Author: Laura E. Little

Trump ‘Bidenomics’ ad shows a Philly-area mom who really supports Kamala Harris I Helen Ubinas

Kimberly Burrelt’svoice and image were used in an ad attacking Kamala Harris without her knowledge or consent. While technically legal, Prof. Laura Little sees it as a cautionary tale: “We’re going to be deluged in the next month with all these attack ads and it kind of brings home that you need to take them with a grain of salt.” Read More

Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court

Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court’s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a doozy. Affirmative Action out the window, student loans assistance down the drain, important LGBTQIA+ protections up in smoke. Those who are enraged or deeply disappointed by the decisions turned to a tried-and-true way to express their sentiments: humor. One of the wonders of humor is that it comes in so many varieties and adapts to such a broad array of media. Here’s just a few examples. Starting first at the nerve center of the Court itself, the dissenting opinions from the term had quite a few zingers: “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat, But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.” “The best that can be said of the majority’s perspective is that it proceeds (ostrich-like) from the hope that preventing consideration of race will end racism.” Justice Ketanji Brown …