Category: Legal Affairs
House Bill Strips Rights and Protections from Immigrants
by Win Vitkowsky | Jul 18, 2013 | Legal AffairsImmigration reform is now in the hands of the Republican-controlled house, and the judiciary committee released its own version of a guest-worker program that passed committee Wednesday. The bill, proposed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va., pictured) removes wage protections, takes the program out of the hands of the Department of Labor, and limits the ability […]
Trayvon Martin Might Be Alive If the Law Required Gun Insurance
by Andrew Meyer | Jul 15, 2013 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsDuring George Zimmerman’s trial, one rarely heard the death of Trayvon Martin linked to the issue of firearm safety. There is little doubt that if Zimmerman had not been armed, Martin would be alive. But beyond that, would Sanford have been less safe? Would Zimmerman? To what degree are firearms dangerous in and of themselves? […]
The Border Cannot Be Secure Enough for Republicans
by Win Vitkowsky | Jul 2, 2013 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsProponents of immigration reform are rethinking their support for a bill that could give 11 million undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship. The reason? Attached to the legislation is the most draconian border enforcement strategy in American history. By all available statistics, the border is already the safest it has ever been. Last year the […]
White People Are Not Victims
by David J. Leonard | Jul 2, 2013 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsNarratives of white victimhood are the rage these days. From Abigail Fisher v. the University of Texas to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, from Paula Deen’s claim of being a victim of the “PC police” to a material witness’s use of the phrase “creepy-ass cracker” in the criminal trial of George Zimmerman—there has […]
The Law and the Facts
by Lou Dubose | Jul 1, 2013 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsThere are some things that fail to register in transcripts of oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Such as contempt. When I sat in on the Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin arguments last October, I was impressed with Justice Antonin Scalia’s contempt for the attorneys defending the university’s modest affirmative-action program. Reading […]
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