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Fourth of July: Frederick Douglass, America’s Ill-begotten Founding Son

Friday, July 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America turns 250 as Trump turns the Fourth of July into a vanity grift of passports, pageantry, caste, and resentment. iPINIONS contends that Frederick Douglass, America’s ill-begotten Founding Son, still exposes the country’s original sin and its ongoing failure to honor the promise of equality. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/fourth-of-july-frederick-douglass Read more.

Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Send Haitian Immigrants Back to Their ‘Shithole’ Country

Friday, June 26, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Roberts Court handed Trump two immigration wins, blessing border cruelty and allowing him to target Haitian immigrants. iPINIONS argues this is Taney reasoning in Roberts robes: racism laundered through law. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/supreme-court-rules-trump-can-send Read more.

The Supreme Court Just Gutted Voting Rights for Blacks and Latinos

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Supreme Court just signed the death certificate of what remained of the Voting Rights Act. iPINIONS argues that the Roberts Court has turned democracy into a demolition derby, with Clarence Thomas serving as Pied Piper for a MAGA majority determined to recast protections for Black and Latino voters as racism against Whites. Read my… Read more.

Supreme Court Will Rule 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump from Being President Again

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump Yesterday, in a jaw-dropping ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court shocked the world. It found that Donald Trump incited the Jan 6 insurrection. Based on that finding, it ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies him from being president of the United States.  Here is how The New York Times reported on its historic,… Read more.

The Supreme Court Has No Legal Reason to End Affirmative Action. But Its Political Reason Is Compelling.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 6:12 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Based on legal reasoning, precedents, and the justices’ sworn representations, the Supreme Court has no legal reason to end Affirmative Action in college admissions. But it had no legal reason to end a woman’s constitutional abortion rights. Yet the Court did so anyway. Mend, do not end, Affirmative Action Those arguing to end Affirmative Action insist… Read more.