In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, populist challengers to Franklin Delano Roosevelt often fostered anti-Semitism while they campaigned against finance. Huey Long, governor of Louisiana and senator who ran as a third-party populist candidate to the left of FDR, inveighed against the..…
President Donald Trump is silhouetted against a U.S. flag as he holds a campaign rally in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., October 11, 2019. . . . . . An anti-government protester reacts as he moves part of the 4 meter tall An anti-government protester reacts as he moves part of the 4 meter..…
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File) If Edwards, a conservative, anti-abortion, pro-gun, former Army Ranger and West Point graduate, doesn’t eke out a simple majority, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen in November. . ..…
He was on the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana. . . The Southern Poverty Law Center is known for its anti-conservative stance and controversially publishes a “hate map” listing groups that warn about radical Islam such as Jihad Watch, the Clarion..…
He was on the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana. . The Southern Poverty Law Center is known for its anti-conservative stance and controversially publishes a “hate map” listing groups that warn about radical Islam such as Jihad Watch, the Clarion..…
Anti-abortion organizations and lawmakers who support restrictions such as the Louisiana law say they are necessary to protect women's health, but abortion rights advocates contend that they effectively shutter clinics, placing abortions out of reach, and that they are not necessary. . ..…
Sodomy laws remain on the books in 12 states including Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. Worse yet, anti-LGBT groups like Alliance Defending Freedom sometimes point to these laws as proof..…
Prominent Anti-Israel Group's Agent Defended Terrorists in Court . . Lawyer Wants Out of Louisiana Bar Association . ..…
Believed to be the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, Alabama's and Louisiana's 'heartbeat' laws also do not allow exceptions for rape or incest. . King defended his anti-abortion legislation, saying, 'It's not the baby's fault for the sin of the father, or of the mother.' . ..…
Ted Cruz of Texas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana to issue Senate resolution singling out Portland violence and calling for anti-fascists to be labeled domestic terrorists.. ..…
Louisiana State Police has released Facebook video for parents, informing them about the law's requirements.. Anti-hazing laws toughening, in continuing response to the 2017 alcohol-related death of Louisiana State University Maxwell Gruver in what officials described as hazing..…
Louisiana State Police has released Facebook video for parents, informing them about the law's requirements... Anti-hazing laws toughening, in continuing response to the 2017 alcohol-related death of Louisiana State University Maxwell Gruver in what officials described as hazing..…
(see Figure 4) By comparison, in 2015, each of these 10 states had state and local policing expenditures of more than $230 per resident per year—at least 328 times more than what each state spends on enforcing anti-discrimination laws. In some states, such as Louisiana, more taxpayer..…
Six states — Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee — have passed anti-Islamic and anti-terrorism measures pushed by the groups. . ..…
Six states — Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee — have passed both the anti-Islamic law and anti-terrorism measures. . . ..…
This week, Republican Governors Association released its first full anti- Edwards television ad.. The ad argues that Louisiana workers are being left behind economically, compared to the rest of the country, and blames Edwards for raising taxes. ..…
The six-figure ad campaign will also target Republican attorneys general in Louisiana, Missouri, Indiana and West Virginia, all of whom have backed the anti-Obamacare case that is scheduled for a Tuesday court hearing. ..…
The Supreme Court on Dec. 10 declined to take up another abortion-related case when it rebuffed two other conservative-leaning states - Louisiana and Kansas - that moved to deny public funding to Planned Parenthood. . Anti-abortion activists hope the high court will be more receptive to..…
Tony Perkins, Louisiana state legislator with ties to KKK who now leads anti- LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, has been tapped to chair US Commission on International Freedom.. ..…
Conservative lawmakers in a number of states recently passed some of the most restrictive anti-abortion legislation in history. ... Some recipients were national, and others were state-level organizations in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and..…
But even he neglected to consult Congress with the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the U.S. For someone who was an anti-federalist and proponent of individual liberty, he too corrupted the Constitution by trampling on checks and balances. . ..…
The anti-scientific language did not end there. In its description of the Louisiana law, the New York Times wrote: . ..…
Senate confirmed Wendy Vitter, Donald Trump’s nominee for a federal judgeship in Louisiana and a vocal abortion rights opponent, with a history of spreading the lie that abortion can cause cancer. . Staunchly anti-abortion women can often seem confounding. Why would anyone support laws..…
The abortion-rights debates that divide state Capitols across the nation cause few ripples in the Louisiana Legislature. It is one of the country’s most staunchly anti-abortion states, with a law on the books that immediately outlaws abortion if Roe v. ..…
In Louisiana, emails obtained by the Center show that pro-Israel advocates actually wrote the governor’s anti-boycott executive order and press release. . ... In Louisiana, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards did not write his anti-boycott executive order nor the press..…
Louisiana requires that doctors who perform abortions in that deeply anti-abortion state do the impossible by getting admitting privileges in local hospitals. ..…
Even as 1863’s Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves within the United States, racially biased gun control continued through Black Codes in states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Internationally, the Paris Anti-Slavery Conference of 1867 condemned the practices, highlighting..…
The Supreme Court ruled Feb. 7 to stop an anti-abortion law, passed in Louisiana in 2014, from going into effect. ..…
The Supreme Court ruled Feb. 7 to stop an anti-abortion law, passed in Louisiana in 2014, from going into effect. ..…
SCOTUS Halts Louisiana Abortion Law for Now, But Fate of. Supreme Court has blocked Louisiana anti-choice law from going into effect Thursday, in victory for reproductive rights advocates. ..…
Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion restrictions, handing anti-abortion movement a temporary setback . ..…
Louisiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri and Kentucky have some of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the country.. ..…
Earlier this week, Steve Scalise, House Minority Whip and representative for Louisiana's 1st Congressional District, demanded that Democratic Party leaders remove from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her anti-Semitic remarks... Yet, in 2002, Scalise, then Louisiana..…
The appeals court concluded that Louisiana law would not impose an undue burden on access to abortion. The president of anti-abortion group March for Life, Jeanne Mancini, said Friday that Louisiana takes concrete steps to protect in that state... ..…
These anti-oil-company lawsuits do not represent the sole reason Louisiana was listed as a judicial hellhole. ..…
Louisiana and Kansas announced Republican-backed plans to terminate funding for Planned Parenthood through Medicaid after anti-abortion group released videos in 2015 purporting to show Planned Parenthood executives negotiating the sale of tissue and body parts. ..…
I hope someone runs for Governor who understands that Louisiana state government does not have to be big, slow, dumb, wasteful, sometimes corrupt, spend-money-like-it-was-ditchwater, anti-taxpayer, top down institution. ..…
Other states include: South Carolina (June 2015), Illinois (July 2015), Alabama (February 2016), Colorado (February 2016), Indiana (March 2016), Florida (March 2016), Virginia (March 2016), Arizona (March 2016), Georgia (April 2016), Iowa (May 2016), New York (June 2016), New Jersey (August 2016), California..…
They are: South Carolina (June 2015), Illinois (July 2015), Alabama (February 2016), Colorado (February 2016), Indiana (March 2016), Florida (March 2016), Virginia (March 2016), Arizona (March 2016), Georgia (April 2016), Iowa (May 2016), New York (June 2016), New Jersey (August 2016), California Sept. 2016),..…
Judge Duplantier said that Louisiana law was, in its key provisions, identical to Texas anti-abortion law that Supreme Court voided in Roe decision.. ..…
But regardless of what happens in Mississippi, more such cases are likely to follow, whether they come from Ohio, Louisiana, or elsewhere. And the more anti-abortion judges Trump adds to the federal bench, the better chance each case has of succeeding. . . . . ..…
Anti- BDS laws have been enacted in the following states Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana*, Maryland*, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York*, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,..…
Texas that state anti-sodomy laws were unconstitutional.[72] Louisiana courts subsequently upheld the portion of the statute that criminalized soliciting a crime against nature for compensation, ruling that “public, commercial sexual conduct” was not protected by the Supreme Court’s..…
Louisiana earned a C- grade and a numerical score of 72 for the transparency and anti-corruption safeguards it has in place. . ..…
She predicted that the court would not hear cases involving restrictive abortion laws from Guam and Louisiana. ... The abortion-rights and anti-abortion forces will be mobilized Tuesday, however, when the court hears re-arguments in Bray vs. ..…