On February 27th, John Kane, a US District Judge of Denver, CO, allowed 62,000 plaintiffs to continue with a class action lawsuit against GEO Group, a private prison company that runs 64 correctional facilities in the US. The plaintiffs, all current or former detainees of an immigrant detention center in Aurora, CO, claim that guards threatened … [Read more...]
The ACLU Sues the City of Washington D.C. and the Metropolitan Police on Behalf of Lourdes Ashley Hunter
On Tuesday February 28th, the ACLU filed suit against the Metropolitan Police and city of Washington D.C. for unlawfully entering the home of Lourdes Ashley Hunter, the executive director of the TransWomen of Color Collective (TWOCC) and a self-described revolutionary. One day after the November election and one day before the White House … [Read more...]
Trump Executive Order Takes on the Clean Water Rule
The last month and a half of Donald Trump’s presidency has been a chaotic rush to change rules and regulations he does not like. Every day there is something new to chart and figure out. Trump has continued to churn out executive orders one after the other. The latest executive order is one that induces environmental regulators to rescind or revise … [Read more...]
House Republicans Overhaul “Stream Protection Rule”
On Wednesday (1/1/17), the US House of Representatives voted to kill the “stream protection rule” regulation by a vote of 228-194. The “stream protection rule” was signed into effect by the Obama administration on December 16, 2016. The rule, in simple terms, ensures that coal mining companies don’t dump mining debris into local streams and … [Read more...]
Trump Rewriting All the Rules
It has been a busy first few days for the US President. In addition to the executive order to provide relief from the Affordable Care Act known as ObamaCare, President Trump has taken numerous other steps to undo actions taken by his predecessor and to hamstring federal agencies efforts to regulate businesses and other … [Read more...]
Bill to be Proposed for Mexican Repatriation Investigation
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of California announced her plans to introduce a bill in January that will investigate the history of the “Mexican Repatriation” of the 1930s. What Was the Mexican Repatriation? Unfortunately, many states do not have the Mexican Repatriation as a part of their US History courses. In case you are … [Read more...]
Russia Hack Investigation Takes Shape in Congress
https://youtu.be/AfWt2niAq_g From the Wall Street Journal: A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to examine the 2016 election for interference from Russian hackers. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains what this means for Donald Trump and both political parties during the transition of power. … [Read more...]
Trump Requests Comments to be Excluded in Trump University Trial
In a motion recently filed in a San Diego Federal Court, Donald Trump’s attorneys requested that comments made by Trump regarding Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel’s Mexican heritage be excluded as evidence in Trump University’s upcoming trial. The grounds on which the motion was filed is that such comments “are both irrelevant to the issues in this case … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Nominations Could Have Long Term Challenges
On Monday, October 17th, Arizona Senator John McCain commented on a radio talk-show that the Republican-majority Senate will oppose any Supreme Court nomination named by Hillary Clinton, should she become president. “I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up.” … [Read more...]
The Choice 2016 | Frontline
https://youtu.be/s7uScWHcTzk From Frontline PBS - The dueling stories of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as they battle for the presidency. … [Read more...]
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