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• CNN12 minutes ago
• When Justice Stephen Breyer rules (on retirement), the White House might know first
• (CNN)A Democratic president has not filled a Supreme Court vacancy in more than a decade, so liberals are anticipating the possible retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, who has served for a quarter century and understands the advantage of the new Democratic-led Senate.Breyer, 82, has declined to speak publicly on any retirement intentions. But if he decides to step down this spring or next, history suggests he will slip early word to President Joe Biden and the public will not know until weeks later. That was the protocol for Breyers predecessor,...
• cvbj.biz4 hour(s) ago
• The Catholic bishops advise against their faithful to get the Janssen vaccine because of how it has been obtained
• Catholic bishops in the United States are advising their faithful against taking one of the covid-19 vaccines as the first option because during its production cells from aborted fetuses were used. In a statement issued this Tuesday, the Conference of Catholic Bishops believes that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine poses a dilemma because of its mode of production. “The approval of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for its use in the United States, it raises questions about the moral permissibility of using vaccines developed, tested and / or...
• cbslocal.com5 hour(s) ago
• Federal Judge Extends Stay On Ohio Heartbeat Abortion Ban
• COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge extended a temporary stay on Ohio’s 2019 “heartbeat” abortion ban on Wednesday, saying he will delay a decision on whether to permanently block the law until two intertwined abortion cases are decided. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett’s order means that enforcement of the law signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019 will remain on hold. Lawyers for Ohio abortion providers have asked Barrett to block the law permanently. READ MORE: COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: Teachers Say It Is A Blessing To Get...
• FOX News7 hour(s) ago
• Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Silencing free speech -- when the First Amendment is not enforced, this can happen
• In short, we do not need good laws to restrain bad men. We need good men to restrain bad laws. -- G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)Why do people in power try to silence speech with which they disagree? Last week produced news about the suppression of speech on university campuses. There, the suppression usually occurs through the power of intimidation before the speech is given. Yet, most public lectures on college campuses are public accommodations, meaning the landowner -- the university -- cannot bar the entry of audience members because of their...
• washingtonexaminer.com10 hour(s) ago
• Conservatives target centrist Democrats on Becerra vote
• Conservative policy groups are pressuring centrist-leaning Senate Democrats to nix the nomination of Xavier Becerra to head the Department of Health and Human Services. “Sens. Mark Kelly, Kyrsten Sinema, and Joe Manchin are critical senators in opposing the extreme agenda of Biden’s HHS nominee,” said Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action for America. “Mr. Becerra has spent his entire career fighting for socialized healthcare, catering to the abortion industry, and trampling on Americans’ religious freedom.” BECERRA MOVES TO FULL SENATE VOTE AFTER FINANCE COMMITTEE SPLITS EVENLY...
• dailycaller.com12 hour(s) ago
• The Supreme Court Is Set To Rule On Election Integrity — Heres What You Need To Know
• The Supreme Court is set to rule on perhaps one of 2020’s biggest issues, election integrity, and heard oral arguments Tuesday. The court is considering challenges over Arizona election laws that some say suppress minority votes: one concerning ballots cast in the wrong precinct, another concerning ballot harvesting.
• dailycaller.com14 hour(s) ago
• Arkansas Legislature Sends Bill That Would Almost Completely Ban Abortion To Governor
• The Arkansas legislature voted in favor of a pro-life bill Wednesday that would ban nearly all abortions, the Associated Press reported. Arkansas’ Republican-held House voted 75-18 in favor of the bill to ban abortion except in cases where the mother is suffering a medical emergency, according to the Associated Press. This follows the Republican-controlled Senate passing the legislation last month, the Associated Press reported. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation banning nearly all abortions — Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 3, 2021 “It’s time for...
• dailykos.com15 hour(s) ago
• The Supreme Court is ready to gut whats left of voting rights. How will Manchin and Sinema respond?
• Is Kyrsten Sinema going to stand with the white supremacists? Whats the interest of the Arizona RNC in keeping, say, the out-of-precinct ballot disqualification rules on the books? Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked Michael Carvin, the lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court Tuesday on behalf of Arizona Republicans that two of the states voter suppression laws should be upheld. He answered truthfully: Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero-sum game. And every extra vote they get through unlawful interpretation of Section 2 hurts...
• usnews.com15 hour(s) ago
• Arkansas Lawmakers Send Governor Near-Total Abortion Ban
• By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation banning nearly all abortions, sending the bill to a Republican governor who has expressed reservations about the move. The majority-Republican House voted 75-18 for the bill, which bans all abortions except those to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency. The bill, which passed the Senate last month, does not include any exceptions for rape or incest. Arkansas is one of at least 14 states where outright abortion bans have been...
• wtop.com15 hour(s) ago
• Arkansas lawmakers send governor near-total abortion ban
• LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation banning nearly all abortions, sending the bill to a Republican governor who has expressed reservations about the move. The majority-Republican House voted 75-18 for the bill, which bans all abortions except those to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency. The bill, which passed the Senate last month, does not include any exceptions for rape or incest. Arkansas is one of at least 14 states where outright abortion bans have been proposed this year, an...
• breitbart.com17 hour(s) ago
• Black Conservatives Tell Supreme Court: Race Not the Issue in Voting Rights Case
• The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard arguments Tuesday on the legal challenge to two voting laws in Arizona that challengers claim discriminate against racial minorities. But Project 21, a black leadership network, issued remarks to the press warning that race is not the issue in the case. According to the SCOTUS website, the issues before the court are: (1) Whether Arizona’s out-of-precinct policy, which does not count provisional ballots cast in person on Election Day outside of the voter’s designated precinct, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights...
• cbslocal.com17 hour(s) ago
• Diocese Of Pittsburgh Urges Catholics To Avoid Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
• PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh says it agrees with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which raised moral concerns over the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because it is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus. Tuesday, a statement issued by chairmen of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees on doctrine and abortion issues reiterated the moral concerns raised by Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans. It said the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are preferable “if one has...
• washingtonexaminer.com17 hour(s) ago
• Arizona defends election integrity laws before U.S. Supreme Court
• Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich made the state’s case Tuesday for maintaining a couple of election integrity issues that, if deemed illegal, could change election laws across the country. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the consolidated case of Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Arizona Republican Party v. Democratic National Committee. At issue is Arizona’s ban on ballot harvesting, a process where someone other than an immediate family member, caretaker or resident of the same home delivers an early ballot. Also in question is the state...
• FOX News18 hour(s) ago
• Can police search your house without a warrant?
• The question of what circumstances allow police or law enforcement officers to enter a suspect’s home without a warrant has been the topic of recent discussion at the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices last month seemed inclined to expand such circumstances in the event of a hot pursuit. The court has previously said that an officer in hot pursuit of a suspect believed to have committed a felony crime can enter the person’s home without a warrant if the person goes inside. Then, at the end of February, justices were debating whether the...
• usnews.com18 hour(s) ago
• Mississippi Told to Pay $500K to Wrongfully Imprisoned Man
• By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge is ordering the state of Mississippi to pay $500,000 to a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned more than 22 years and was tried six times in a quadruple murder case. Curtis Flowers was released from prison in December 2019, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a district attorney had excluded Black jurors from his trials. Flowers had spent years on death row. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in September that she would not try...
• wtop.com18 hour(s) ago
• Mississippi told to pay $500K to wrongfully imprisoned man
• JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge is ordering the state of Mississippi to pay $500,000 to a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned more than 22 years and was tried six times in a quadruple murder case. Curtis Flowers was released from prison in December 2019, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a district attorney had excluded Black jurors from his trials. Flowers had spent years on death row. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in September that she would not try Flowers a seventh time in the...
• abc7.com18 hour(s) ago
• Biden HHS pick Xavier Becerra takes heat from GOP on abortion rights
• WASHINGTON -- President Joe Bidens pick for health secretary is taking heat from Republicans for his actions in support of abortion rights. They want to define him - and the new administration - as out of the mainstream.The Senate Finance Committee deadlocked Wednesday along party lines on the nomination of Xavier Becerra, more of a speed bump than a stop sign. Under the rules, Democrats will take the nomination to a vote by the full Senate, and Becerra is expected to be approved.He is paying a price for defending, as...
• abc7news.com22 hour(s) ago
• Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine rekindles religious dilemma over morality of using fetal tissue
• NEW ORLEANS -- Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, newly approved for use in the U.S., is morally compromised because it is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus.The New Orleans archdiocese says the decision to receive a vaccine is one of individual conscience. In its statement late last week, it stopped short of advising Catholics not to take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but adds that Catholics should choose coronavirus vaccines made...
• dailykos.com22 hour(s) ago
• Supreme Court takes up Trump admin. petition punishing Puerto Rico that Biden promised to end
• Puerto Rico still needs federal help. That includes ending this Supreme Court case. The Supreme has decided to hear an appeal from the Department of Justice that would maintain the exclusion of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico from receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Wait, you might say, the Department of Justice? Like, President Joe Bidens Department of Justice? Sort of. The appeal was made in September 2020 by the Trump administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit had agreed with the plaintiff in the case, Jose...