Month: June 2022

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Consequences for justiceswho deceived Congress Thomas Jefferson, in his letter to the Baptist Association, referred to the First Amendment as erecting a wall between church and state. The Supreme Court now thinks otherwise. There must be repercussions for one who

The House and Senate both passed a new bipartisan gun safety law, and while it was signed by the president and supported by two branches of government, there’s a fear that the Supreme Court will attempt to overrule the law. A Slate report expressed the concern on Monday after President Joe Biden signed the bill

New York’s registered Democrats and Republicans are voting in primaries Tuesday that will determine the parties’ choices for governor. While Governor Kathy Hochul is comfortably ahead of her two Democratic opponents, the result of the four-way Republican primary is less clear. Hochul wants to be elected to a full four-year term as governor, after replacing

WASHINGTON — The booing didn’t bother him. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who was viciously jeered by hundreds of Texas Republicans at the party convention in Houston this month, said he had an inkling that might happen given his high-profile role negotiating the Senate’s bipartisan gun legislation. But the visceral intraparty criticism didn’t affect the final

This article was paid for by Raw Story subscribers. Not a subscriber? Try us and go ad-free for $1. Prefer to give a one-time tip? Click here. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chris Murphy may still look like a kid, but he doesn’t legislate like a sophomore these days. In 2006, he was first sent to Washington

As they battle over a 2018 Florida law that raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy rifles and other long guns, attorneys for the state and the National Rifle Association are trying to use a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling to bolster their arguments. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a

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TALLAHASSEE — As they battle over a 2018 Florida law that raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy rifles and other long guns, attorneys for the state and the National Rifle Association are trying to use a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling to bolster their arguments. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn on Monday downplayed conservative criticism of the gun violence package he helped shepherd into law and defended the final product as evidence Congress can still come together behind bipartisan compromise to address pressing issues. Cornyn recounted being disappointed but hardly shocked at the raucous jeering that greeted his address to

Former U.S. President Donald Trump applauses during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A federal criminal investigation is threatening the proposed merger between former President Donald Trump’s social media enterprise and a special purpose acquisition company, a deal that would give the combined

click to enlarge Eric Greitens and a paramilitary goon squad prepare to break into an empty house in Greitens latest campaign ad. Can we please have a round of applause for disgraced ex-Governor Eric Greitens? Give a predator credit where credit is due. Missouri’s most famous violent abuser of women and children just pulled off

There is a common thread between the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Texas, and Laguna Beach, California, the January 6 insurrection, everyday police lethality, and the overturning of Roe v Wade. Add to this list the critical race theory and queer American discussion bans in public schools across the country. It is the tangled

On raising age for gun I’m writing this because people want to have laws to stop 18-year-old people from buying a weapon. If that is what the people and government of our nation want, then let’s stop taking 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds into the military and handing them guns to shoot, showing them how to

Hate politics? It may be wise to stay away from your TV for the next few weeks. If you do tune in, it won’t be long before you encounter one of countless advertisements paid for and promoted by campaigns for state and federal office. An open U.S. Senate seat, two U.S. House seats and statehouse districts have resulted

Nathan W. Jones leads the Bay Area chapter of the Black Gun Owners Assn. But until a few years ago, he wasn’t even into guns. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, sending racial justice protesters into the streets. And white supremacists trashed the U.S. Capitol in the Jan.