@TheSeaquist@coca536 Secede, slavery was the primary reason for the war. Plantation owners had their money tied up in slaves. It was what they considered their wealth, and They couldn’t farm the land without slave labor.
Americans have paid into Social Security over a lifetime of hard work. As long as @SenateDems have anything to say about it, Social Security and Medicare aren’t going anywhere.
If the @CIA and @ODNIgov are not reporting connection between Turkish attacks on AANES and the Iranian attacks on US forces @JoeBiden needs to clean house. My guess is @SecBlinken is the one blocking a response that would give Biden a ten point surge in the polls. @JakeSherman
Or " The Act was designed not just to benefit defendants but also to serve the public interest by... reducing defendants’ opportunity to commit crimes while on pretrial release & preventing extended pretrial delay from impairing the deterrent effect of punishment.” Zedner v US 4/
“The right to a speedy trial is... different from any of the other rights enshrined in the Constitution for the protection of the accused: there is a societal interest in... a speedy trial which exists separate from, & at times in opposition to, the interests of the accused.” 3/
"Not so. Under both the Sixth Amendment’s Speedy Trial Clause and the Speedy Trial Act, the right to a timely trial is vested in the public, not just in the defendant. See Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 519 (1972):" 2/
Iowa has already turned down funding to feed poor children. Florida may soon follow. Red states and Republicans are not pro-life! They are pro-control women's wombs, period! It's sick, inhumane, and should be unconstitutional!
Thinking today of all Ukrainians celebrating Christmas – how many of them have lost loved ones, homes, livelihoods, and communities to a completely unprompted invasion.
We absolutely must renew aid next year.
If you listen to George Carlin from 30 years ago you'd come to the conclusion that his insights are a lot more right on the mark than someone like Nostradamus..