Zoie H. v. Nebraska poses the question of whether Second Amemdment rights can be lost/suspended due to a conviction for which there is no right to a jury trial. In this case, it was a juvenile conviction, but I can also see it arising in the context of misdemeanor domestic violence convictions. [More]
Revolutionary Communist Party leader backs Biden [More]
“They made it retroactive and did not tell us. That’s the deal,” Cochran said. “We had no idea. We could have asked [customers] if they had purchased a gun in June.The law does say 30 days, but everybody would have naturally assumed that it started July 1 — we all did,” he added. [More]
Gang member carries out three shootings after being freed without bail: prosecutors [More]
The five plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege that the purchase of helmets, gas masks, protective clothing, goggles, gloves, boots, umbrellas and other gear they say are needed to fend off police pepper spray, less-lethal projectiles and other crowd-dispersal tools has impinged on their civil right to peacefully protest. [More]
Hundreds of Domestic Terrorism Investigations Opened Since Start of George Floyd Protests, Official Says [More]
LEAKED VIDEO EXPOSES GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH AS TRAGEDY AND RACE HOAX USED TO DIVIDE US [More]
Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner fended off a primary challenge from former city prosecutor Mary Pat Carl in decisive fashion. [More]
Two men—one of them a police officer—overdoses on fentanyl they thought was cocaine [More]
BREAKING: Justice Democrat & Black Lives Matter organizer @CoriBush defeated a corporate-backed political dynasty in #MO01.
— Justice Democrats (@justicedems) August 5, 2020
From the Bronx to St. Louis, the Squad is here to stay, and it’s still growing. pic.twitter.com/ogMU5Djx6Z
This coming technocracy involves close cooperation between the heads of the digital industry and of governments. With programs such as guaranteed minimum income and healthcare for all, the new kind of governance combines strict societal control with the promise of comprehensive social justice. [More]
Kansas Republicans on Tuesday nominated Rep. Roger Marshall for the Senate over polarizing conservative Kris Kobach, heeding the party establishment’s advice as it tries to keep a normally safe seat out of play in what could be a difficult year for the GOP. [More]
Rapper FBG Duck was shot dead and two other people were wounded Tuesday in the Gold Coast on the North Side. [More]
The state attorney general filed three misdemeanor charges Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against David Lacey for assault with a firearm for the March 2 incident. [More]