On February 9th, a federal court in North Carolina struck down a redistricting map, agreeing with the Plaintiffs’ that it was an example of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. A three-judge panel rendered the unanimous decision and, in doing so, made history, as this was the first-ever federal court decision to strike down a map due to … [Read more...]
Assisted Living Facilities Receive Very Little Oversight, Says GAO Report
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that nearly half of the 48 states offering Medicaid-covered assisted living services could not provide basic data pertaining to issues of abuse and neglect. In 2014, to fund these services, states spent nearly $10 billion in state and federal funding, making the recent report even more … [Read more...]
States and Cities are Banning Bump Stocks Used in Las Vegas Massacre
Increasingly frustrated by Speaker Paul Ryan’s close relationship with the National Rifle Association (NRA), states and cities are banning the so-called “bump stock” recoil devices that gunman Stephen Paddock used to fire on a crowd of concert-goers gathered on the Las Vegas Strip, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500. Officials … [Read more...]
EPA Removes ‘Major Source’ Provision from Clean Air Act
The EPA recently announced its decision to rescind a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires industries deemed “major sources” of pollution to always be classified as “major sources” and to be regulated as such. The move has been criticized by environmental advocates like John Walke, of the Natural Resources Defense Council, who said, … [Read more...]
Interior Department Expedites Oil Leasing Projects on Federal Land
Last year, the Bureau of Land Management increased its oil and gas lease sales by 86 percent. The Bureau, which is under the control of the Interior Department, will likely follow this upward trajectory in the years to come, as recent moves by the administration could expedite the leasing process. According to a memo published at the end of … [Read more...]
Maryland Joins Blue States’ Suit Against Tax Plan
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is the latest official to join the coalition of high-tax, blue-state governors in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, who are challenging the Republican tax law’s $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deduction as unconstitutional. Legal analysts—both red and blue--say that arguments claiming the $1.5 … [Read more...]
As Florida Considers Felons’ Right to Vote, Private Prisons Raise 13th Amendment Questions
For the first time in Florida history, voters will decide whether to restore the right to vote for 1.5 million ex-convicts—predominantly black and Hispanic non-violent, drug offenders-- who have been stripped of their voting rights for a lifetime after serving their prison time and parole. It is noteworthy that the proposed right to vote excludes … [Read more...]
What Happens When The Government Shuts Down?
https://youtu.be/WGTlhBFyEx4?rel=0 From The New York Times YouTube Channel: The federal government has shut down. But what does that mean and how does it happen? Read the full story here: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/01/19/us/19reuters-usa-congress-shutdown-impact-factbox.html … [Read more...]
Anti-Protest Bills Set the Stage for the Tragedy in Charlottesville
Ever since James Alex Fields Jr. drove his car through a sea of anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville and after he injured 19 people and killed activist Heather Heyer, the US has not been quite the same. In the immediate aftermath, pundits sought explanations – they sought some way of understanding this atrocious act of violence, motivated in … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Mississippi’s anti-LGBT Law
The Constitution, we have come to find, is subject to interminable readings and re-readings; to contradictory impulses; to opportunisms of all persuasions (both liberal and conservative); and finally, to seemingly overt attempts to radically redefine the document’s intent. In our so-called “post-truth” age, this all seems par for the course. … [Read more...]
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