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Apr 25 2024
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Amendments to Missouri Constitution are on the line amid GOP infighting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri lawmakers are over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday amended a proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would raise the vote threshold needed for all constitutional amendments going forward. The heart of the
Associated PressJan 31 2024
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Disney Loses Its First Amendment Lawsuit against Ron DeSantis
National Review (Opinion)Oct 16 2023
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First Amendment Right or Aiding and Abetting Terrorism?
There is a very interesting question that our Constitutional Republic must face in the aftermath of the savage and barbaric attack of a designated Islamic terrorist organization, Hamas, against a sovereign Nation-State, Israel. There can be no equivocation about the evil and heinous actions that were committed against innocent women and children. As a soldier, I understand being attacked by an
TownhallAug 03 2023
Analysis
There is no First Amendment right to overturn an election
Shortly after special counsel Jack Smith unveiled four new criminal charges against former president Donald Trump — all arising out of Trump’s failed efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election — one of Trump’s lawyers revealed one of the legal arguments he plans to use to defend the former president.
“This is an attack on free speech and political advocacy,” Trump attorney John
VoxApr 26 2024
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Abortion opponents to spend $1 million to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment
John Croman at KARE 11 is reporting Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life is spending more than $1 million in an effort to derail the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, and keep it off the 2026 ballot. Via Bring Me the News: Multiple students at Minnetonka High School have tested positive for pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Greg Stanley at the Star Tribune reports two friends who hunted
MinnPostApr 17 2024
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Proposed amendment seeks changes to Arkansas education laws
The group For AR Kids is collecting signatures for an amendment that would require identical academic and accreditation standards for any school that receives state or local money. State of play: If voters approve it, the Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024 would deny state or local money to any nonpublic school that fails to meet the same academic standards, standards for
AxiosApr 25 2024
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Amended public school chaplain bill gets Oklahoma House of Representatives approval
The possibility of having chaplains in Oklahoma’s public schools moved closer to reality on Wednesday with the House of Representatives’ narrow passage of Senate Bill 36 , by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow. House sponsor Kevin West, R-Moore, compared his concept of school chaplains to those in the military or police and fire departments. His intent, he said, is to provide students, faculty
Tulsa WorldApr 11 2024
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Bills would amend Energy Discrimination Elimination Act
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, the controversial law intended to protect the state’s oil and gas industry against discrimination by banks and other businesses, would be modified under two bills that advanced Thursday through a House committee. The act, passed by state lawmakers in 2022, mandated a review of environmental policies of big multinational banks
Tulsa WorldApr 30 2024
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State to amend charge against man accused of killing 2-year-old, injuring baby
The prosecutor of the Albert Lea man charged with killing a 2-year-old boy in July at Trailside Apartments said Tuesday she planned to amend one charge in the case to include assault for the second child who was found in the vehicle with the man when he was arrested. Austin Michael Navarro, 25, previously faced one count of second-degree murder and one count of child endangerment. Mary Russell
Albert Lea TribuneApr 15 2024
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Ipsos Poll: Florida Abortion Amendment Would Fall Short
A majority of Florida registered voters say they would vote to expand abortion access in November, but it falls short of the threshold to become law, according to a new USA Today/Ipsos poll released Saturday. Amendment 4 would fail, according to the survey, as 57% said they would support the measure. However, 60% is needed to pass a state constitutional amendment. Further, 36% said they were
Newsmax (News)