“Twenty-five years ago, the FDA made a decision that changed the course of reproductive health in America. By approving mifepristone (Mifeprex) for medication abortion, the agency gave people access to one of the safest, most effective, and most studied medications in modern medicine. “Since then, more than 7.5 million Americans have relied on it to […]
The Constitution is clear: The J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School Gerald Neuman ’80: “Those born on American soil, even to undocumented parents, are citizens of the United States. Neuman, an expert in immigration and nationality law, affirms both history and Supreme Court precedent confirm an intent […]
Oops my mistake. There is no sanity to student loans lasting a lifetime. Not when every other loan people have, get in trouble with, is forgiven through bankruptcy. It does not matter when or what they do is stupid, miscalculated, abused, spent unnecessarily, etc. The loans are forgiven. The only difference here is a student […]
Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds generated in part through NYC taxpayer dollars from New York City if they don’t elect Mario Cuomo as mayor. Zohran Mamdani claps back: “I look for examples across this country that showcase the best way to respond to Donald Trump’s… threats rather is responding with strength,” he continued. […]
Different legal opinion by a renowned legal expert. It answers the question of whether ABC infringed on Kimmel’s 1st Amendment rights. However, it should not have caved to the FCC when it threatened to pressure from the FCC. The FCC did violate 1st Amendment Rights of ABC by threatening them. “FCC overstepped in push to […]
Roosevelt Institute has displayed an editorial on its site discussing the censoring of Jimmy Kimmel, what has been leading to this, and why it is dangerous. A bit of background on what has taken place. As NPR writes, since his appointment by Pres. Tr_mp as “chair of the Federal Communications Commission; Brendan Carr has waged […]
Since 2013, I have been writing on student loans. Just about then I ran into Alan Collinge who has a site on Facebook called Student Loan Justice. If you are not aware, student loans are the most unforgiving type of loan a person can have as a student, a parent, or an adult attempting to […]
I have traveled globally and also into Mexico as well as other places. Enough so that I burned through one passport in two years. I have met some interesting people while traveling. Also, I have never had much trouble going in and out of countries. The agents were always courteous. And going in and out […]
More court stuff. Some interesting detail on The Robert’s Court decision by Roberts minus the detail. Humphrey’s Executor Executed In Broad Shadow Docket Slaying, Above the Law In two-sentence order, without any accompanying reasoning, John Roberts ended almost a century of constitutional order. Exercising tremendous restraint, Chief Justice Roberts managed not to write “Executor? I […]
In a very insightful analysis of the Kirk shooting G. Elliott Morris makes the following points (among others): Polls overestimate support for political violence. (The reason is that random responses to poll questions by people who are not paying attention lead to overestimates of support for very unpopular options. For example, if no one supports […]