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"When Roe v. Wade is overturned, we'll be able to determine abortion policies in place in Tennessee," said Rep. Susan Lynn, a Republican from Old Hickory and one of the bill's sponsors. "We will return [?] to a pro-life policy in this state." [...] The so-called trigger ban would take effect within 30 days if the high court overturns Roe v. Wade. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies only, not for rape or incest. Doctors who violate the law would face a felony charge under the ban.
The Legislature House: 71 (R), 46 (D), 3 (VACANT); Fun Fact: $18,000/year salary Senate: 23 (R), 17 (D)
48 chamber slaves of the patriarchy: 29 (D), 19 (R) wut: Of the 43 women who won seats in the state legislature in November, only 16 were Republican" Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Just this term, Thomas called on the court to reconsider a landmark 1964 First Amendment case, describing it and later decisions extending it as "policy-driven decisions masquerading as constitutional law ." He also criticized a 1963 Supreme Court decision that guarantees a lawyer for anyone too poor to hire one. And he equated [sic] the court's Roe v. Wade [?] abortion decision with its Dred Scott [?] decision , which said African Americans weren't citizens, labeling Both "notoriously incorrect."
Limbs va. Indiana (Feb 2019), Ginsburg for the majority, Held: "The Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause [narrow!] is an incorporated protection applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause [narrow!]." Thomas' objects to qualification by "due process"; citizenship unequivocally merits protection.
The 39th Congress focused on these abuses during its debates over the Fourteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Freedmen's Bureau Act. During those well-publicized debates, Members of Congress consistently highlighted and lamented the "severe penalties" inflicted by the Black Codes and similar measures, Cong.Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., 474 (1866)(Sen. Trumbull), suggesting that the prohibition on excessive fines was understood to be a basic right of citizenship. [...] Similar examples abound. One congressman noted that Alabama's "aristocratic and anti-republican laws, almost reenacting slavery, among other harsh inflictions impose...a fine of fifty dollars and six months' imprisonment on any servant or laborer (white or black) who loiters away his time or is stubborn or refractory." Id., at 1621 (Rep.Myers). He also noted that Florida punished vagrants with "a fine not exceeding $500 and imprison[ment] for a term not exceeding twelve months, or by being sold for a term not exceeding twelve months, at the discretion of the court." Ibid. At the time, such fines would have been ruinous for laborers. Cf. id., at 443 (Sen. Howe) ("A thou-sand dollars! That sells a negro for his life"). These and other examples of excessive fines from the historical record informed the Nation's consideration of the Fourteenth Amendment.
General Assembly House: 44 (D), 80 (R); Fun Fact: $10,400/year salary Senate: 18 (D), 27 (R), 1 (VACANT)
27 chamber slaves of the patriarchy: 14 (D), 13 (R) wut: "they represent a little over half of the population in South Carolina" Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
looking for help from their party's presidential candidates in overturning a [2018 NH state] law that will make it harder for some college students to vote. [...] It subjects college students who come from other states to residency requirements such as getting a New Hampshire driver's license if they study and vote in the state. [...] The 2020 candidates have offered a range of solutions that span from the difficult and unlikely path of amending the [US] Constitution to reviving voting rights measures filed and left for dead in Congress.
The General Court House: 233 (D), 167 (R); Fun Fact: $200.00/term salary Senate: 14 (D), 10 (R)
144 chamber slaves of the patriarchy 115 (D), 29 (R)
wut: "New Hampshire GOP Tries to Block Some College Kids From Voting in 2020" wut: "Democrats in the New Hampshire Senate have voted through a bill to exempt college students and members of the military from having to register their cars in New Hampshire if they vote here. " Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
General Assembly House: 55 (D), 65 (R); Fun Fact: $13,951/year salary Senate: 21 (D), 30 (R) wut: "Six freshmen Republicans and seven freshmen Democrats were sworn into the Senate, which now includes 10 African-Americans, 10 women, two Indian-Americans, and 11 veterans."
33 chamber slaves of the patriarchy 28 (D), 15 (R) wut: "We tried to make it about women and not politics which is why we chose white." wut: "lawmakers must pass the proposed consent bill in at least one chamber by May 9 or the bill will become ineligible to be voted on for the rest of the legislative session" wut: "Raleigh Women's March is Independent of Women's March, Inc." Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
The other most-noted story was Philadelphia District Attorney's race, in which the Unelectable Larry Krasner, a career defense attorney and critic of mass incarceration who supports Black Lives Matter and the ACLU, beat the Republican candidate by 40 percentage points.
[Common Pleas* Court Judge Leon] Tucker shattered Krasner's argument, explaining that former DA Castille gave the appearance of bias not only because of his prior role as district attorney but also because of his pro-death penalty statements, ties to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and lobbying for speedy death penalties in capital cases involving the murder of police officers.
General Assembly House: 93 (D), 1 (VACANT), 109 (R); Fun Fact: $86,478/year salary Senate: 21 (D), 3 (VACANT), 26 (R) MarchonHarrisburg: Ending corruption in Pennsylvania, one issue at a time. 63 chamber slaves of the patriarchy 36 (D), 28 (R) wut: On 1st day, Pa. House's only Muslim woman deals with 'blatant Islamophobia' -- * A Pennsyltucky specialty, not to be confused with, say, NY Court of Claims Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
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