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Jury Nullification and the Spoils System
By: vic-eldred
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Op/Ed
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152 Comments
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2 years ago
Jury Nullification: In its strictest sense, jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a Not Guilty verdict even though jurors believe beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant has...
Matthew McConaughey: It’s time to act on gun responsibility
Via: gullivers-island
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Op/Ed
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27 Comments
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2 years ago
I am a father, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and an American. I was also born in Uvalde, Texas. That’s why I’m writing this. I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second...
Rewrite the Second Amendment
Via: gullivers-island
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Op/Ed
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141 Comments
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2 years ago
This Op-Ed, from the New York Times, is as relevant today as it was when it was first published on April 4, 2013. Nothing has changed in the last nine years but that doesn't mean nothing can ever...
The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment
Via: gullivers-island
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Op/Ed
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1 Comments
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2 years ago
John Paul Stevens suggested the Second Amendment be augmented with five additional words: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to...
A Supreme Court justice’s solution to gun violence: Repeal Second Amendment
Via: vic-eldred
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Op/Ed
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31 Comments
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2 years ago
Four years ago, when — as now — the nation was reeling from the horror of a mass school shooting, a retired Supreme Court justice suggested a radical solution: getting rid of the Second...
A slaughter of the most innocent in the Heartland
By: vic-eldred
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Op/Ed
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155 Comments
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2 years ago
At least 19 very young school children and two adults are dead after a madman went on a rampage in a Texas elementary school. Accounts of the tragedy are only now beginning to emerge....
A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing......William Shakespeare
By: vic-eldred
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Op/Ed
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131 Comments
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2 years ago
As gas prices hit another record high and parents struggle to find baby formula, Joe Biden made it clear that it's not his fault. No, it's the fault of the people his handlers hate. Now it's an...