Court packing is the expansion of the Court with the intention to install new justices who will change the ideology of the Court.
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Media Bias: An Expanding Chasm
Left disputes right, right disputes left, and in the middle are the American citizenry just trying to determine what actually is happening in our country.
Understanding the SCOTUS DACA Opinion
DACA was not affirmed. The process by which DHS rescinded DACA was remanded. Neither the Court nor the Respondents challenged the authority of DHS to rescind DACA.
Section 1557: Sex Discrimination and the Affordable Care Act
The Trump administration did not revoke transgender health protections. The new HHS rule is in response to litigation that forced HHS to revise a rule that was barred from implementation in 2016.
Section 230: A Complicated Issue
Like everything else, the debate surrounding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 is far more complex and nuanced than media reporting is willing to concede.
Qualified Immunity: No Reasonable or Legal Justification
I have found no reasonable or legal justification for Qualified Immunity (QI). QI, established by the Judiciary, is in direct contradiction to existing law and 14th Amendment protections.
George Floyd: A Seemingly Indefensible Case for Force
There is nothing good about the case involving George Floyd. Police were called to the scene because a store owner reported that Mr. Floyd was highly intoxicated and paid for his purchase with fake currency. Neither of those alleged offenses are violent offenses. Floyd was in the driver's seat of the vehicle when officers arrived on scene. From the video that we have there is no indication that Mr. Floyd was resisting arrest, and the officers acknowledged that Mr. Floyd appeared to be in medical distress. Just from what is known right now, there seems to be no evidence that the restraint technique employed by (former) Officer Derek Chauvin was warranted, which could make him criminally liable for Mr. Floyd's death.
Congressional Insider Trading: FBI Investigates Senators Burr and Feinstein
Both Senator Burr and Senator Feinstein had access to Congressional briefings on the severity of COVID-19 prior to that information becoming public. It is alleged that this information led the Senators to sell their stocks saving them thousands in losses that were about to occur.
A COVID-19 Vaccine is a Terrible Benchmark for Restoring Freedoms
Combatting COVID-19 has always been a risk mitigation scenario. Governments have assumed the role of your risk management authority, a responsibility that rightfully belongs to you. The governments should educate the population on the risk, severity, and mitigation strategies but the ultimate decisions should fall to the people. To be free you must have choice.
Liberty and Safety
It is not better to be safe than free. In the world of liberty, the consequences you suffer, either good or bad, are generally a result of your action or inaction. In a world of safety, the consequences of other’s action or inaction are suffered by you.
Voter ID and Voter Fraud
Requiring a photo ID to vote can mitigate some of voter fraud opportunities, but more needs to be done to ensure the integrity of elections.
No, President Trump cannot Order the Economy to Reopen
President Trump, and his administration, were not able to close the United States (US) economy and they will not be able to order it reopened. The President’s administration can offer guidelines and recommendations for the States, but ultimately it is up to the States to determine when they want to reopen.
Red Flag Laws are Antithetical to the Founding of the United States
It should be difficult for the State or Federal governments to take the life, liberty, or property of the citizens.
Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020 = Gun Ban and Erosion of Liberty
The House has a bill in committee called HR 5717 - Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020. The bill proposes to do a number of things from establishing a Federal Firearms License to own firearms and ammunition, raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm, defines and bans “assault” weapons, bans “silencers” and mufflers, enforces secure gun storage orders, and levies heavy taxes on firearms and ammunition. In the end, HR 5717 is an attempt to strip away liberty, minimize the Second Amendment, and criminalize otherwise benign firearms ownership.
What is Worse than COVID-19? A Government in Complete Control Over Your Daily Life.
In less than a month, State governments have begun to issue stay at home orders, some States have criminalized leaving your home, public gatherings have been banned, public parks have been closed, schools have been closed for the school year, and we have simply gone along. Is that really a power we want vested in our governments?
Congressional Insider Trading: A Fundamental Issue
Therefore, it is very difficult to look at this situation as anything other than insider trading. Members of Congress have clearly participated in the stock market to either realize a personal financial gain or mitigate a probable upcoming loss using information they have access to by virtue of their position in Congress while denying that information to the American people.
California Voter Registration Concerns
In October of 2015, California enacted a law (AB 1461) that required the Department of Motor Vehicles to forward records for eligible applicants to the Secretary of State’s Office for registration unless those applicants elected not to register to vote. The law was well intended and aimed to reduce the leg work on behalf of the applicants to become registered voters.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 is serious, especially if you are over 60 with pre-existing cardiovascular issues, diabetes, respiratory disease, or hypertension. If you are under 60 and otherwise healthy, there is no reason for you to be buying your local Walmart out of toilet paper.
Incidence of a Tax and the Elasticities of the Prices Supply and Demand
Taxes are often targeted at individuals or companies, but how does the construct of the economy effect who actually pays the tax? An incidence of a tax is how the share of a tax falls on either the producer or consumer. More simply, the incidence of a tax is a measure that determines who pays the tax.
Free Markets vs Socialism
“Economics is the study of how individuals and societies choose to use the scarce resources that nature and previous generations have provided.” There are two important fundamentals outlined in the scholastic definition of Economics; resources are scarce and how resources are distributed is a product of choice. In all developed societies, access to resources is determined by volume of money (which itself is a scarce resource).