smialek.

Article: "President Joe Biden tours a Kankakee farm and talks about rising food and gas prices before a stop in Chicago to address electricians union" by Rick Pearson and Clare Spaulding.

Article: "Inflation Rate - By Country" by Tradingeconomics.com.

Article: "'Everything is halted': Shanghai shutdowns are worsening shortages" by Abha Bhattarai.

Article: "Consumers find shortages and higher prices as COVID-impacted supply chains shift for recovery" by Tonya Garcia.

Article: "Megacorporations are jacking up prices 'because they can,' pushing red-hot inflation to historic levels" by Robert H. Lande.

Article: "U.S. lawmakers slam Big Oil for high gasoline prices" by Timothy Gardner and Liz Hampton.

Article: "Oil Nations, Prodded by Trump, Reach Deal to Slash Production" by Clifford Krauss.

Article: "Saudi, UAE leaders ignore Biden when he calls to talk gas prices: report" by Steven Nelson.

Article: "Overdetermination" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rationing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nixon shock" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Public utilities commission" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Insurance commissioner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Paul Volcker's battle against inflation pushed interest rates up to 20%" by Amy Scott.

Article: "John Maynard Keynes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mao Zedong" (China) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joseph Stalin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fidel Castro" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vladimir Lenin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pol Pot" (Cambodia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nicolás Maduro" (Venezuela) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Exclusive: "Non-COVID" Excess Death Rates Ran 21x Higher In Reddest Counties Than Bluest In 2021" by Brainwrap.

Article: "Death Toll During Pandemic Far Exceeds Totals Reported by Countries, W.H.O. Says" by Benjamin Mueller and Stephanie Nolen.

Article: "Uncounted: Inaccurate death certificates across the country hide the true toll of COVID-19" by Dillon Bergin and Rudi Keller.

Article: "Wisconsin's Senate approves a bill allowing 14 year olds to work as late as 11 p.m., and supporters say it could help plug the labor shortage" by Grace Dean.

Article: "Humans are causing the ocean to lose its memory, study shows: "It's almost as if the ocean is developing amnesia"" by Li Cohen.

Bill: "H.R.3755 - Women's Health Protection Act of 2021" by Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27].

Bill: "S.1975 - Women's Health Protection Act of 2021" by Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT].

Article: "Bowen Turner, Who Got Probation After Being Accused Of Rape By Three Teens, Was Arrested Again" by Clarissa-Jan Lim.

Article: "Jailed Indiana GOP candidate, charged with killing wife, wins primary election " by Joshua Rhett Miller.

Article: "Backed by $10 million in 'Dark Money,' Gorsuch Claims He's Apolitical" by Pete Tucker.

Tweet: "If there was a Venn diagram of the GOP members of Congress that just voted against aid for Ukraine bc "we need to focus on the USA" and the GOP members of Congress that voted against infrastructure it would make a perfect circle." by Ruben Gallego.

Article: "The Mysterious Case of Carrick Flynn in Oregon's Congressional Race" by Christopher Truong.

Article: "After 40-year ban, U.S. starts exporting crude oil" by Matt Egan.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Hour Three: Reparations, Healing and Reconciliation—A Battle Against the Winter Spirit, Witigo
- Clayton Thomas-Müller, Senior Campaign Specialist - 350.org

Article: "Clayton Thomas-Müller – Reparations, Healing and Reconciliation—A Battle Against the Winter Spirit, Witigo'" by Bioneers.

Site: Bioneers.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism" by Dr. Jack Forbes.

Article: "East India Company" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886.

Article: "Sarin gas blamed for Gulf War syndrome" by Caroline Hawley.

Article: "United States invasion of Grenada", 25 October 1983 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Invasion of Kuwait" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nayirah (incubators testimony)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Women's Health Protection Act explained as Roe v. Wade comes under likely threat" by Nadine El-bawab.

Article: "1973 oil crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Inflation and the Cost of a Quart of Oil: What's Changed Since 1934?" by GM Parts Center.

Tweet: "Every American should see this: Jen Psaki destroys the liars in the @GOP and at the @APIenergy for their attempts to exploit the war in #Ukraine for cheap political purposes: "The oil and gas industry is literally sitting on stockpiled leases and permits."" by Richard Hine.

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