Last updated on June 18, 2016On September 21, 1996, H.R.3396 - Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The law states: Defense of Marriage Act - Amends the Federal judicial … Continue reading Defense of Marriage Act
In 2003, in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court decided by a vote of 7-2 that state laws banning homosexual sodomy are unconstitutional and that they violate right to privacy and … Continue reading Sodomy and the Supreme Court Case of Lawrence v. Texas
Jun 24, 2015: President Obama announced a change in U.S. hostage policy where families who choose to pay ransom will no longer be prosecuted by the U.S. Government. The existing policy of the U.S. not … Continue reading United States Announces New Hostage Policy Regarding Families and Ransom
Jun 24, 2015: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed into law state Senate bills 35 and 70 which remove a 48-hour waiting period for firearm purchases and allow off-duty or retired police officers to carry concealed … Continue reading Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Laws Expanding Gun Rights
Last updated on August 22, 2020Apr 21, 2015: Recently, former U.S. Congresswoman and Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 2012 Michelle Bachmann was a guest on the "Understanding the Times with Jan Markell" radio … Continue reading Michelle Bachmann
Last updated on July 26, 2015American cities used to make money by recycling the waste we as consumers put in those big blue recycling bins, but according to an article in The Washington Post, now … Continue reading Recycling Facilities in the United States are Losing Money
On February 25, 2015, The Daily Show with John Stewart "Better Call Foul" episode showed John really "sticking it to" Fox News. John showed Fox News video clips of Fox News reporters saying that John … Continue reading John Stewart Destroys Fox News and Former Vice-President Dick Cheney
Last updated on September 15, 2015Sep 11, 2015: Rick Perry announced he is suspending his campaign for the 2016 U.S. presidency. Perry drops out of GOP race | The Hill Jun 19, 2015: Rick Perry … Continue reading 2016 United States Presidential Candidate Rick Perry
Last updated on April 28, 2017Feb 28, 2017: Trump issued an executive order entitled "Presidential Executive Order on Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the 'Waters of the United States' … Continue reading U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers Finalize Clean Water Rule
Last updated on October 12, 2022Oct 11, 2022: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3682559-supreme-court-denies-appeal-by-charleston-church-shooter Oct 28, 2021: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578942-families-in-south-carolina-church-massacre-settle-with-doj-over-faulty Sep 23, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/573877-appeals-court-declines-to-take-up-dylann-roofs-death-sentence Sep 8, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/571324-dylann-roof-challenges-death-sentence-after-appeals-court-ruling Aug 25, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/569357-appeals-court-upholds-death-sentence-in-charleston-church-shooting Apr 10, 2017: In Charleston, South Carolina Dylann Roof pleaded … Continue reading Nine People Shot and Killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina