1. A Texas abortion law may be reviewed by the supreme court over whether it is constitutional to close up clinics. We will know if it has been reviewed by next Monday. The Texan attorney general said that it is within the state's power to pass medical regulations.
2. The charges against the detective were dropped after the judge used a century old legal precedent to rule not guilty. The Supremacy clause is that legal precedent, it exempts federal officers from state law. This ruling will make it easier for the police to kill people in Texas and get away with it.
3. Texas did less cultural preparations than Washington for the trip to China. It is historic in that it is the first regular season inter-collegiate game featuring U.S. teams out in China. There are some concerns as to whether UT is actually ready for the game, coming from mostly Coach Smart.
4. Myanmar may be less military after the vote Sunday. It was a remarkable day, full of energy and excitement. The main fight is between Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy and the ruling Union's Solidarity Development Party. Suu's party is expected to win, which will be historic in that it will be the first change of government in 50 years.
5. Pope Frank has said that the leak of financial debauchery of the Vatican was a crime, but he will push for reform among their ranks. two books were released, "Avarice" and "Merchants of the Temple" detailing the financial mismanagement of several priests. I think the pope is trying to play the middle road by condemning both sides, which will probably not play out well.
6. "Sanctuary Cities" is the term used for cities that are used as safe havens for illegal immigrants because they do not have to enforce immigration laws. Matt Mackiowack thinks that these cities are bad, and enforcing immigration on a case by case basis is absurd. Ed Espinoza thinks that the Republicans are using immigration only to support their political standings, using it to garner votes and not really caring about the policies as a whole. Ed used the Republican hypocrisy to support this, Matt used a woman's murder by an immigrant as a go-to for deporting all of the illegal immigrants. Scott Byers uses not wanting criminals in America to the same effect as Matt. I agree with Ed on this one, I don't want immigrants to be deported willy-nilly.
The format is different from what we discussed in that it has two dueling opinions, rather than the one meant to represent the paper. It's a decent idea, but it requires someone to play the unpopular opinion, which might be dangerous for a public newspaper.
1. The issue is a bit more complicated that this. The question is how much a state can do to limit access to abortion. How much restriction is too much? The Texas attorney general said specifically that the restrictions were made to make abortions safer not to make the harder to obtain (-2).
ReplyDelete2. But he really isn't a federal officer. He just served on a federal task force. And the ramifications affect Texas but also the whole nation. (-2)
3. What is the larger trend here? Smart was concern about a lot more than game preparation: missing school, eating habits; recruiting also started while he was gone (-2).
5. What financial corruption did the documents reveal? (-1)
6. Your discussion of the cartoons is ineffective. Sanctuary Cities do not really provide safe havens. That seems like a politicized answer. (-2)
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1. The issue is a bit more complicated that this. The question is how much a state can do to limit access to abortion. How much restriction is too much? The Texas attorney general said specifically that the restrictions were made to make abortions safer not to make the harder to obtain (-2).
ReplyDelete2. But he really isn't a federal officer. He just served on a federal task force. And the ramifications affect Texas but also the whole nation. (-2)
3. What is the larger trend here? Smart was concern about a lot more than game preparation: missing school, eating habits; recruiting also started while he was gone (-2).
5. What financial corruption did the documents reveal? (-1)
6. Your discussion of the cartoons is ineffective. Sanctuary Cities do not really provide safe havens. That seems like a politicized answer. (-2)
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