The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has won the World Cup three times, has brought home four Olympic gold medals, and won the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Gold Cup eight times. The women’s soccer team has always been at the forefront of women’s sports, but they filed a lawsuit this month … [Read more...]
Kentucky Court Strikes Down State’s Fetal Heartbeat Bill
Just hours after Governor Matt Bevin signed Kentucky’s House Bill 5 into law, Judge David Hale blocked the bill from officially becoming law, a ruling that is potentially unconstitutional. While his ruling blocks the bill from becoming law for now, he also ordered a hearing to occur within the next two weeks to hear arguments regarding the bill’s … [Read more...]
Is Legal Pot Use Leading to More Car Accidents?
Early research shows that car accident rates may be higher in states that have legalized medical and recreational marijuana. The research, however, may be skewed because THC, the intoxicating ingredient in marijuana, stays in the system for a long period of time. Therefore, someone driving a car involved in an accident may test positive for the … [Read more...]
Enforcement of Consumer-Protection Laws Is Down
During his campaign, Donald Trump claimed that he would not let “Wall Street get away with murder,” but now, well over two years later, the Trump Administration is allowing several industries to get away with anything and everything. Consumers, on the other hand, are suffering as law enforcement activity at three of the largest consumer protection … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Won’t Allow Unvaccinated Kids in School
There’s a lot of debate surrounding whether or not to vaccinate children, and with a recent rise in the number of unvaccinated children in the United States, there’s been an increase in the risk of vaccine-preventable infectious disease outbreaks, according to researchers. Many parents are opposed to vaccinations and cite religious, philosophical, … [Read more...]
Red Flag Gun Bill Advances in Colorado
Regardless of where you stand on gun issues, it’s hard to argue that guns simply don’t belong in some people’s hands. That was the core issue recently at a debate at the House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Denver, Colorado kicked off state Democratic lawmakers’ second attempt to pass a “red flag” bill, also called an extreme risk … [Read more...]
NJ Bill Expands Paid Family Leave Provisions
There’s good news for New Jersey employees after Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill expanding the state's paid family leave program on February 19. Only New Jersey, Washington D.C., California, Rhode Island, and Washington State even offer paid family leave to employees. The main provision of the bill is that it allows workers to take 12 … [Read more...]
Congress Eyes Passing of Social Security Expansion
Social Security, which is the term used for the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program, was first introduced to this country in 1935 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Second New Deal. Today, Social Security is relied on every month by roughly 61 million Americans, but according to the Congressional Budget Office, … [Read more...]
Democrats Push for Mandatory Arbitration Ban
On the last day of February 2019, Democrats in Congress introduced House and Senate bills to prohibit companies in the United States from enforcing mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust disputes. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR) of 2019 is the most recent effort to undo the … [Read more...]
U.S. Court of Appeals Reviews Trump Administration’s Rescission of DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is an immigration policy that was enacted by President Obama’s executive order in 2012. It allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and have lived in the US for more than four years to avoid deportation and obtain a work permit. The deferral on deportation is … [Read more...]
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