Category: dissent

Justice Thomas Issues Critical 50-Page Dissent in Key Supreme Court Case

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a lengthy, critical dissent in the high court’s ruling that struck down Alabama’s electoral map for congressional elections. In a 5–4 ruling (pdf) last week, the court found that a map drafted by state Republican lawmakers violated the provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) that mandates that states…


Grassroots Protests Happen Everyday Inside China: Freedom House

In China, protests are happening everyday, “in the streets, in their communities, on banners, on walls, in cyberspace, collectively, and individually,” despite years of censorship and social maintenance by the regime, reported the U.S.-based human rights organization, Freedom House. On Nov. 14, Freedom House released its latest report from its database China Dissent Monitor (CDM)….


The Demonization of Dissent

Commentary Last week the New York Times ran an article in which it described the apparent radicalisation of a group of parents from mainstream political persuasions to a single-issue anti-vaccine fringe. It describes how these parents seemingly came together on social media out of a concern about the damage inflicted by lengthy school closures on their children, started…


Hey! Everything Ain’t Racist

In this episode of Real Talk, Wayne talks about how he’s tired of people calling others racist when they can’t win an argument. Wayne describes it as an age-old trick used to shut down dissent and talks about how people should be able to express their opinions. Follow EpochTV on Facebook and Twitter


‘Clearly Unconstitutional’: 2 Justices Issue Dissent in Supreme Court’s Obamacare Ruling

Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Health Care Act, or Obamacare, describing the mandate as “clearly unconstitutional.” The Supreme Court ruled 7–2 that the plaintiffs, 18 Republican-led states, lacked the standing to challenge the federal health care law. The states had wanted the Supreme Court to…