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ATLANTA, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Global nonprofit Points of Light announced today it will hold the third annual celebration of The George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards on September 28, 2021, and will recognize Hugh Evans, co-founder of The Oaktree Foundation and Global Citizen, Francine A. LeFrak, founder of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation and the Same Sky Foundation Fund, and Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, with this year s The George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards.
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama will once again serve as honorary co-chairs, with Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush Hager, Lauren Bush Lauren, Wendy Wear Stapleton and Victor and Patricia Ganzi serving as co-chairs for this year s in-person event that will be livestreamed for a home audience. The celebration honors the legacy of President George H.W. Bush and the individuals who demon
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Last week the Supreme Court heard its most important student speech case in nearly a half-century. The case took into question whether schools can punish students for speech that occurred off campus or online. The case has the ability to transform student speech rights in every public school nationwide. No matter what decision is made in the case, the state of Utah ought to make a statement to the nation by passing legislation in defense of student speech.
To begin to understand student speech rights nationwide, you must first look at the case of
Tinker versus the Des Moines Independent Community School District. A woman named Mary Beth Tinker made one choice that revolutionized how the government views student rights nationwide. Motivated by strong emotions and wanting to express her First Amendment rights, she wore a black armband to school, an action which escalated to the suspension of five children and a 7-2 decision in the United States Supreme Cou
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Independent Women’s Law Center (IWLC) filed an amicus brief on Friday in support of CVS Pharmacy, arguing that Americans should not be able to sue for monetary damages simply because a well-intentioned policy has a disproportionate negative impact on the disabled.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits federally-financed health programs from discriminating as defined by the Rehabilitation Act. Plaintiffs attorneys filed suit across the country arguing that CVS Pharmacy’s specialty-drug program is discriminatory because it disproportionately impacts those who seek prescription medications related to HIV. CVS gives those who take specialty medicines a couple of options: they may choose to have them delivered to their home or pick them up from a local CVS pharmacy. If they want to pick them up at a different pharmacy, they pay more.
DEAR EDITOR:
Democracy in America relies on checks and balances. It is critical the Supreme Court, an essential institution that checks the power of Congress, and the executive branch, remain judicially independent. Preserving the independence of the U.S. Supreme Court is not only an essential check on our American democratic system, but it is also essential to preserving American democracy as a whole.
For the last 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has been composed of nine justices. However, if one political party in America’s two-party system has the White House, and majorities in the House and Senate, politicians could add more than nine justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, throwing the court’s balance into chaos.