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Guns 2: What I did to challenge the NRA
In 2009, after noticing so many gun violence stories in the Daily News, I began to clip them. My purpose was direct, as I said in the initial letter I wrote to my senator, Kirsten Gillibrand. Here’s the lightly abbreviated … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged 2d Amendment, Bill of Rights, Bob Herbert, culture soaked in blood, dwindling testosterone, gun violence in New York City, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Daily News, New York Times, NRA, Second Amendment, US Constitution
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Guns: “How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment”
Source: How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment – POLITICO Magazine A fascinating, beautifully written 2014 piece by Michael Waldman, the President of the Brennan Center, reproduced today given what happened in Vegas. When I say, “beautifully written,” I mean … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life
Tagged " George Mason University, "liberatarianism" and gun rights, Antonin Scalia, Brennan Center, DC v Heller, Democracy in Chains, gun control, gun nuts are racist, Jack Rakove, Michael Waldman, Nancy MacLean, NRA, Patrick Henry and gun rights, Politico, Second Amendment, the War Between the States, Thomas Jefferson and gun rights, Volokh Conspiracy
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“The State of Redistricting Litigation (August 2017 Edition)”
The State of Redistricting Litigation (August 2017 Edition) | Brennan Center for Justice A couple of weeks ago, a family discussion about the usual–the Horror, how it came about, the 2016 election, Hillary, et al–convinced me that the link above … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Brennan Center, Charlottesville, gerrymander, gerrymandering, Second Amendment, Shelby v Holder, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965, white supremacy
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