While Donald Trump demoralized the FBI by firing former FBI Director, James Comey and calling him a “nut job”, current FBI Director Christopher A. Wray is eulogizing FBI agents who are dying from cancer at alarming rates as a result of their heroic efforts to uncover bodies and investigate 9/11 crime scenes. Fifteen current and former FBI … [Read more...]
Will Roe v. Wade Survive Kavanaugh?
Falling in lockstep with the Supreme Court’s settled decision to affirm Roe v Wade on three occasions--notably in 1992, when Justice Anthony Kennedy cast the fifth vote to reaffirm Roe--the conservative US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down an Alabama law banning second-trimester dilation and evacuation abortions, despite their … [Read more...]
Pope Issues New Catechism, Death Penalty is Not Pro-Life
Pope Francis’ New Catechism Calls for End to Death Penalty; Kavanagh Finds Death Penalty Consistent with His Pro-Life Position Pope Francis’ recent declaration that he is revising the Catholic Catechism--the church’s book of moral and religious teachings-- to say the death penalty is inadmissible in all cases “because it is an attack on the … [Read more...]
#MeToo Movement Opens Up New Legislation, Old Wounds
California Law Shields #MeToo Victims and Their Employers from Defamation; Reviewing Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court Confirmation “Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mario Batali, and our President, too”, have been some of the titans charged with sexually harassing and abusing women, Margaret J. Grover, a partner in the … [Read more...]
Trump Hotel ‘Emoluments Clause’ Lawsuit Set to Proceed Amid Unlawful Payment Allegations
As the Republican Congress ignores George Washington’s warnings against entanglements with foreign countries, Bill Clinton appointee, U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte ruled with the plaintiffs in District of Maryland v. Donald Trump opinion that the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution may constitute an “advantage”, rather than an outright … [Read more...]
Courts Differ over Felons’ Right to Smoke Pot without Government Interference
“Legal adjudication has no natural or even constitutional basis; instead it comes down to weighing questions of social advantage according to the exigencies of the age.” ~ Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Two distinct cases decided in July, 2018, as to whether felons who are on supervised release can smoke marijuana, demonstrate how out of … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Denies Class Action Status for Brain-Damaged National Hockey League Players
More than 100 brain-damaged former National Hockey League (NHL) players must sue the league individually, instead of as a class because of the variances in state law regarding patient monitoring, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Nelson ruled in a significant blow to hundreds of former National Hockey League players who sought the same class action … [Read more...]
VW’s $10 Billion ‘Dieselgate’ Settlement is Upheld by 9th Circuit Court Appeals
Volkswagen ‘Dieselgate’ plaintiffs – in the largest motor vehicle scandal in history – agreed to a $10 billion settlement on July 11th in which Volkswagen pleaded guilty to using a sophisticated software device on its diesel-fuel cars that allowed VW to falsify emissions tests. Approximately 550,000 VWs sold in the U.S. since 2008 with 2.0 liter … [Read more...]
Kentucky Pulls Dental and Vision from Medicaid After Court Vacates Work Permit Plan
Republican Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is retaliating by eliminating Medicaid dental care and vision services after losing a major court battle in June that vacated Trump’s January, 2018 directive that would have made Kentucky the first state to require Medicaid recipients to work, perform community service, or undergo job training to receive … [Read more...]
Facial Recognition use by Police: Invasion of Privacy or Crime-Solving Breakthrough?
Whether law-enforcement officials should green light facial recognition technology searches of approximately 117 million Americans with drivers licenses, both at U.S. airports and in police department investigations--or whether the sleuthing technique violates the right to privacy--is highly controversial at a time when 31 states already allow … [Read more...]
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