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12 Mar 2024, 1:49 pm by Guest Author
Specifically, the NRA promoted an insurance program called “Carry Guard” which insured legal fees for self-defense claims in civil and criminal firearms cases. [read post]
8 Mar 2024, 6:02 pm
Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault at home as they are today. [read post]
9 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Longtime chief executive Wayne LaPierre stepped down on the eve of a civil corruption trial, with prosecutors claiming he and other NRA leaders cheated donors by squandering millions on personal expenses. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
He has led the NRA, once one of the nation’s most prominent lobbying organizations, for more than three decades. [read post]
17 Oct 2022, 11:35 am by David Kopel
Van Sant traces his grand conspiracy to a January 2018 meeting of the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. [read post]
3 Jul 2022, 7:15 am by Jae Um
Planned Parenthood Struck down a Maine ban on public funding availability for religious schools Ruled that prayer in school is protected under the First Amendment Ruled that police who fail to advise people of Miranda rights can’t be sued under civil rights law Struck down a New York law restricting the right to carry concealed weapons Expanded the power of individual states to prosecute crimes on tribal lands Reinstated a congressional map in… [read post]
28 May 2022, 2:25 pm by Michael Ehline
 Lozito filed a civil rights lawsuit claiming the police were required to act, and he lost. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 1:41 pm by Ellena Erskine
FPC American Victory Fund, et al., the Second Amendment Foundation, et al., and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund provide interpretations of the amendment’s language. [read post]
15 Oct 2021, 5:01 am by Stephen Halbrook
Spring 2022), as well as the amicus brief of the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. [read post]
6 Jun 2021, 12:59 pm by David Cole
At the same time, the ACLU also remains devoted to defending other fundamental civil rights and civil liberties, including equal protection of the law — as we always have been. [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
NRA Faces Internal Woes as It Girds for New Gun Control Fight MSN – Tom Hamburger (Washington Post) | Published: 3/26/2021 In 2017, the National Rifle Association (NRA) celebrated its ascendant political power with a newly elected U.S. president, Donald Trump, who stood at the organization’s national convention lectern promising to deliver for the gun-rights group that had helped secure his election. [read post]
3 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
The NRA said it continues to review the alleged abuse of funds, as the tax-exempt organization curtails services and runs up multimillion-dollar legal bills. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The FEC, which filed a civil complaint against Johnson in 2015, fined him $840,000. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Dems Rebuke Culture of Sexism in Defense of Ocasio-Cortez Politico – Caitlin Oprysko and Sarah Ferris | Published: 7/23/2020 More than a dozen House Democrats lined up recently to support U.S. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Big Donors and PACs Dominate Campaign Funding in Nearly Every State, Report Finds Sludge – David Moore | Published: 7/9/2020 A recent report from the Campaign Finance Institute finds that, on average, 73 percent of state campaign funding from 2016 through 2019 came from large donors or PACs, while just 12 percent came from small donors contributing $250 or less. if small donors are incentivized to donate state campaigns, the share currently given to politicians by… [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
As Warren has risen in the polls on her populist and anti-corruption message, some donors and, privately, opponents are chafing at her campaign’s purity claims of being “100 percent grassroots funded. [read post]
30 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Barr Books Trump’s Hotel for $30,000 Holiday Party MSN – Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) | Published: 8/27/2019 Attorney General William Barr will hold a family holiday party for 200 people at Trump International Hotel in December that is likely to cost $30,000. [read post]
9 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Defense attorneys attributed Cesar Sayoc’s mail-bomb activity in part to fervor for Trump’s rhetoric. [read post]