Category: Politics
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ACLU
The ACLU has evolved in the years since from this small group of idealists into the nation’s premier defender of the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
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Jared Yates Sexton: Preparing for the Storm
Happy new year to you. I hope in 2024 you found some things of value. Perhaps, like myself, you were both dismayed by what happened but also motivated. As I’ve discussed in a previous Audio From A Collapsing State, moments of immense danger and rising authoritarianism have a tendency to bring clarity.
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Birthright Citizenship
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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Trump Pulls the Plug on the Gun Violence Prevention Website
The web page for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention that was once on the White House website is now offline.
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Homeland Security – Enforcement Discretion
On January 20, 2025, I signed a memorandum entitled Exercising appropriate Discretion Under Parole Authority. That memorandum clarifies DHS’s position regarding the scope of the parole statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1182( d)(5), and directs a variety of actions to implement the memorandum.