[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Early voting in Nevada starts October 18th, and on the very bottom of your ballot are three very important ballot initiatives. Bob faced mining lobbyist Jim Waddhams and clearly won the debate. Click here to watch the debate on Las Vegas PBS’ website. Vote YES on Question 2 and […]
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Nevada Residents Are Calling Their Obamacare Hotline In Tears, Desperate For Health Coverage | ThinkProgress. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Filling existing vacancies is his job, says the editorial board of the USA Today and we couldn’t agree more. Anyone familiar with the history of Depression-era America knows what “court packing” means. Frustrated that the Supreme Court was striking down some of his New Deal programs, President Frankin Roosevelt proposed […]
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] And Why the Whole World is Watching When he signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965, President Lyndon Johnson said: This act flows from a clear and simple wrong. . . . Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color. This law […]
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”] by Nicole Flatow of thinkprogress.org A retired federal judge warned Friday against blind faith in the secret court deciding the scope of U.S. government surveillance. During a panel discussion on constitutional privacy protection in the wake of a leaked Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court […]
Supreme Court Justices Tip Their Hands In Affirmative Action Case | TPMDC.
By Nan Aron of the Alliance for Justice This should be a routine story. Every president does exactly the same thing; when there are vacancies on the federal bench the president is required to nominate new judges, subject, of course, to the advice and consent of the Senate. It’s in his job description (see Constitution; […]
Today is national DNA Day. It marks the day on which James Watson and Francis Crick along with Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin published their papers elucidating the structure of human DNA. 10 years ago today also marks the day that scientists working on the Human Genome Project announced that their efforts were nearly complete. […]
This week brought with it surprising and welcome news on Tuesday in the form of due pass recommendation for SJR 15 from the Senate Committee on Revenue. After hearing testimony in support of SJR15 from numerous supporters followed by testimony from the Nevada Mining Association and a legal representative of the industry in opposition, or was it […]
Earlier this month, during one of his new across-the-aisle good-will tours, President Obama pleaded with Senate Republicans to ease up on their record number of filibusters of his nominees. He might as well have been talking to one of the statues in the Capitol. Republicans have made it clear that erecting hurdles for Mr. Obama […]