While the nation overwhelmingly supports stricter gun laws, not so the Supreme Court, especially since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last September seals the fifth vote necessary to expand Second Amendment Rights. The Court has avoided gun rights cases since it issued a pair of landmark decisions, District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, … [Read more...]
Colorado to Offer Public Health Insurance Option
With the Democratic presidential debates underway, healthcare issues have once again come into the spotlight. Some candidates are pushing for a Medicare-for-all program while others are backing a public option program. The State of Colorado, however, is way out in front of the pack, as its state legislature approved a bill to create a public option … [Read more...]
Gun Control Bills Languish in Senate As Nation Mourns Mass Shootings
Mitch McConnell speaking at CPAC 2014 in Washington, DC.(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) On Saturday, August 3, an armed man entered a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas. Using a semi-automatic version of an AK-47, the gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 others (as of this writing). It was the seventh-deadliest mass shooting in American … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Blocks Work Requirement for Medicaid for 3rd Time
Judge James E. Boasberg, a U.S. District Court Judge, has issued a ruling striking down New Hampshire’s Medicaid work requirement. The same judge also issued the same ruling bringing an end to work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky. The Trump administration has approved work requirements for seven states, but only three of those states have … [Read more...]
States and Pharmacies Soon May Be Able to Import Drugs From Canada
Just one year after referring to proposals to allow Americans to import cheaper drugs from our northern neighbor, Canada, a “gimmick,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the federal government is now “open for business” on this idea. A preliminary plan to import less expensive drugs from Canada has been announced; however, certain … [Read more...]
McConnell Blocks Election Security Bills As Analysts Warn of Potential for More Russian Interference
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) In his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on July 24, Special Counsel Robert Mueller had the following exchange with Congressman Will Hurd, a Texas … [Read more...]
Chief Justice Roberts Votes for Gerrymandering; Eric Holder Poses Challenge
Chief Justice John Robert’s 5-4 majority gerrymandering ruling is a key victory for Republicans, who rigged the nation’s votes in their favor in 2011, costing Democrats the 2016 election as well as the 2018 midterms in Wisconsin and are preparing to more heavily gerrymander the nation during the next round of redistricting in 2021. Roberts … [Read more...]
Five Police Officers Arrested In Relation To Stormy Daniels Arrest
Stormy Daniels was arrested at a Columbus, Ohio strip club in July 2018. The Columbus Police Department said the police officers who arrested her violated rules of conduct. According to Newser, five officers face charges but the specific violations were not revealed. Daniels sued the misdemeanor charges of inappropriately touching customer … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump To Move Forward With Border Wall
If Donald Trump has been consistent on any policy issue going back to his presidential campaign, it's been on the construction of a wall along the nation's southern border with Mexico. “Build the wall” has been a popular chant at Trump rallies going back to 2015. So it was natural and predictable that the President declared victory in late July … [Read more...]
Democratic 2020 Candidates Ready to Argue Policy at Debates
On Tuesday and Wednesday the second round of Democrat debates will air on CNN. The key question Democrats are confronted with is whether to overhaul the nation's healthcare system. The healthcare system makes up around 18% of the American economy. The battle lines are being drawn on healthcare reform. No element of the intense … [Read more...]
Trump Supporters Push Measures To Ban Non-Citizen Voting in 2020 Battlegrounds
In 2004, Republicans in Ohio and 10 other states successfully pushed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. This wasn't a coincidence – it was a concerted effort on the part of groups affiliated with the George W. Bush re-election campaign to drive conservative turnout in these states and aid the President's re-election effort. Some … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Review – 7-2 Double Jeopardy Exclusion Affirmed: Individual Liberty Loses, Trump Foes Win
At a time when New York State is tightening the “double-jeopardy loophole” so Trump loyalists expecting a pardon—most notably Paul Manafort—can still be prosecuted in state court, The US Supreme Court demonstrated political impartiality in a recent 7-2 decision, Gamble v. United States , affirming the right to try an individual twice, both in … [Read more...]
Boy Scouts Hidden “Perversion Files” Include Nearly 8,000 Perpetrators and over 12,000 Victims of Sexual Abuse
The Boys Scouts of America (BSA) is involved in a sex abuse scandal that some are comparing to the sex abuse scandal involving the Catholic Church. In fact, both organizations successfully fought against New York’s proposed Child Victims Act which would have extended or eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims to file … [Read more...]
Trump Sues To Prevent House Panel From Obtaining His Tax Returns
President Donald Trump has sued to block a U.S. House of Representatives committee from obtaining his New York state tax returns. His lawyer accused the Democratic-controlled panel of “presidential harassment.” His lawyers said, “President Trump was thus forced to bring this lawsuit to safeguard his legal rights." Traditionally, U.S. … [Read more...]
Judge Rules Against Epstein Bail in Sex Trafficking Case
On Thursday, a U.S. judge denied bail to Jeffrey Epstein, who will remain in jail pending trial. Epstein is in jail on charges of sex trafficking dozens of underage girls. He was petitioning to be released to his Manhattan mansion under house arrest. Epstein is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. MCC is a fortress-like … [Read more...]
Common Privacy Violations You Can Do Something About
If you feel like you are at the mercy of big companies, their constant demands for your private information and their willy-nilly ways of handling it, you are not alone. But you have more rights than you may realize and there are laws in place to protect your privacy. When companies violate your privacy, you can take legal action. You can … [Read more...]
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