From WashingtonPost: The marketplace for firearms on the Internet, where buyers are not required to undergo background checks, is so vast that advocates for stricter regulations now consider online sales a greater threat than the gun show loophole. A new study by Third Way, a centrist think tank with close…
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From ThinkProgress: Will Weatherford, the Republican speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, revealed on Friday that the state’s legislature will hold hearings on its infamous “Stand Your Ground” laws sometime this fall. While the announcement came buried in one sentence of a defensive opinion piece published this past Thursday in…
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(Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi) The petition, with the lower court opinions attached, is now available, and can be read here. It is a large file. From ScotusBlog: The National Rifle Association and two individuals under the age of twenty-one have asked the Supreme Court to strike down a federal law that bans…
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Tomas Martinez, of Atlanta, chants during a rally in front of the White House on July 24, calling for of immigration reform. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) From USA Today: As they prepare to leave the Capitol for a month-long August recess, Republican members of the House of Representatives are taking…
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Marisa Alexander, the thirty year-old mother of three sentenced to twenty years in prison for firing a warning shot to fend off an attack form her husband. From The Grio/Joy-Ann Reid: Marissa Alexander’s daughter turns three today but there is not plan for a birthday party. Instead, the 31-year-old remains…
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Moral Mondays protest in North Carolina. Photographer: Eric Etheridge. From The Nation: North Carolina was long regarded as one of the most progressive Southern states—an island of moderation amid a sea of conservatism. But since Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010 and the governorship in 2012—putting the GOP…
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From Colorlines: No longer able to defend themselves on Voter ID and Kill at Will legislation they helped popularize — as much as they tried — American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is finally dropping both from their agenda, announcing today that they will focus on free market, anti-regulation policies. In…
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From Institute for Southern Studies: At least five major companies and one foundation have severed support for the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC — part of a growing national campaign that has linked the corporate advocacy group to voter ID laws and “Stand Your Ground” gun legislation highlighted in…
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