Tag Archives: First Amendment

The District of Columbia must become a state

From 538’s Significant Digits for 11/10/2016: 79 percent Percentage of D.C. residents who voted in favor of a ballot measure that would support making the District a state, with a small federally-administered district in the middle housing congress and the … Continue reading →

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The god problem and Mormons

Footage of briefings to the second-highest leadership body revealed the clubby exchanges between the Mormon Church and Mormon politicians. Source: Leaked Videos Pull Back Curtain on Mormon Leadership – The New York Times

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It’s the Supreme Court, stupid: “Black robes at the Red Mass”

So many things drive me nuts. But make me pick only one and it’ll be religious zealotry in any court, but especially on the Supreme Court. Before Scalia died, I read with fury remarks he made over the years during … Continue reading →

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