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New Twists in the Abortion Debate
Readers discuss a threat to women’s rights and a novel interpretation of the 14th Amendment by the religious right.
April 11, 2021
To the Editor:
The pro-life movement has failed to recognize a crucial fact: Abortion has always existed, even where laws ban it. No public censure, legislation or punishment, not even protection of the fetus under the 14th Amendment, would prevent all abortions.
But we do know how to reduce the number of abortions. Comprehensive and accurate sex education and easy access to contraception, including for teenagers, have been proved to reduce abortions. Many abortion opponents resist those programs.

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The anti-abortion movement was never going to stop with overturning Roe v. Wade.
For years, Republicans have argued that their goal was to return the issue of abortion to the states. At no point was this believable; since 1984, the Republican Party platform has called for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. Having spent decades denouncing abortion as a singular moral evil, the anti-abortion movement will not be content to return to a pre-Roe status quo, where abortion was legal in some places but not others.
So it’s not that surprising that, with the possible end of Roe in sight, some opponents of abortion are thinking about how to ban it nationally. Last week my colleague Ross Douthat wrote about a debate within the anti-abortion movement sparked by a highly abstruse article by the Notre Dame professor John Finnis in the Catholic journal First Things. Finnis argues that fetuses are persons under the 14th Amendment, and that the Supreme Court should thus rule abortion unconstitutional. The political implication, wrote Douthat, is that just jettisoning Roe is “woefully insufficient.”

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April 06, 2021 12:35 IST
Composer Osei Essed talks about scoring for Netflix limited series ‘Amend: The Fight For America’, that also features Randall Park, Mahershala Ali and Yara Shahidi
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Composer Osei Essed talks about scoring for Netflix limited series ‘Amend: The Fight For America’, that also features Randall Park, Mahershala Ali and Yara Shahidi
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Amend: The Fight For America arrived on Netflix less than a month after US President Joe Biden’s swearing-in, composer Osei Essed feels the timing was just right given the changing socio-political atmosphere.

Will Smith Says He'll 'Consider' Running For Office 'At Some Point'
The actor said on “Pod Save America" that he's "optimistic" and "hopeful" about the future of the country.
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Will Smith attends the "Bad Boys for Life" photo call at Hotel Villa Magna on Jan. 8, 2020, in Madrid, Spain.
Will Smith 2024?
The 52-year-old actor revealed in a new podcast interview that he would “consider” running for office “at some point.”
“I think for now I’ll let that office get cleaned up a little bit,” Smith told Crooked Media’s “Pod Save America” in an interview released Monday. “And then I’ll consider that at some point down the line. I absolutely have an opinion, I’m optimistic, I’m hopeful, I believe in understanding between people and I believe in the possibility of harmony. I will certainly do my part, whether it remains artistic or, at some point, ventures into the political arena.”

With the Senate’s acquittal of President Trump
There are basically two options left on the table. The first was mentioned by Trump’s defense lawyers as an alternative to an impeachment conviction: a criminal investigation and indictment through the executive branch of the federal government or a state or local government, with a possible trial in the judicial branch. 
The second is to squeak out some accountability through the U.S. Congress. Some have called for a sanction under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. But more important for the rule of law and the Constitution going forward would be a slate of new legislation — post-Watergate style — aimed at plugging the many holes in the separation of powers that Trump exploited. 

Father of CT teen killed by police files wrongful death lawsuit
Feb. 19, 2021
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Former Wethersfield police Officer Layau Eulizier is captured on a fellow officer’s dashcam firing at a car during an officer-involved-shooting in Wethersfield, Conn. on April 20, 2019. The father of Anthony Vega-Cruz, the 18-year-old fatally shot in the incident, is suing the town of Wethersfield and Eulizier in federal court, alleging wrongful death.Contributed / Hartford State’s Attorney’s Office
WETHERSFIELD — The father of an 18-year-old killed by a town police officer in 2019 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and claims his son’s civil rights were violated.

Will Smith in a scene from Netflix's 'Amend: The Fight for America' trailer (Netflix)
It also offers insights from contemporary thought leaders and experts such as Martin Luther King Jr, Frederick Douglas, Ruth Bade Ginsburg and Andrew Johnson. Apart from Will Smith, the series is filled with all the biggies of the entertainment industry such as Samuel L Jackson, Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Pedro Pascal, Helen Hunt, Yara Shahidi and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Let’s take a look at the full cast of the series.
Cast
Will Smith (Host)
One of the most prolific actors of all time, Will Smith will be hosting the show based on the history of the US Constitution. The actor has appeared in more than 85 projects in his illustrious career and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

Fearing Trump in 2024, Will Democrats Pursue the 14th Amendment?
Commentary
With the Senate’s recent vote to acquit President Donald Trump, it’s worth reminding ourselves that an impeachment is, as author and historian Victor Davis Hansen describes, an “indictment process” and that the Senate is where the “trial” is actually held.
It’s also worth noting that a Senate trial should never have been held in the first place, as Trump had already left office and was, by this time, a private citizen. This fact had already been acknowledged by John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who refused to preside over the Senate hearings.

Can Trump Be Disqualified From the Presidency?
Commentary
After failing to convict former President Donald Trump in an impeachment trial, some Trump-detractors are promoting the idea of Congress banning him from the presidency. They believe Congress can use a provision in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to do so.
This proposal, like the impeachment itself, panders to those who fear and loath the former president. Like impeachment as well, it distracts public attention from the more important question of whether the official 2020 election returns were accurate—and, if not, how state lawmakers should respond.
Otherwise, however, the proposal serves no purpose, because Congress cannot disqualify Trump from serving as president again.

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Plot
The series tells all the minor details of the fourteenth amendment of the US constitution and what kind of effect it has on the lives of the people.
Will Smith in a scene from Netflix's 'Amend: The Fight for America' trailer (Netflix)
 
The official synopsis reads: “The show explores the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution — which, in 1868, promised liberty and equal protection for all persons — as America’s most enduring hallmark of democracy. It also offers insights from an inclusive array of contemporary thought leaders and experts.”
Cast
Will Smith will be the host of the series. The cast also includes Mahershala Ali, Pedro Pascal and Yara Shahidi.

Prof. Michael W. McConnell says that if the House had charged former President Donald Trump with something broader than “incitement of insurrection” — such as using the mob and other tactics to intimidate election officials to void the election results — it would have been harder for senators to vote to acquit. That may be so, but it seems unlikely that two-thirds of the Senate was going to convict the former president no matter how the charge against him had been framed.
Another charge the Democrats could have used was violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That provision precludes any officer of the United States from ever holding office again if they have “engaged in insurrection.”

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Since the Capitol siege, some lawmakers have said Donald Trump should be barred from future office.
The 14th Amendment could be the last option lawmakers have to accomplish this goal.
Legal scholars disagree about how, if at all, the bill could be applied in Trump's case, however.
In the wake of the Capitol siege, some US lawmakers have called for former President Donald Trump and some of their congressional colleagues to be removed from office or prevented from holding office again — and they may try to invoke the 14th Amendment to do it.
The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 and is known mostly for granting citizenship rights and equal protection under the law to anyone born or naturalized in the US, including Black people and those formerly enslaved.

They'd be wise to just let this go, but they aren't wise.

Response from Fla. Republican and Democratic leaders to Senate's acquittal of former President Trump
Response from FL Republican and Democratic leaders to Senate's acquittal of former President Trump
By:
McKenna King
and last updated 2021-02-14 10:28:20-05
TAMPA, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump was acquitted by the US Senate on Saturday on an article of impeachment that he incited the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6.
Florida's two Republican senators both voted to acquit the former president, while making it known they do not condone the violence at the U.S. Capitol.
But as is the case with just about any political decision, one party is happy with the outcome, and the other is outraged. That case holds true among political leaders in Florida.

As the impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump continues on, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did not rule out another avenue to punish the former president if he