working people respond to midterm election results

Most notably, said Castillo, was the passage of Amendment 4 in Florida which will restore voting rights to about 1.5 million formerly incarcerated people, including about 20 percent of Florida’s African American adult population—“a huge victory for voting rights, that will also have a major..

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One House represents people one states the problem us because of the 17 & amendment people think Senate represents people — Leonard Pumphrey November 7, 2018... ... At minimum, we'd need amendment, and even that would not be sufficient because Article Five of Constitution prohibits..

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party-political funding legislation needed now more than ever

The Public Audit Amendment Bill, which grants considerable additional powers to the Auditor-General in the event of the improper use of state funds by public officials, has also been passed by both Houses of Parliament and has been awaiting presidential assent for several months. . ... It gave..

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uk jewish leader asks: is the world changing for diaspora jewry?

He says he has a very strong argument to suggest that if the Tories do implode over Brexit, then he can ride on his chariot to Number 10 Downing Street, without having compromised in any area, at any level — including filing his own amendment to the NEC [on the anti-Semitism definition] which, even..

doctors call for law banning child boxers

The 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion held on Tuesday revealed that unless the amendment banning children under 12 from participating in boxing matches becomes law soon, some 3 per cent of the new generation will grow up with learning disabilities.  . ..

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Domestic companies can increase their revenues and offer more jobs, contributing to economic growth and the improvement of people's living standards. . ..

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how u.s. law enforcement failed to see the threat of white nationalism

The F.B.I. said in a statement: “The F.B.I. does not and cannot police ideologies under the First Amendment.” ... Levin believes that the Justice Department could be more flexible in pursuing these groups without violating First Amendment concerns. ..

in setback for trump, democrats seize u.s. house control

The election results mean Democrats will resume House control in January for the first time since the 2010 election, beginning a split-power arrangement with the Republican-led Senate that may force Trump to scale back his legislative ambitions and focus on issues with bipartisan support, such as an..

u.s. v. stewart

The district court thereafter sustained Robert's invocation of the Fifth Amendment. . ... In relevant part, the Fifth Amendment provides that '[n]o person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.' ..

u.s. v. reed

Walter Reed contends that under the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause and Bruton v. ... Second, Walter Reed also argues that the forfeiture amount violated the Eighth Amendment prohibition against excessive fines. ..

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