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May 31 2019
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FactChecking Trump’s Response to Mueller
In an impromptu press conference and on Twitter, President Donald Trump responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s remarks about the Russia investigation with several false and questionable claims:
Trump suggested that he could not be impeached because he hasn’t been charged with a crime. “I can’t imagine the courts allowing it,” he added. But constitutional scholars tell us a
FactCheck.orgNov 30 2019
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ICE set up a fake university, then arrested 250 people granted student visas
It has been 10 months since unsealed federal court documents revealed that U.S. immigration officials created a fake university to lure foreign-born college students who were trying to stay in the country on student visas that might not have been legal.
The University of Farmington, a fictitious school that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement marketed as a hub for STEM students who
Washington PostSep 01 2016
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Amid immigration questions, how will GOP Hispanics vote?
Most Latino voters intend to support Democrat Hillary Clinton, but the more traditional conservatives are split between Republican Donald Trump and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who is beginning to court their vote.
Christian Science MonitorJul 02 2019
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Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher is found NOT GUILTY of murdering ISIS fighter and will walk free despite being convicted of one war crime - posing with a corpse - which he has already served time for
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher has been found not guilty of murder and attempted murder after a two week war crimes trial.
The jury took less than a day to reach a verdict. Gallager, 40, was convicted of posing with the ISIS fighter's corpse but is expected to walk free from court on Tuesday.
The maximum sentence for the crime is four months and he spent longer than that in
Daily MailJul 03 2015
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Gerrymandering didn't make politics this vicious. But vicious politics will soon make gerrymandering so much worse.
The Supreme Court upheld citizen oversight of redistricting. Thats a big deal. But not for the reasons you think.
Washington PostApr 13 2020
Background
Privacy laws of the United States
The privacy laws of the United States deal with several different legal concepts. One is the invasion of privacy, a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into their private affairs, discloses their private information, publicizes them in a false light, or appropriates their name for personal gain.[1] Public figures
WikipediaMar 29 2016
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Unions Win Fee Victory as SCOTUS Ties 4-4
When the case involving California teachers was argued in January, Justice Antonin Scalia was still alive, and the court appeared ready to hand unions a big setback.
New York Times (News)Jul 05 2012
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ObamaCare ruling leaves 2012 candidates taking unexpected sides
One week after the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the health care overhaul, the 2012 presidential candidates have each carved out a peculiar stance -- with Mitt Romney accepting the ruling's central argument and President Obama rejecting it. The court ruled that the individual mandate requiring most Americans to buy health insurance was only constitutional if the fine for not buying
Fox News (Online News)Feb 01 2017
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Republicans ram through committee approval of Trump Cabinet nominees
Senate Republicans took steps Wednesday to thwart Democrats plans to obstruct the confirmation of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees for a second day amid frustrations over the president’s pick Tuesday night of a stalwart conservative to serve on the Supreme Court.
Washington PostNov 27 2019
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Fairlife milk drinkers ‘feel betrayed’ by alleged Fair Oaks Farms cow abuse, says attorney with lawsuit seeking class-action status
Millions of consumers may have a claim against Fairlife milk over alleged cow abuse at an Indiana farm, as eight lawsuits from around the country came together in a Chicago federal courtroom Tuesday seeking class-action status.
The lawsuits are being consolidated into a single consumer fraud case against Chicago-based Fairlife, Coca-Cola and the dairy co-op that includes Fair Oaks Farms
Chicago Tribune