Month: September 2023

click to enlarge Michael Karlis Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales addresses the crowd at a recent public safety forum attended by SAPD Chief William McManus. Editor’s Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Being a cop is a tough job. Since Aug. 24, five San Antonio peace officers have been shot

[Editor’s Note: This is a continuing series profiling all candidates seeking political office in the Bossier Parish elections coming up this Fall.] In the upcoming October 14, 2023 election, Bossier Parish residents in Louisiana House of Representatives District 9 will vote on who they want to represent them as their state representative in Baton Rouge

President Joe Biden is reportedly creating the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, a step pushed by gun control activists. Biden is set to make the announcement on Friday, according to The Washington Post. The president plans to leverage the new office, which will employ gun control activists in key roles, against Congress to

Palm Beach Post Show Caption Hide Caption McCarthy Launches Biden impeachment Inquiry, AP Explains The Associated Press explains what an impeachment inquiry entails now that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter as the election-year clash between Congress and the White House unfolds. (September 12) AP The opinions

The New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics has issued an opinion that a judge can be a member of the National Rifle Association, after concluding that the group is not a purely political organization. A judge asked the court system’s advisory panel if he must cancel the lifetime membership in the NRA, which

Courts get to say what’s unconstitutional I found so many problems with your Sunday editorial page that I don’t know where to start but for now, I will go with the editorial concerning MLG’s public health gun ban. I will start with your assumption that the ban is unconstitutional. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.

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Congress is almost certainly headed for another government shutdown due to Republican infighting that is preventing budget measures from being passed, says Ryan Grim, the D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept. The revolt is led by far-right members who oppose Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “What they’re fighting for, whether they win, whether their situation

Texas Rep. Michael Cloud re-introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit the president and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from declaring public health emergencies to enforce gun control measures.  If enacted, the Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act would also prevent government officials from restricting the production, sale or

When news broke last week that Hunter Biden had been indicted by federal prosecutors for lying about his drug use while possessing a gun, Gun Owners of America, a hard-line gun rights lobby, responded with glee. “Good!” the organization tweeted, with the clapping emoji. “If his father wants to work with us to repeal unconstitutional

Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: AP Images When Wisconsin Republicans won total control of state government in 2010, they didn’t just pass right-wing policies; they cemented their majorities with a gerrymander so extreme that Democrats in the archetypal purple state were effectively shut out of legislative power permanently. Over the years, Democrats loosened the Republican

When it comes to the “right to bear arms,” which the Second Amendment protects, many people fall into one of two camps. Folks in the first camp views those rights as absolute, or close to it. They think that almost any restriction on firearm ownership or possession is unconstitutional. Constitution Week is Sept. 17 to

Say this about Alabama’s attitude toward guns: It reveals lawmakers’ priorities. For instance: when faced last year with a choice between gun access and funding law enforcement, Republican legislators chose gun access.  This came from a bill that made concealed carry permits optional. There was no mass demand for this. But the National Rifle Association