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Nov 29 2022
News
Senate passes Respect for Marriage Act
The Senate has voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA) in a 61-36 vote. All Democrats who were present voted for the bill as well as Republican Senators Roy Blunt (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Susan Collins (ME), Joni Ernst (IA), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Rob Portman (OH), Dan Sullivan (AK), Mitt Romney (UT), Thom Tillis (NC), and Todd Young
LGBTQ NationFeb 28 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Putin Hijacks the State of the Union Address
From the CenterThis week was going to be Joe Biden’s mulligan. The president’s first State of the Union speech could help him turn the page from a difficult first year in office to a more purposeful focus on the nation’s economic challenges. Biden could talk about building infrastructure, fighting inflation, and rescuing some portion of his Build Back Better social spending and climate
Dan SchnurMay 04 2022
News
Flashback: Justice Sotomayor Suggested SCOTUS Would Not ‘Survive The Stench’ If Court Upheld Mississippi Abortion Law
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested in December 2021 that the court would not “survive the stench” if it upheld a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks.
Sotomayor weighed in on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court case involving a 2018 Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks, addressing whether bans on abortion before fetal
The Daily WireMay 04 2022
Opinion
Reason Gets It Wrong on the Roe Leak
At Reason today, senior editor Elizabeth Nolan Brown writes that “Alito’s Draft Opinion That Would Overturn Roe Is a Disaster of Legal Reasoning.” After quoting a number of fellow libertarian writers disputing Alito’s reading of history and/or disputing the idea that historical precedent is a valid basis for constitutional interpretation, Brown writes:
Some people are still lingering on
National Review (News)Nov 10 2022
Analysis
Where Does the Pro-Life Movement Go From Here?
The Supreme Court’s June decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was a moment of pro-life jubilation, the culmination of decades of focused activism against the legal abortion regime of Roe v. Wade. But now members of the anti-abortion movement are grappling with whether their greatest legal triumph led to political defeat in this week’s midterms.
With historical trends and a
The DispatchAug 07 2020
Opinion
DC Circuit Rules McGahn Must Honor House Subpoena . . . but Not Necessarily Answer House’s Questions
They say bad facts make bad law. But here is a case of bad law making bad facts.
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a rare ruling by the full court, held 7–2 that former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn must honor a House subpoena issued in connection with the Judiciary Committee’s impeachment inquiry.
Nevertheless, this does not decide the issue that
National Review (News)Sep 06 2021
Opinion
Government should not be the information police
The late Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson made an astute pronouncement regarding the role of government in managing the citizenry. He wrote, “It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.” This kind of thinking has served the United States well for almost two and a half centuries.
The HillNov 17 2022
News
Darrell Brooks sentenced to six consecutive life terms, and hundreds of additional years, for the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack
Darrell Brooks will spend life in prison six times over for the death and injuries he caused in the 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade attack.
Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Dorow on Wednesday formally sentenced Brooks to consecutive life sentences for first-degree intentional homicide, with no chance of parole, in the deaths of Tamara Durand, William Hospel, Jane Kulich,
Milwaukee Journal SentinelNov 01 2021
News
The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops
Harold Brown’s contribution to the local treasury began as so many others have in Valley Brook, Okla.: A police officer saw that the light above his license plate was out.
“You pulled me over for that? Come on, man,” said Mr. Brown, a security guard headed home from work at 1:30 a.m. Expressing his annoyance was all it took. The officer yelled at Mr. Brown, ordered him out of the car
New York Times (News)Jun 13 2022
News
Supreme Court extends wait for decision in case that could overturn Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court Monday again prolonged the wait for its opinion which is expected to overturn the federal right to an abortion.
Last month, Politico published a leaked draft opinion which indicated the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that established a federal right to an abortion.
The justices released a handful of decisions Monday, including two
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