opinion Paul G. Summers | Guest Columnist Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law in America. Amendments are part of the Constitution. The first ten Amendments, or Bill of Rights, were submitted… Continue reading Why the Founding Fathers ratified the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution
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US announces criminal cases involving flow of technology, information to Russia, China, Iran
Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 20 | Friday, May 12, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced a series of criminal cases Tuesday tracing the illegal flow of sensitive technology, including Apple’s software code for self-driving cars and materials used for missiles, to foreign adversaries like Russia, China and Iran. Some of… Continue reading US announces criminal cases involving flow of technology, information to Russia, China, Iran
Federal Appeals Court: Musk must abide by SEC settlement over 2018 tweets
Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 20 | Friday, May 12, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker’s share price to jump and led… Continue reading Federal Appeals Court: Musk must abide by SEC settlement over 2018 tweets
Idaho man who dangled from Senate balcony during Capitol riot gets 15 months
VOL. 47 | NO. 20 | Friday, May 12, 2023 The Associated Press Updated 6:53AM An Idaho man who traveled to Washington in a car loaded with weapons and was photographed dangling from the Senate balcony during the Capitol riot was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison. Josiah Colt, one of the first rioters… Continue reading Idaho man who dangled from Senate balcony during Capitol riot gets 15 months
Why Biden is wary of using the 14th Amendment to address debt limit
Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 20 | Friday, May 12, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — If the fight with Congress over raising the government’s debt limit is such a dire threat, why doesn’t President Joe Biden just raise the borrowing ceiling himself? It’s theoretically possible, but he’s skeptical. The administration has been searching for… Continue reading Why Biden is wary of using the 14th Amendment to address debt limit
EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
VOL. 47 | NO. 20 | Friday, May 12, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change. A rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection… Continue reading EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
Jury finds Donald Trump liable in civil sex abuse case of E. Jean Carroll
A federal jury found former President Donald Trump liable Tuesday in a civil case for sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll in 1996 and said he should pay her $5 million in total damages, a verdict that could further complicate the former president’s election bid in 2024. The jury, which deliberated fewer than… Continue reading Jury finds Donald Trump liable in civil sex abuse case of E. Jean Carroll
Yellen: ‘No good options’ if Congress fails to act on debt
VOL. 47 | NO. 19 | Friday, May 5, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out… Continue reading Yellen: ‘No good options’ if Congress fails to act on debt
Judge gives Trump time to decide on testifying at rape trial
VOL. 47 | NO. 19 | Friday, May 5, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hinted Thursday that he might show up soon at the New York City trial where a jury is hearing allegations that he raped a woman in the mid-1990s. The former president’s lawyers insist that he won’t attend the proceedings… Continue reading Judge gives Trump time to decide on testifying at rape trial
How Sixth Amendment eventually led Tennessee to create a public defender system
opinion Paul G. Summers | Guest Columnist Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. I served four years active duty in the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG), prosecuting and defending courts-martial. Under the Uniform Code of Military… Continue reading How Sixth Amendment eventually led Tennessee to create a public defender system