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Trump's Niece Warns Republicans 'Banking on Paranoia' After Maine Mass Shooting: 'Fear That...Lurks Almost Constantly'
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 5:43am | 665Former President Donald Trump‘s niece, Mary Trump, weighed in on the recent mass shooting in Maine that left 18 people dead after a man with an AR-15 opened fire. What Happened: The Lewiston, Maine shooting that happened last Wednesday was qualitatively different from other mass murders, Mary...
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What's A Constitutional Crisis, And Are We Headed For One Over Trump's Travel Ban?
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 2:44pm | 1022Legal experts are having a field day debating whether President Donald Trump has plunged the United States into a “Constitutional crisis,” a loaded term but a somewhat elusive concept. To many people, explaining the concept might as well be embodied by paraphrasing the late Supreme...
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How Will Trump's Supreme Court Pick Affect The Economy?
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 12:17pm | 678On Tuesday, President Donald Trump nominated 10th Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the late Antonin Scalia. Some are considering Gorsuch an appropriate, even if more conservative, successor, with his philosophy resonating that of Scalia. Like the former justice,...
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What Is The 'Nuclear Option' Trump Is Threatening Over His Supreme Court Pick?
Thursday, February 2, 2017 - 12:59pm | 985After a prolonged stint of inaction in the appointment of a new justice to the United States Supreme Court previously held by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his nomination of Denver court of appeals judge Neil Gorsuch to the seat. Based on his record,...
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Why The Supreme Court's EPA Decision Isn't A Big Deal
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 3:49pm | 710The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in "Michigan vs. Environmental Protection Agency" that the EPA failed to present a cost-benefit analysis to justify its restrictions on mercury and toxic air pollutants. In a 5-4 decision, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority that the agency must...