Published on January 20th, 2021
After Joe Biden finishes swearing his oath of office Wednesday, it appears he’ll only take half a breath before getting cracking on what his chief of staff Ron Klain calls “four overlapping and compounding crises” by issuing a 10-day run of executive orders. Many will necessarily be directed at upending actions taken by Donald J. Trump during his 1,461-day occupation of the White House. Because it
is Joe Biden, some orders will be directed specifically toward healing the nation’s divisions.
Mounted police at an antiwar protest in San Francisco, April 4, 1967.
By Meteor Blades
Every president since George Washington has issued executive orders although the term does not appear in the Constitution but is assumed a prerogative under executive power. Washington’s first such order in the autumn of 1789 was to declare a national day of thanksgiving. It wasn’t until Abraham Lincoln took office that the term “execut
News Release
January 19, 2021
PHOENIX Governor Doug Ducey today announced the appointments of Jeffrey Sklar, Lisa Abrams and Gary Cohen to the Pima County Superior Court to fill the vacancies created by the appointment of Judge John Hinderaker to the United States District Court, District of Arizona and the retirement of Judges Gus Aragón and Leslie Miller.
Jeffrey Sklar is a Partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, where he has been a commercial litigator since 2010. He represents businesses and business owners in various legal disputes, and he has experience in eminent domain, antitrust, receiverships, and bankruptcy law. He also serves as outside general counsel to the Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. In addition, Sklar has been serving since 2018 as a Pima County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem, where he handles civil and family law related settlement conferences.
National Coalition For Men (NCFM) today will petition the US Supreme Court to find the current men-only military registration unconstitutional
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The Selective Service System currently discriminates on the basis of gender in requiring only men to register for the draft. Male-only draft registration is one of the very few remaining examples of sex discrimination under federal law and must be reversed to remove outdated stereotypes that are harmful to both men and women.
Marc Angelucci, Esq.
NCFM President Harry Crouch said, “For decades men have suffered penalties for not registering with the Selective Service, including huge fines and imprisonment. NCFM is very pleased that the ACLU is representing us in our case to end one of the last remaining forms of explicit sex discrimination.
This week in history in Douglas County.
Written By:
Rachel Barduson | 2:00 pm, Dec. 30, 2020
1905, 115 years ago: In the winter, Austin and Nellie Halstead travel from their farm on the south shore of Lake Mary across the lake to Alexandria, as the lake was easier to traverse than the roads. When he spotted a wolf on the lake, Austin would chase it with his team of horses, Blackie and Babe.
1970, 50 years ago: A total of 441 Douglas County men are now currently on active duty with U.S. military forces, according to Lucille Bjerke, clerk of Douglas County Local Board 21 of the Selective Service System. Of the 441, 71 had been inducted in service and 370 had enlisted.