A year and a half into what we now know is a far-right Trump Administration; it's easy to forget that in 2015 and 2016 then-candidate Donald Trump ran as a different kind of Republican. While playing hard to his party base's racial resentments, Trump purported to reject party orthodoxies on the role of government and support for big business. It … [Read more...]
When the President and the Law Collide
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the federal agency responsible for auditing the actions of the Federal Government and ensuring that Congress and all agencies within the government are meeting their duties and spending taxpayer dollars according to law. In May of this year, the GAO released its report on the Federal … [Read more...]
Department of Justice Fights “Undetectable Firearms”
What is now called the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act has been around for several decades in some form or another; this Act prohibits the possession of firearms that don’t set off metal detectors and other screening devices you’d find in airports, courthouses, and now, most schools in the United States. With so much attention being given … [Read more...]
History of Invasive Searches by Customs Officers Emerges
Multiple Women Allege Full-Body Searches, Forced Medical Exams and more by CBP Officials Passing through a port of entry into the United States can be a tedious, frustrating and overly bureaucratic process – but it should be safe. Unfortunately, an investigation from the Center for Public Integrity and the Washington Post details a disturbing … [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...]
The End of Federal Marijuana Prohibition?
Schumer Introduces Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act “The time to decriminalize marijuana is now,” said U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer. In early August, the Democratic Senator from New York introduced the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act. With marijuana in a sort of legal limbo throughout many states, Schumer’s bill would result in the … [Read more...]
A Free Press is Not the Enemy of the People
"The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen." ~ John Adams’ Letter to Thomas Jefferson, July 15, 1817 (Editorial) Donald Trump’s attacks on the media as “Fake News” and “The Enemy of the People” are clear attempts to incite violence against journalists, as well as implied threats to the cherished principle of freedom of … [Read more...]
Lawmakers, Civil Liberties Groups Raise Alarm About “Quiet Skies” Program
You are probably familiar with the No-Fly List, which is a list of people the government suspects of terrorism or terrorism-related activities and who thus are forbidden from boarding planes. It has also been a source of controversy, as the standards for inclusion on the list are shrouded in secrecy and trying to get off the list is a difficult … [Read more...]
Major Shift in Government Surveillance Tactics?
Recent Supreme Court Ruling and NYPD Lawsuit Settlement Suggest Change is in the Air Has the government gone too far when surveilling Muslim communities? Two recent legal developments are causing a look back at previous surveillance programs and tactics, while also creating uncertainty regarding their use in the future. A recent Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Trump’s Ban on Transgender Troops Blocked. Again.
It is an indisputable fact that President Trump is unlike any other man to hold the highest office in the land. One of the most notable differences is social media. If you truly want to know what the President is thinking at any and all times, simply check his Twitter account. Twitter There is no better example of this then the President’s … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 28
- Next Page »
