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SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Case Challenging Campaign Finance Limits — Legal Experts See Potential Disaster Ahead

In this Jan. 20, 2012 photo, people hold signs during a gathering on the anniversary of the Citizens United decision in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) (MintPress) – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case that further reduces already lax restrictions on campaign spending. Following the 2010 […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
In this Jan. 20, 2012 photo, people hold signs during a gathering on the anniversary of the Citizens United decision in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

(MintPress) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case that further reduces already lax restrictions on campaign spending. Following the 2010 Citizens United ruling, American elections have seen a spike in campaign spending by corporations and wealthy individuals, a worrying trend for critics

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University Names Football Stadium In Honor Of For-Profit Prison After $6 Million Pledge

Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) (MintPress) – On Tuesday, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) announced that after more than two-year search, they found a corporate sponsor, albeit an odd one, for its new 30,000-seat, palm-ringed football stadium — the GEO Group Inc., the nation’s second-largest operator of for-profit prisons. Throughout a 12-year span, GEO Group Inc., […]

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

(MintPress) - On Tuesday, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) announced that after more than two-year search, they found a corporate sponsor, albeit an odd one, for its new 30,000-seat, palm-ringed football stadium — the GEO Group Inc., the nation’s second-largest operator of for-profit prisons. Throughout a 12-year span, GEO Group Inc., will pay $6

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NYC To Arrest Mentally Ill In Mass Under Guise Of “Mental-Hygiene Warrant” After Subway Violence

A NYC subway — two recent subway murders have provided an impetus for NYC to begin a major sweep to remove violent mentally ill individuals from the streets. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) (MintPress)–New York City has began a major sweep to remove violent mentally ill individuals from the streets. Sources have told the NY Post that the […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

(MintPress)--New York City has began a major sweep to remove violent mentally ill individuals from the streets. Sources have told the NY Post that the city has drawn up a list of 25 most-wanted targets. This action is in response to the pushing of Sunando Sen by Erika Menendez and the pushing of Ki-Suck Han by Naeem Davis onto a subway track.

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NDAA Provisions — Obama Administration Appeals State Rulings Of Unconstitutionality

Anti-NDAA info from New York activists before a state court hearing in early February. (Photo/stopNDAA.org via Flickr) (MintPress) – What is a terrorist? The answer to that question could mean the difference between prosecution and a life of freedom. The definition is warping into one that does not constitute an act of violence, but a […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - What is a terrorist? The answer to that question could mean the difference between prosecution and a life of freedom. The definition is warping into one that does not constitute an act of violence, but a predisposition to an ideology that could, potentially, be manifested into an act of violence. So, what does this mean? Who is

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Do You Live In A Constitution-Free Zone? Fourth Amendment Rights Non-Existent Within 100 Miles Of Entire US Border

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) created this Constitution-Free Zone map of the United States to signify the Department of Homeland Security decision. (Illustration/ACLU.org) (MintPress) – Electronic devices in the possession of U.S. citizens and others as they cross the U.S. border can be searched without any reasonable suspicion, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), […]

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

(MintPress) - Electronic devices in the possession of U.S. citizens and others as they cross the U.S. border can be searched without any reasonable suspicion, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as it has been decided these search and seizures are not an infringement on Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights. Searches of personal

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Congressional Delegation Visits Mali — How Will U.S. Interests Play Out?

Locals with French and Malian flags welcome French soldiers on top of a armored vehicle in Bourem, northern Mali, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Mali’s military detained eight Arab men last week in Timbuktu, raising fears of further reprisals against the region’s Arab minority whose members are accused of having supported the al-Qaida-linked groups which overran […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - “There is the hope that there will be additional support from the United States in these and other areas, but … American law prohibits direct assistance to the Malian military following the coup,” said Chris Coons, the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Africa sub-committee during a visit to Mali this week. Despite

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