Category Archives: Equal Treatment Under the Law

The United States Women’s Inclusion, Justice, and Security Index of 2020

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We summarize the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GWIPS) 2020 indexing of the status of women by state, in the areas of Inclusion, Justice, and Security.  We then compare this to the new imposition of laws limiting abortion … Continue reading →

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My Opinions on Inflation, Political Policies, and Abortion Economics

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

My Political Opinions on Economics and the Midterm Elections In contrast to my data articles, which I separate, I’m just going to pack my economic political opinions into this one. Although I read, follow, and attend webinars on economics, I … Continue reading →

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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence I have retreated from further commenting on the Ukraine genocide because of the sadness of what is going on and the feeling and reality of helplessness to stop … Continue reading →

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The International Democracy Survey of 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

For most countries, there are few changes from the Survey of 2021, which we recently put up.  The 2022 survey includes events through 2021.  The 2022 Survey is at V-dem.org.  It is a compilation of ratings from 0 to 1 … Continue reading →

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A Day of Rememberance

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This is a day when cumulative stories are all pointing to how we are going backwards on equity, gender, and Democracy.  Rather than the usual morality arguments on why all of them have bad sides, I need only present them … Continue reading →

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The Three Trump Supremes: The Wrong Justices for the Ripe Times

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Three Trump Supremes:  The Wrong Justices for the Ripe Times We haven’t seen enough cases to see the emergence of the Trump Era on the Supreme Court caused by his highly biased choice of conservative and religious justices, but … Continue reading →

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Amy Coney Barrett Sends Shivers Down Scientific Spines

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

“I am not a scientist” — ACB, Sends Shivers Down Scientific Spines The standard climate denier follow-on to that is the false claim that scientists are in dispute over climate change or global warming.  This is still an Energy and … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Three Stolen Supreme Court Positions

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Three Stolen Supreme Court Positions  It is Supremely Ironic that Trump’s three Supreme Court Positions to the highest Law and Order Court in the land, will all occur by acts of thievery, largely by Mitch McConnell, with Trump’s collusion. … Continue reading →

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In International Democracy Survey, US Drops to 36th, and Only 70%.

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  We show the 2020 Democracy ratings of countries of current concern to the US.  The source of the ratings is the V-Dem Institute at V-dem.net.  We use data from Version 10 of April 2020.  The North American Regional Center … Continue reading →

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The Judicial Corruption of Trump, Barr, McConnell, and the Republican Senate

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Judicial Corruption of Trump, Barr, McConnell, and the Republican Senate You don’t need to be a law professor to see mob rule. Yesterday’s huge corruption of justice is Trump’s Tulsa Rally promise to select and name 50 people who … Continue reading →

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