Democrats Unveil Long-Shot Plan To Expand Size Of Supreme Court From 9 To 13
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Liberal congressional Democrats unveiled a proposal Thursday to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court from nine to 13 â a move Republicans have blasted as court packing and which has almost no chance of being voted on after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she has no plans to bring it to the floor.
The measure, the Judiciary Act of 2021, is being co-sponsored by Reps. Jerrold Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Hank Johnson of Georgia, Mondaire Jones of New York and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
Florida Senate approves âanti-riotâ bill, heads now to DeSantis
The call to action came after nearly three hours of emotional and heated debate on the Senate floor.
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Protesters walk down Ashley dr. towards Interstate 275 before police stopped the group using pepper spray and a line of police officers on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Tampa. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
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TALLAHASSEE â In what marked one of the most emotional moments of Floridaâs 2021 legislative session, Senate Democrats on Thursday called on major Republican political donors to pressure Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop âanti-mobâ legislation they deem racist, unconstitutional and partisan.
âDonât sit on the sidelines, do something. Take a position,â Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, said in a call to grocery store chains, theme parks and utility companies, many of whom are big contributors to Florida Republicans. Many of them also contribute to Demo
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In a pathetic Thursday morning announcement in front of the Supreme Court, a gathering of radical Democrats from the House and Senate announced a bill that would pack the court with four liberal justices in an attempt to undo the conservative majority on the highest bench. It was a sleazy plot that would undo over 150 years of precedent, but it apparently didn’t rise to the level of newsworthy for the
CBS Evening News, since they gave it ZERO airtime a few hours later.
Over on ABC’s
World News Tonight, the Democratic Party’s attack on our democracy only garnered 24 seconds from the normally sensationalist, anchor David Muir. “
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Though the explosion of social media and messaging apps has made our lives very public, this is not the first time that society has had to grapple with the issue of privacy. As the writer Gabriel García Márquez famously said. “All human beings have three lives: public, private and secret.”
The boundaries between these spheres and our understanding of these lines vary with time, the nature of the society to which we belong and, often, the class of society from which we are drawn. Ironically, even though we often claim to value our privacy, our actions make it clear that we don’t.
Alfalit Liberia Graduates pose for the photo before commencing their program cremony
A fraternal group, Alfalit-Liberia, has certificated 310 adult learners in basic reading, math, and writing skills. They received the certificates at the Christian Adult Literacy & Empowerment Program graduation ceremony held on April 14, 2021, at the Paynesville City Hall.
Under the theme, ‘From Darkness to Light’, students were tutored from Kindegarten to 3
rd grade level in Reading, Writing and Math for nine months.
The ceremony was graced by the Minister of Agriculture, Jeanine Milly Cooper, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, B. Elias Shoniyin, Former Paynesville City Mayor, Cyvette M. Gibson, deputy chief of staff in the office of Vice P, Jewel Howard Taylor, T. Titus Charley, Bai Sama G. Best, Managing Director, Daily Observer, Rodney D. Sieh, Managing Editor, Frontpage Africa, and Alex Devine, CEO of Event Consultancy and the Chief organizer of the ICON Liberia.