Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Sat, 09/06/2014 - 11:26
Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 08:21
Congress met before summer hiatus to discuss the ongoing influx of children coming from Central America. However, no discussion ensued and instead congress voted to pursue a lawsuit against Obama for abusing executive power. Without a congressional decision Obama spoke to say he may once again have to take executive action in the lapse of congressional decision making regarding these children.
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Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Tue, 08/05/2014 - 19:19
Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 07/23/2014 - 08:18
Income inequality is currently at the forefront of worry for this great nation - a very serious issue that has for years been debated with seemingly no simple solution. However, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin thought he might have found an integral piece to the puzzle in 2013 (Bernstein, 2014). The Fair Minimum Wage Act [FMWA] proposes that some of our nation’s income inequality falls squarely on the shoulders of the currently unadjusted (despite-inflation) minimum wage (Bernstein, 2014).
Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 11:22
Recently immigration reform has become a hot topic leading to endless blockages in legislation and heavy polarized debate (Rubin, 2014). “The current broken immigration system is creating a crisis of family separation, with millions of American citizens in mixed-status families being affected. Recently, the failure of Congress to act has exacerbated the crisis of refugee children crossing the border, which has been overwhelming federal agencies” (Vargas, 2014).
Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 11:27
June thirtieth, 2014 - the Supreme Court ruled that family owned businesses [such as Hobby Lobby] are now allowed to refuse contraception coverage for employees due to religious violations. This was upheld in a five-to-four ruling due to the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). RFRA states that the government is not allowed to restrict religious practices and beliefs in any capacity. If the owning party of a [family owned] corporation has religious qualms with contraception coverage employees will no longer be aided in that regard.
Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 06/25/2014 - 20:07
As of Monday, [June 23 2014] in a seven-two ruling, the Supreme Court decided to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency’s pursuit to issue the Clean Air Act (Liptak, 2014). The Clean Air Act proposed by the EPA aims to require “that carbon pollution be addressed in permits for large emitters, such as power plants and refineries” (Avi, 2014). The EPA, after receiving validation from none other than the Supreme Court, hopes to put into motion a set of legislative dominos.
