Executive Orders: The Ultimate Non-Jury Verdict
Bias / January 19th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine
As I sat through orientation for jury duty the morning of January 5, the irony did not escape me. The jury clerk thanked us prospective jurors, underscoring that we’d been summoned away from our jobs and responsibilities for good cause. “Imagine if we had no juries, and every court...
Story of the Week: Executive Order on Gun Control
News / January 7th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
On Tuesday , President Obama, with a rare show of tears, issued an executive order on gun legislation . The central piece of the measure seeks to close the “gun show loophole,” which exempts most small sellers from doing background checks and keeping sales records. Strong opinions from...