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Supreme Court Denies Review in Critical Trans Bathroom Case That Could Have Clarified Title IX

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The Supreme Court unceremoniously denied review Tuesday in a case that would have clarified once and for all whether separating bathrooms based on biological sex violates either Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 or the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Now, the nation must wait with bated breath for publication of the Department of Education’s final Title IX rule. That Biden administration rule promises to upend decades of sex equality in education by allowing students in a federally funded school to use the bathroom that corresponds to…

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The Case for Debt-Ceiling Optimism

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As the government careens toward the brink of default without a deal to lift the debt limit, an unlikely source of reassurance has emerged. “I think everyone needs to relax,” Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday in his home state of Kentucky. “The country will not default.” The longtime Republican leader, who once boasted of being the Senate’s “grim reaper,” isn’t known for his soothing bedside manner. His equanimity was hard to reconcile with the vibes emanating from the Capitol on that particular day, where House Republican negotiators were accusing…

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Former Texas Mayor Acquitted in Voter Fraud Case 

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A Texas jury acquitted a former mayor on 12 counts of election fraud in connection with what prosecutors said was a ballot harvesting ring.  After six hours of deliberation Thursday, a Hidalgo County jury acquitted former Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina, The Associated Press reported.  Molina was found not guilty of one count of organized fraud as well as 11 counts of illegal voting, all stemming from his 2017 election victory.   The verdict came three years after Texas Rangers arrested Molina in April 2019, along with 18 others, on charges of…

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Fox News Dealt Major Setback In Dominion’s Mega-Defamation Case

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<p>Fox News is staring down the barrel of a $ 1.6 billion defamation claim after it failed to get the case against it by Dominion Voting Systems dismissed.</p> <p>The decision Thursday by a state judge in Delaware clears the way for Dominion Voting Systems to proceed to discovery in the case and cranks up the pressure on Fox News in the high-stakes battle over its coverage of the 2020 election aftermath.</p> Talking Points Memo

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‘It Tears at Your Heart.’ Democrats Make an Emotional Case to Senators — and America — Against Trump – TIME

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‘It Tears at Your Heart.’ Democrats Make an Emotional Case to Senators — and America — Against Trump  TIME Trump impeachment: Graphic video shown as ex-president called ‘inciter in chief’  BBC News US: Democrats say Capitol mob sought to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  Business Standard US Senate begins trial; Democrats make their case against Trump  BusinessLine GOP senators call case against Trump ‘compelling’ after seeing new video of Capitol riot during impeachment trial  CNBC View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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