GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’ In a state where 18 is not old enough to drink, Edwards believes girls at 16 are old enough to get married. Edwards’ daughter, Elizabeth, served as a state representative, and Edwards said her service ... 05/4/2024 - 6:27 am | View Link
Court rules in favor of girls who refused to compete against transgender athlete A West Virginia judge has granted a temporary injunction sought by four middle-school girls who refused to compete against a transgender athlete, a decision that prevents school officials from barring ... 05/3/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
US Supreme Court The United States Supreme Court building is seen as in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a Texas law ... 04/30/2024 - 9:31 am | View Link
LATT: Supreme Court’s conservatives lean in favor of limited immunity for Trump as an ex-president “We have a big case today. The Supreme Court on presidential immunity. A president has to have immunity. If you don’t have immunity you just have a ceremonial president” That was former ... 04/26/2024 - 5:27 am | View Link
Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next A court ruling in Trump’s favor should have no bearing on the hush-money trial now underway in New York in part because that state-level case involves actions Trump took before he became president. 04/22/2024 - 10:35 am | View Link
“The presidential election may come down to a city in the Midwestern prairie that is home to Warren Buffett — a prospect that is raising hopes among some Democrats that the once-prolific political donor will come off the sidelines to try to power President Joe Biden to reelection,” Bloomberg reports.
“Back in 2016, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.