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Brickbat: Walk This Way
An investigation by Cedar Rapids’ KCRG-TV found that totally sober drivers in Iowa are routinely arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (OWI), and there’s no system to keep track of how often this happens. Over the past two years, more than 2,000 OWI cases were dropped, and in the last year alone, nearly 1,000 […]
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Judicial Experience and Judicial Selection
In his post on why a President or Governor might select a judicial nominee who has no prior judicial experience, Josh suggests that it may be because you can get better insights into the non-judge’s views of the law based on the cases they have litigated as a lawyer: One possible reason is that lawyers […]
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Pentagon Muscle Confronts China’s Proxy Venezuela
On Oct. 21, news sources reported roughly 15% of the entire U.S. Navy’s warships were deployed in the Caribbean Sea. The exact type and number of warships was not revealed. Still, the fleet and aircra
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Trump Allegedly Misidentified a Colombian Fisherman as a Venezuelan ‘Narcoterrorist’: The Potential for Deadly Error Underlines the Lawlessness of the President’s Bloodthirsty Anti-Drug Strategy
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says one of the “narcoterrorists” recently killed by U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean was a “fisherman” who had “no ties to the drug trade.” That man’s
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Measure to Roll Back Tariffs on Brazil
The measure overturning Trump’s tariff order now heads to the GOP-led House, where it faces long odds of advancing.
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Trump Suggests US May Lower Fentanyl-Related Tariffs on China
President Donald Trump said he intends to discuss the matter with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during their meeting in South Korea.
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Trump, an Avowed Second Amendment Champion, Defends a Gun Ban With ‘No Historical Justification’
A few weeks after taking office, President Donald Trump called the Second Amendment “an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty,” declaring that “the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed.” But in a case that the Supreme Court recently agreed to hear, the Trump administration is urging the justices to uphold one of […]
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Trump’s Japan Deal Significantly Shifts Power Away From China: Economist
Just like the UK deal gave the United States leverage with Europe, Tuesday’s Japan deal has put the United States in a stronger position in relation to China.
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Court Rules Trump Appointed US Attorney Holds Post Illegally
In a Tuesday ruling, a federal district judge in California ruled that acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has overstayed his legal tenure.
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Trump’s Promises of Protection ‘Very Well Received’ by Security-Conscious Japan: Analyst
Retired U.S. Marine Col. Grant Newsham says a strong U.S.–Japan alliance is “essential” for the United States to counter China in the Indo-Pacific.
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