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New Virginia sentencing law ends high court's DC sniper case

Feb 24, 2020

Lee Boyd Malvo, the Washington, D.C., area sniper, and Virginia agreed Monday to dismiss a pending Supreme Court case after the state changed criminal sentencing law for juveniles.

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Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape And Sexual Assault

Feb 24, 2020

The disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces up to 25 years behind bars after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault charges on Monday.

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Now Is The Time To Defend Julian Assange. Even If You Don't Like Him

Feb 24, 2020

Most people reading this will not be fans of Julian Assange. I’m not a fan, and I had plenty of opportunity to form a thorough opinion of him: I worked at WikiLeaks for a few months, and even shared a house with him for a portion of that time.

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Three Weinstein Accusers Could Send Producer to Prison for Life

Feb 23, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- As the jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial wrestle with a pair of charges that could send the fallen movie mogul to prison for life, the testimony of three women who don’t even appear in his indictment could help seal his fate.

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In Case on Wealth Test for Green Cards, a Scathing Sotomayor Dissent

Feb 22, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans to deny green cards to immigrants who are thought to be likely to become "public charges" by making even occasional and minor use of public benefits like Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.

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Pete Buttigieg Is Not Intersectional Enough

Feb 21, 2020

Last Friday, a group of disgruntled “queer activists” interrupted Pete Buttigieg’s campaign event in San Francisco.

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The Culinary Union of Nevada takes a pass on endorsing – here's why that may be a winning political strategy

Feb 21, 2020

A picket line outside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas proved to be a hot ticket for most Democratic hopefuls aiming to pick up a vote or two ahead of the Nevada caucuses.Elizabeth Warren turned up with donuts to support workers demanding a union contract, while fellow presidential candidates Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer also found time in their busy schedules to meet workers, pose for pictures and express solidarity.One candidate notable by his absence was Bernie Sanders.

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Quadruple murderer executed in Tennessee

Feb 20, 2020

A quadruple murderer was put to death in Tennessee on Thursday despite lawyers asking the US Supreme Court for a stay of execution.

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Trump Grants Clemency to Former NYPD Boss Bernie Kerik, Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevic, and 9 Others

Feb 18, 2020

President Trump on Tuesday granted clemency to 11 people including two reality TV stars, a former New York City police commissioner, and the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers.

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Sandusky prosecutor and former Penn State lawyer disciplined

Feb 19, 2020

A lawyer who led the child molestation investigation and prosecution of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky lost his law license for a year Wednesday over his handling of a grand jury witness in the case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled.

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Gina Miller: Curbing Judicial Review Is Johnson’s Brexit ‘Revenge’ – But Will Hit Most Vulnerable

Feb 18, 2020

Government plans to clamp down on the use of judicial reviews are rooted in “revenge, not reform”, according to the activist who used the process to fight Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans.

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'We're an Afterthought': The Push to Get Asian-Americans to Complete the Census

Feb 15, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas -- She thrust a flyer into the hand of a tall young man who looked annoyed.

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Alabama Lawmaker Protests Abortion Restrictions by Introducing Bill Requiring Men to Undergo Vasectomy after Third Child

Feb 14, 2020

An Alabama state lawmaker has introduced a bill imposing restrictions on the reproductive rights of men as a statement against abortion restrictions.

Tech

Court rules Apple must pay California workers during bag checks

Feb 13, 2020

The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Apple must pay employees for time spent waiting for their bags and personal electronic devices to be searched when they leave work.

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Texas Attorney General asks Supreme Court to repeal a California travel ban

Feb 11, 2020

Texas Attorney General asks Supreme Court to repeal a California travel ban

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Philippine gov't asks court to shut down leading TV network

Feb 10, 2020

The Philippine government’s chief lawyer asked the Supreme Court on Monday to shut down the country’s largest TV network by revoking its operating franchises because of alleged constitutional violations, in a move critics called an attempt to muzzle the media.

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Philippines seeks scrapping of 'abusive' broadcaster's franchise

Feb 09, 2020

The Philippine government on Monday urged the Supreme Court to cancel the franchises of the country's top broadcaster, ABS-CBN Corp, a move slammed by opposition lawmakers and activists as an attack designed to intimidate independent media.

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Virginia’s Unconstitutional Attack on Gun Owners

Feb 07, 2020

Today, Virginia Democrats continue their multi-front offensive against the Second Amendment, taking up Governor Ralph Northam’s “assault weapons” ban, magazine limits, and suppressor-confiscation bills in the state house’s Public Safety Committee.

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Texas executes man convicted of killing five family members in 2002

Feb 06, 2020

Abel Ochoa, 47, was executed with lethal injection and pronounced dead at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6.48 p.m. CST (1248 GMT), 17 years after a jury found him guilty of capital murder, according to a statement by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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Weinstein Lawyer Donna Rotunno Sparks Outrage by Saying She’s Never Put Herself in a ‘Position’ to Be Assaulted

Feb 07, 2020

In a podcast interview released Friday morning, Harvey Weinstein’s criminal defense lawyer Donna Rotunno said she has never “put” herself in the “position” to be sexually assaulted.

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Orange County Has Released More Than 2,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants in Recent Years Due to California’s Sanctuary Law

Feb 06, 2020

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes released data this week showing how California’s SB54 sanctuary law allowed for over 2,000 illegal immigrants with outstanding ICE detainers to be released from custody over the last two years, with 411 of those later rearrested for additional charges.

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How history will view Trump's impeachment

Feb 06, 2020

There are two ways of looking at history.

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Texas to execute man convicted of killing five family members in 2002

Feb 06, 2020

Abel Ochoa, 47, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. CST (0000 GMT), 17 years after a jury found him guilty of capital murder.

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Klobuchar Faces Uproar Over Her Role in Black Teenager's Murder Conviction

Feb 01, 2020

Civil rights activists and black community leaders in Minneapolis have called on Sen.

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Lisa Murkowski to vote no on new witnesses: 'There will be no fair trial in the Senate'

Jan 31, 2020

President Trump's impeachment trial is set to wrap up without new witnesses being called.

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Republicans Can’t Win Presidential Elections Anymore, but They Sure Can Steal Them

Jan 30, 2020

“Let the people decide for themselves!” cried White House Counsel Pat Cipollone Wednesday, warning senators not to even think about pushing Trump out less than 10 months before an election.

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Man exonerated of rape after 25 years in prison. Now what?

Jan 30, 2020

A New York man who spent 25 years in prison for a violent rape he did not commit said he lost his youth and now, at 60, does not know what kind of a future lies ahead.

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Pelosi: Trump ‘Cannot Be Acquitted’ Unless Senate Votes to Call Witnesses

Jan 30, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Trump "cannot be acquitted" in his Senate impeachment trial unless senators vote to introduce more evidence and call on witnesses to testify because the trial will otherwise be invalid.

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Court rejects death row inmate's mental illness claim

Jan 30, 2020

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a death row inmate who argued that he shouldn't be executed because he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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Mitch McConnell's rare blunder

Jan 30, 2020

Mitch McConnell is reportedly furiously trying to whip the votes necessary to avoid calling witnesses in the Senate's impeachment trial of President Trump.

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Justice Roberts Blocks Rand Paul from Naming Whistleblower During Impeachment Trial

Jan 30, 2020

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts signaled to Republican senators Wednesday that he will not say the name of the alleged Ukraine whistleblower during the question and answer session of the Senate impeachment trial.

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Republicans Argue Impeachment Witnesses Would Just Be A Waste Of Time

Jan 30, 2020

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is hurtling toward a showdown over whether the Senate will call witnesses to testify ― namely, former national security adviser John Bolton, who has written a book manuscript that effectively confirms the quid pro quo at the heart of the impeachment charges.

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Georgia man put to death for the 1997 killings of 2 people

Jan 29, 2020

Donnie Cleveland Lance, 66, received a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson.

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Parent resistance thwarts local school desegregation efforts

Jan 29, 2020

As they try to address stubborn school segregation, many of the nation's school districts confront a familiar obstacle: resistance from affluent, well-organized and mostly white parents to changes affecting their children’s classrooms.

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Georgia man set to be executed for killings of 2 people

Jan 29, 2020

Donnie Cleveland Lance, 66, is set to receive a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson for the November 1997 killings of Sabrina “Joy” Lance and Dwight “Butch” Wood Jr. in Jackson County, about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta.

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Supreme Court allows Trump's 'public charge' immigration curb

Jan 27, 2020

The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Monday for one of President Trump's hard-line immigration policies, allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future.

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US top court sides with Trump on immigrant welfare benefits

Jan 27, 2020

The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with a rule that aims to deny permanent residency and citizenship to immigrants who claim welfare benefits.

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Dreaming of a Dreamer Deal

Jan 27, 2020

Dreaming of a Dreamer Deal

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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule

Jan 28, 2020

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.

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How the GOP is turning the impeachment trial into a Kavanaugh hearing redux

Jan 28, 2020

Republicans have compared the Senate impeachment trial to the 2018 hearing to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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House to Vote on Repealing Trump Travel Ban

Jan 27, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the House will take up a bill to repeal President Trump's travel ban, which bars citizens of certain countries with high rates of extremist violence from entering the U.

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‘Hanging by a Thread’: Democrats and the Abortion Case That Could Signal the Beginning of the End

Jan 27, 2020

The air was warmer than usual and spirits were high at Friday's March for Life in Washington, D.

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The Economist's Cover Marks End Of Modi's Love Affair With Western Liberal Media

Jan 27, 2020

When India’s prime minister Narendra Modi first came to power in 2014, international media platforms published long articles where they acknowledged his controversial past but expressed the hope that he would prioritise growth and be wise enough not to be distracted by the Hindu nationalist agenda (see here, here and here).

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Why Do We Have an Electoral College Again?

Jan 26, 2020

Who elects the president of the United States?In a democracy, that shouldn't be a trick question.

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Georgia inmate who came close to execution in 2017 dies

Jan 26, 2020

A Georgia death row inmate whose planned execution was halted in September 2017 by the U.S. Supreme Court after his lawyers argued his death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias has died, according to the state Department of Corrections.

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The Unspoken Charge That Should Doom Trump: Lawlessness

Jan 25, 2020

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- For three days, the House managers serving as prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump set out the details of his effort to strong-arm Ukraine into aiding his 2020 re-election, and then argued that those details constitute reason to remove him from office.

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Biden Calls DACA Recipients ‘More American Than Most Americans’

Jan 24, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden said at a campaign event in Iowa Thursday that most undocumented immigrants benfitting from the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “more American than most Americans.

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New appeal filed in 12-year sentence for cellphone in jail

Jan 23, 2020

The Mississippi Supreme Court should overturn an “astonishing” 12-year prison sentence given to an African American man who took a mobile phone into a jail cell when he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge, attorneys argued in court papers filed Thursday.

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Supreme Court Poised to Overturn 38 State Constitutional Amendments on Church-State Separation

Jan 22, 2020

Religious conservatives asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn 38 state constitutional amendments and require taxpayers to fund religious schools.

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Harvey Weinstein's Trial Has Begun. Here's What You Need To Know

Jan 22, 2020

In a few weeks, Harvey Weinstein could be handed down a life sentence.

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