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On the first day of the Biden administration, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confirmed that state-run intrastate online lotteries may continue to operate, consistent with the US Department of Justice s guidance during the Obama administration, which the DOJ had withdrawn and reversed in 2018.
2 Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands have authorized lotteries, as well as New Hampshire, whose lottery commission was a claimant in the First Circuit case. The First Circuit s opinion gives comfort to those state-run lotteries already operating online, as well as their service providers around the world, to continue operating without fear of criminal exposure under the 1961 Wire Act. In addition to removing that significant criminal enforcement risk, the decision may signal momentum for significant growth in the gambling industry despite some continuing limitations to
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Donald Trump is the leader of a political crime family. As president, he abused the power and influence of the office to personally enrich himself, his family and his inner circle. Much of Trump s apparent extortion, self-dealing, influence-peddling, and outright blackmail was done in plain sight. One such scheme, in which Trump attempted to extort the president of Ukraine into launching a phony investigation of Joe Biden, resulted in his impeachment (that is, for the first time).
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AU, UNDP launch year-long project
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Addis Ababa, Jan 31 : The African Union (AU) Commission and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have kicked off a year-long project to mark the 20th anniversary since the establishment of the bloc.
The year-long initiative, dubbed AU at 20: A Renewed Call to Action for the 21st Century , envisaged to mark the 20th anniversary since the establishment of the AU towards charting a renewed call to action towards achieving continental and global development aspirations, Xinhua news agency reported. Endorsed by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the project will undertake a data-driven study to assess progress and chart a renewed call to action towards achieving Agenda 2063 (The Africa We Want) and the UN s Agenda 2030, an AU statement issued on Friday read.
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ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) The African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday kicked off a year-long project to mark the 20th anniversary since the establishment of the AU.
The year-long initiative, dubbed AU at 20: A Renewed Call to Action for the 21st Century, envisaged to mark the 20th anniversary since the establishment of the AU towards charting a renewed call to action towards achieving continental and global development aspirations. Endorsed by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the project will undertake a data-driven study to assess progress and chart a renewed call to action towards achieving Agenda 2063 (The Africa We Want) and the UN s Agenda 2030, an AU statement issued on Friday read.
Can a Former President Assert Executive Privilege in an Impeachment Trial?
President Trump speaks after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 30, 2020. (NASA HQ PHOTO, https://flic.kr/p/2j7okd4; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
The central question of former President Trump’s second impeachment trial may be very similar to the central question of the first trial. Putting aside the larger discussion about whether a president who is impeached but then leaves office may still be tried in the Senate (questions addressed comprehensively by scholar Keith Wittington here), this trial will depend primarily on examining Trump’s intent. And another question may be familiar as well: If the Senate needs evidence of Trump’s intent, to what extent, if at all, can Trump suppress that evidence by invoking executive privilege?