Falling in lockstep with the Supreme Court’s settled decision to affirm Roe v Wade on three occasions--notably in 1992, when Justice Anthony Kennedy cast the fifth vote to reaffirm Roe--the conservative US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down an Alabama law banning second-trimester dilation and evacuation abortions, despite their … [Read more...]
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Tesla, Elon Musk Win Dismissal In Lawsuit Over Model 3
(Reuters) - A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a securities fraud lawsuit in which Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) shareholders accused the electric car company and Chief Executive Elon Musk of misleading them about the progress of production of its Model 3 vehicle. District Judge Charles Breyer said that while shareholders claimed that Tesla fell … [Read more...]
Decades Old Election Law Overturned
New Hampshire local vote moderators can no longer throw out absentee ballots just because they don’t like the look of the signature on the ballot. On August 16, 2018, a federal judge said the 40-year-old election law that allowed absentee ballots to be thrown out is unconstitutional. Why, exactly, were these absentee ballots thrown out and not … [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...]
Colorado Man Charged With Killing Whole Family
Chris Watts faces nine charges, including several counts of first-degree murder of his wife and his two young daughters. According to court filings, the body of his wife, Shanann, was found in a shallow grave. The bodies of their two daughters, Bella and Celeste, were found in nearby oil tanks at a company where Watts had worked. CNN also … [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...]
Carson Looks to Curtail 2015 Fair Housing Rule
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) dates back to 1968 when President Lyndon Johnson approved it just one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The FHA was enacted with the intent of abolishing housing discrimination and encouraging integration across the United States. For example, the FHA made it illegal for landlords to refuse to rent … [Read more...]
Opioid Overdose Deaths Higher in Certain Occupations
A recent report by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) revealed that there is a significantly higher rate of opioid overdose deaths among workers in occupations and industries that also have high rates of work-related injuries and illnesses, including construction, fishing, and healthcare support. Construction and extraction had the … [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...]
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