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Feb 15 2014
News
U.S. Issues Marijuana Guidelines for Banks
The Obama administration on Friday issued guidelines intended to give banks confidence that they will not be punished if they provide services to legitimate marijuana businesses in states that have legalized the medical or recreational use of the drug, even though it remains illicit under federal law.
The guidance, which requires banks to vigorously monitor their marijuana-industry
New York Times (News)Dec 12 2019
News
Rhode Island lawsuit: Students sue for the right to learn civics
Is access to education a right guaranteed by the Constitution? A federal case in Rhode Island, brought by parents and students, tests the ideals of equal opportunity and participatory democracy.
Last Thursday, the same morning that Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the U.S. House of Representatives would draft articles of impeachment, a federal judge began considering another matter
Christian Science MonitorFeb 18 2015
Opinion
Jeb Bush a Reaganite? Oh, Yes He Is
I am quite baffled that some folks think Jeb Bush is an establishment candidate and not a true conservative.
Granted, the former Florida governor's support for the Common Core educational initiative and immigration reform might give that impression.
But the truth is Jeb Bush governed Florida as a strong conservative, and he has long identified, even before becoming governor,
Chris RuddyJul 03 2012
News
Holder: Contempt Vote Not About "Documents"
In an interview with the Washington Post, Attorney General Eric Holder said the House vote last week to hold him in criminal and civil contempt was hardly about documents, but about Republicans not liking his boss President Obama and the decisions his Justice Department has made when it comes to certain issues like DOMA, terrorism and voting rights. Holder is the only sitting attorney general
TownhallJan 30 2021
Headline Roundup
Two Proud Boys Members Indicted On Conspiracy Charges in Capitol Breach
The Department of Justice announced Friday that two members of the right-wing Proud Boys were indicted on federal charges for "conspiring to obstruct law enforcement" from protecting the U.S. Capitol during the breach on Jan. 6. Dominic Pezzola, 43, and William Pepe, 31, were charged with conspiracy, civil disorder, unlawfully entering restricted buildings or grounds, and disorderly and
Washington Examiner The Guardian AxiosAug 25 2014
News
Ferguson Police Officer Justin Cosma Hog-Tied And Injured A Young Child, Lawsuit Alleges
A Ferguson police officer who helped detain a journalist in a McDonald's earlier this month is in the midst of a civil rights lawsuit because he allegedly hog-tied a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mail at the end of his driveway.
According to a lawsuit filed in 2012 in Missouri federal court, Justin Cosma and another officer, Richard Carter, approached a 12-year-old boy who was
HuffPostMar 04 2015
News
Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting
Offering the most definitive account yet of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager that stirred racially charged protests across the country, the Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the death last August of Michael Brown.
The decision, announced on Wednesday, ends a lengthy investigation into the shooting last August, in which
New York Times (News)Jun 05 2019
News
Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms
Every time Jennifer Tidd's son was secluded or restrained at school, she received a letter from his teachers. Her son has autism and behavioral issues, and over three years — from 2013 to 2016 — Tidd got 437 of those letters.
"I see this pile of documents that's 5 inches tall that represents hundreds of hours of being locked into a room, and I feel, you know, horrible," Tidd says.
NPR (Online News)Feb 12 2020
News
Bernie Sanders: Who is the Democratic White House candidate?
Bernie Sanders, a 78-year-old senator from Vermont, is a front-runner in the Democratic race for president. The registered independent has performed well in the first states to vote. So who is he?
Senator Bernie Sanders likes beating the odds. His first political victory, running in 1981 for mayor of Burlington, Vermont, pitted him against the Democratic machine that had controlled the
BBC NewsDec 05 2019
Analysis
Our incredibly angry political moment
Washington (CNN)There were two big moments in politics on Thursday.
1) Speaker Nancy Pelosi brusquely shut down a conservative reporter's question as to whether she hated President Donald Trump.
2) Former Vice President Joe Biden got into a heated back-and-forth with an Iowa voter at a town hall in which the man said Biden was too old to be president and Biden challenged the man
CNN (Opinion)