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John McVitty - 07771987378 - The first person to be charged regarding a series of historical child sexual abuse cases in County Fermanagh appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court today, Wednesday. 85-year-old James Balmer of Cherryville, Enniskillen, appeared via videolink regarding five charges of indecent assault on a male. The charges relate to alleged incidents involving two males on dates between September 1 and 15, September 16, September 30, 1989, and between November 17, 1988, an...

#BTColumn – Forcing workers to take the vaccine Article by April 28, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Dr Ralph Gonsalves, recently caused an eruption of conversation throughout the Caribbean when he issued an ultimatum on the radio programme VC3, to the teachers of SVG ahead of reopening of schools there...

Liberia: National Civil Society Council Wants Coalition of Political Parties, Unity Party Reprimand Mo Ali for ‘Criminal Solicitation and Coercion’ Liberia: National Civil Society Council Wants Coalition of Political Parties, Unity Party Reprimand Mo Ali for ‘Criminal Solicitation and Coercion’ Share The Council, in a statement issued on Wednesday through its Chairperson, Loretta Alethea Pope Kai said it is deeply concerned, worried and taken aback over the recent wave of unprecedented ...

Letter: H.R. 1 must be rejected Published: 4/6/2021 7:44:15 AM This voting rights bill must be rejected by Senators Hassan and Shaheen. This is a politically biased bill that favors the ability to have Democrats to control the federal government. It is a total destruction of Article Two of the U,S, Constitution and the second paragraph that gives the states the power to legislate rules for voting. Some politicians try to justify voting for H.R. 1 by saying it prohibits voter suppression. This v...

PLR deems judicial modifications of trust don’t impact generation-skipping tax exemption. Private Letter Ruling 202108001 (released Feb. 26, 2021) addresses the intersection of the best of times – a grandfathered generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax-exempt trust funded generously enough to warrant the cost of a PLR application – and the worst of times, namely drafting careless enough to include a digit mid-word in the title of a trust article.  And the hero of our PLR is, undoubt...

House impeachment managers on Thursday concluded their case against Donald Trump, urging senators to convict the former President for inciting the

The Senate sets its own rules. Milk is involved

© Getty Images In Article Two, Section Two, Clause One, the United States Constitution gives the president “the Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” In Federalist #74, Alexander Hamilton provided the rationale for such a broad grant of authority to the president. Without some recourse to “exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt,” Hamilton added, “justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.” Thi...

Most Americans Dont Know Whats In The Constitution: A Crisis Of Civic Education "We The People" have been talking a lot about our founding document—the United States Constitution, a 233-year-old rule book for American life and governance thats especially relevant right now.  The inauguration process is detailed in the 20th Amendment, the impeachment of a president is described in Article One, Sections Two and Three. And the 2020 election results were certified by the states, and counted by C...

Rep. Waters Votes to Impeach Donald Trump for Second Time By Sentinel News Service U.S. Congresswomen Maxine Waters (Courtesy photo) Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement after casting her vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump for a second time. “Today, I voted to impeach Donald J. Trump – the worst and most dangerous president in the history of the United States of America. Today, he became the first...