The Crumbleys Are Being Scapegoated for America’s Gun Failures
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And that should theoretically appeal to the Supreme Court’s conservative justices.
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The former president’s testimony in a New York courtroom was a sad spectacle for the country.
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No-fault divorce has improved the lives of millions. Now some extreme Republicans want to abandon it.
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The ubiquitous question posed during the Trump presidency—“Can he do that?”—continues to be the wrong question.
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Unless—perhaps—Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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Whatever conservative ethos of restraint there once was has vanished.
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The Atlantic; Getty The Best Hope for Fixing America’s Gun Crisis
It’s not legislation.
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