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impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held at the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful 9th circuit court, which has jurisdiction for the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit has been regarded as a progressive bastion, but president trump was able to appoint ten judges to the ninth circuit. it limited what idaho could do with regard to its homeless. this ti...

The current afirmtive action by the supreme court, looking a at what's best for me, i would the love to have the benefit. but looking at what's right for everyone, i don't see how i coulded a vo caught for legacied a madmissions when 70% are whit ask we have taken out of the equation race. >> you must not have found my commentary persuasive, which is fine. but what of the idea that legacy admissions benefit everybody now, particularly in a post affirmative action world? and the gentleman from nyu who said, i wasn't a beneficiary of legacy, but i shared some of the benefits of it because of the...

On the parental rights bill in florida or public school education or all these other hot button cultural issues and realize the polling is against them. desantis parental rights bill over half of americans and people in florida support it in new polls that came out this past week. education, most people in the country think the public school system is headed in the wrong direction. most americans are against a firmtive action in colleges. you name crime as one of the biggest issues and democrats are really viewed unfavorably on that issue as well. this is an issue -- democrats figure out they ...

Considered briefly for the supreme court a few years ago says there's a notion of a super precedent. that even a conservative judge who disagreed with roe might decide to confirm it because it's been reaffirmed. that's really the central question in these hearings. not only for roe but also for afirmtive action and the death penalty and all the cases where justice kennedy was with the liberals. it's very hard to tease out what a nominee thinks about this issue. susan collins' concern suggests there maybe will be real concerns and that's going to be the central focus of the hearings. >> writ la...

Opportunity and firmtive action and make a living wage law for contractors and josh's head is about to explode. >> yes, it is. >> it would create jobs and put more in the hands of people that spend money in the economy. >> i think these ideas really undermine efforts to provide high-quality government services and serve the needs of taxpayers. we're mostly talking about state and local governments here. the federal government is supporting these activities but many like home health aides through medicaid and such are run by state and local governments. we spend half of the money on unemploymen...