Tag: laws
Once upon a time, a nation of laws
If only, as a nation, we could look beyond the tumultuous context of the current moment and imagine how to make our way to a safer, more sustainable future.
If not courts, juries and the rule of law, then what?
If America is battered, even demoted as a world power, then what?
How the Constitution fails to protect the environment
The absence of clear and broad constitutional authority to protect the environment limits the scope of federal environmental law.
Republican policies are killing Americans: Study
"If we don't have the proper regulations in place to protect people, then what happens is that they could be exploited."
Humanity is getting increasingly serious about enforcing animal rights protections all...
The scene was heart-crushing: 21 dogs, many sick, wounded and infected, on heavy chains or trapped in filthy kennels with no food...
There Oughta Be a Law…
We are living in a country where the solution to just about any social problem is to create a law against it, and then punish those who break it. Should prison really be the American Way?
Feds Created More Regulations in 2015 Than in Any Previous Year
We now live in a society that is ruled by so many laws, no single person can keep track of them all.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.