Distinction Without a Difference
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, long-groomed for the role by conservative groups, picked by Donald Trump, then rammed into the chair by the GOP House Leader in the final days of Trump’s administration, said in a lecture Sunday that she is concerned that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution.
Barrett spoke at length about her desire for others to see the Supreme Court as nonpartisan. Barrett said the media’s reporting of opinions doesn’t capture the deliberative process in reaching those decisions. And she insisted that “judicial philosophies are not the same as political parties.”
Yesterday, Apple issued an emergency software update to prevent a spyware program from infecting any user’s iPhone, Apple Watch or Mac computer “without so much as a click,” as reported by The New York Times.
Using the zero-click infection method, Pegasus can turn on a user’s camera and microphone, record messages, texts, emails, calls — even those sent via encrypted messaging and phone apps like Signal — and send them back to NSO’s clients at governments around the world.
“Recalls are weird,” Ari Melber said on MSNBC Monday night. This recall is definitely weird. This moment in politics is weird and tumultuous and poisonous. It’s hard for anyone but news junkies to make sense of the nonsense.This recall is specifically about California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and the Republicans who are trying to unseat him, but it’s also about Covid-19. It’s also about Donald Trump and his takeover of the Republican party. It’s also about the GOP’s adherence to voter fraud fabrications that deny the Democratic party’s legitimacy and undercut democracy. It’s “a preview of coming attractions,” Newsom’s top strategist Sean Clegg told reporters in Long Beach on Monday.