Fourth Circuit Decision Sets Up Next Potential 2A Showdown at Supreme Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” earlier this month, likely setting the stage for the next major Second Amendment showdown at the Supreme Court. The case, Bianchi v. Brown, features Maryland residents who challenge the constitutionality of a 2013 state law that generally prohibits them from buying or possessing any firearm deemed an “assault weapon.” The statute defines that term to include hundreds of specific models of semiautomatic rifles, as well as any other semiautomatic rifle that either (1) has…

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MoveOn Statement on RFK Jr. Dropping Out and Endorsing Trump

Rahna Epting: “With Kamala Harris on the rise and both Donald Trump and RFK Jr. cratering, this is a desperate play to shake up the race. RFK Jr.’s endorsement will not save him.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to news that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is officially dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Donald Trump as mentioned in a Pennsylvania court filing, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “We have always recognized what the RFK Jr. campaign was: a MAGA front designed to…

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Kamala Harris accepts the Democrats’ nomination to be president

On Thursday night Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ nomination to be president. Just over a month after Joe Biden exited the race and passed her the baton, this was the most important speech of Kamala Harris’s career. Harris emerged on the blue carpeted stage at 9:31 pm to thunderous cheers. She is the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to be a major party nominee for U.S. President. Harris told her story on the historic night. Harris was in control, shared her values, told the country where…

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Should the Secret Service lose its cyber fraud mission? One lawmaker thinks so

New legislation in the House would strip the Secret Service of its mission to investigate financial crimes and cyber fraud in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Rep. Ritchie Torries (D-N.Y.) last week introduced the “Focus on Protection Act.” The bill would transfer investigative jurisdiction over payment and financial systems from the Secret Service to the Treasury Department. In a statement, Torres said the move would allow the Secret Service to focus more on its protection mission. He called the Secret Service’s role in investigating…

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We Still Need to Trump-Proof America

What will happen if Donald Trump secures a second term as president? Polling remains close—and though a Democratic victory seems far more likely than it did before the Biden-Harris swap, it’s hardly assured. Should Trump pull out a win in November, voters might imagine that they know what to expect: more chaos, more grievance, more all-caps rants on social media. But a second Trump term would be much more dangerous than the first. Trump’s unexpected victory in 2016 left him flailing to staff the executive branch and unequipped with the…

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