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Judicial watchdog criticizes Beshear’s involvement in Kentucky Supreme Court election
FRANKFORT — A judicial watchdog is raising concerns about Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s endorsement of a candidate in a state Supreme Court race, an election that is supposed to be nonpartisan under Kentucky’s Constitution. The second-term governor will be the special guest at a fundraiser later this...
Kentucky suddenly halts plan to send millions of gallons of industrial wastewater to river
A subsidiary of LG&E and KU had plans to discharge 4.5 million gallons of wastewater from an old coal loading site outside Sebree, Kentucky, into the Green River starting this week. The company, FCD LLC, did not have a permit for the release. Instead, FCD was given “off-permit authorization” from...
Bad news, good news for KY Dems
As the KY Democratic Party was about to hold its big fundraising dinner, Bruce shared some thoughts about the bad and good news for the party. (The transcript is for paying members only. Not a paying member? Go here to change that! And, paying members can also get the transcript emailed to them, by opting in under Manage Emails – just super handy!)
Lynn Conway has passed.
Lynn Conway passed away on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 86. Who was Lynn Conway and why was her death significant?. In 1979, a book was published that would change the world of electronics manufacturing, and therefore, literally, the world. The title was Introduction to VLSI Systems. The authors were Carver Mead and Lynn Conway. Carver Mead was a famous and respected professor at CalTech. But no one could find any information about Lynn Conway.
How’s Democracy doing in Kentucky?
Kimberly, Doug and Martina cover the breaking political news from Kentucky, and then interview Hadley Duvall, the heroic sexual abuse survivor who reclaimed her story and helped swing last year’s elections. Finally, we close out with a critical call to action to protect public education.
Thoughts on Sam Alito’s DGAF Justicehood
An “Editor’s Blog” post from Josh Marshal of TPM. I think a lot about resilience. It’s actually an underlying concern that forms a lot of my political opinions. Not about policy, though perhaps that too in some way, but politics in the sense of elections and how coalitions and individuals operate politically, how they sustain themselves. I thought about this when I heard these new recordings of Sam Alito, telling us in his own words what we’ve been learning in recent years from his actions. It was interesting to contrast Alito’s remarks with those from the parallel recordings of John Roberts. Roberts at least said the right things when pushed on these questions about polarization and the role of justices and the Court. I doubt the difference in the two responses is just about Roberts being more circumspect. While being part of the same corruption as Alito, he is at least concerned with public perceptions of the Court’s legitimacy and the historical reputation of the Court under his chief justiceship. He is concerned with the constraint of legitimacy, which is defined by public perceptions of the Court. It’s a low bar, but still a quite significant one.
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