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Illinois judge removes Trump from primary ballot 

1 year 8 months ago
A judge in Illinois has removed former President Trump from the state’s ballot, under the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause, making the Prairie State the third to attempt to boot Trump from the ballot. Judge Tracie Porter in Cook County, Ill., issued her lengthy ruling Wednesday, ordering the state election board to remove the former president from [...]
Miranda Nazzaro

Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters avert strike with new contract deal

1 year 8 months ago
Anheuser-Busch union workers have reached a contract deal with the company, averting a looming strike, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' said Wednesday. The five-year tentative agreement was unanimously recommended by the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee. “Teamsters make the beer, Teamsters make Anheuser-Busch successful, and our members deserve the best contract. That is what we fought for and won today,” said Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien. The agreement will…
Hunter Bassler

Court: Turning A Minor Parking Violation Into A String Of Rights Violations Is A Great Way To Lose Your Evidence

1 year 8 months ago
No matter how minor the infraction, it still deserves the court’s full attention. That’s the ultimate lesson of this New York court decision, brought to us by FourthAmendment.com. It starts with an alleged window tint violation (always a favorite of cops on fishing expedition), morphs into a fire hydrant parking violation, and finally ends with […]
Tim Cushing

How a SLU professor honors his family’s civil rights legacy

1 year 8 months ago
Dr. Travis Threats is a professor and chair of St. Louis University’s Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. He’s also the grandson of Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter, parents who dared to force Mississippi to recognize the injustice of the state’s “freedom of choice” in 1965 — one year after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. He shares how his grandparents’ fight inspires his work today including his efforts to diversify the field of speech pathology.