On October 19th, with a 51-49 vote, the US Senate passed its second budget resolution this year – the first resolution was tied to the Obamacare repeal effort, though that effort failed to take hold. This most recent resolution outlines the 2018 Budget, a highly-contested plan to cut taxes for the wealthy while allowing the federal deficit to … [Read more...]
US Comptroller Opposes Anti-Arbitration Rule
In July, the US House of Representatives voted to repeal the so-called Arbitration Rule, recently implemented by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and designed to prevent financial companies from mandating private arbitration for all claims brought forth by customers. Earlier this week, the Senate voted to repeal it as well, which … [Read more...]
Ohio Could Be the Next State to Implement Marsy’s Law
Ohio residents will vote on a new law next month that could set extraordinary limits on a defendant’s due process rights. Why is Ohio proposing the so-called Marsy’s Law? Purportedly, to protect crime victims’ rights. According to the proponents of the measure, crime victims are not kept abreast of the goings on of criminal procedures, causing … [Read more...]
TCPA Under Attack
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump came under fire for a number of reasons. One reason, missed by top headlines, was his unsolicited dispatch of a mass text saying “Reply YES to subscribe to Donald J. Trump for President. Your subscription will help make America great again! Msg&data rates may apply.” That text, sent to thousands of … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Gutted Voting Rights Act Because of Faulty Data
A recent ProPublica article contends that the Supreme Court – the bastion of judiciary wisdom and purported neutrality – has rendered a number of decisions relying on falsified statistics and facts. In one 2013 decision, Justice Elena Kagan argued, in a unanimous opinion, that a signal from a drug-sniffing dog constitutes probable cause – meaning … [Read more...]
DC Court of Appeals Delays Abortion of Illegal Immigrant
On October 20th, the DC Court of Appeals rendered a 2-1 decision in favor of the US government, allowing the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to refuse facilitating abortions for illegal immigrants being held by the government. The plaintiff, provisionally named Jane Doe (JD), will now have to wait at least 11 more days while the ORR attempts … [Read more...]
Different Taxes for Workers and Investors
As conservatives have taken over the legislative and executive branches of the federal government, the question of tax reform has emerged with full force. Tax reform is one of the major pillars of the conservative movement. According to Corey Robin, political scientist and commentator, it is even baked into the reasoning behind repealing the ACA, … [Read more...]
The EPA Introduces Rule to Repeal the Clean Power Plan
On October 6th, it was discovered by Bloomsberg that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt would be proposing a rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP), an Obama-era initiative meant to mitigate the damaging effects of greenhouse gases on the environment. Then on October 9th, the EPA leader proclaimed to a group of coal miners that the administration … [Read more...]
DC Appeals Court Rules That Cellphone Tracking Device Requires Search Warrant
For years, police officers have used devices known as Stingrays to locate suspects. Largely speaking, they’ve done this with very little oversight from governmental agencies, according to an amici brief filed by the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in a recent appeals court case. The devices, which are also sometimes called “cell … [Read more...]
DHS Will Start Monitoring Immigrants’ Social Media Activity
A new rule published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will effectively expand the surveillance capabilities of the US government, adding "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" to all immigrant files. The rule, first reported by Buzzfeed, will go into effect on October 18th. As noted by … [Read more...]
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