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The Left’s New Constitution A raft of new legislation seeks to enshrine racial preferences into American society.
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The recently enacted Covid-19 relief law and other bills wending their way through Congress openly favor members of certain races or ethnic categories. It’s hard to see how any of this legislation all part of the Biden-Harris administration’s new focus on racial “equity” at the expense of equality passes constitutional muster.
That doesn’t mean that the courts will strike them down. We have today a new, unwritten constitution a hodgepodge of executive orders, court decisions, legislation, and conventions. Of course, we already have a written Constitution, drafted in 1787 and amended since. The cognitive dissonance of living under these two constitutional regimes is thus causing friction across society.
Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Sunday, March 14
3:30 p.m. | Florida reports 31 more COVID-19 deaths
Florida recorded 31 more COVID-19 deaths, none in Northeast Florida, in Sunday s daily report on the coronavirus pandemic.
The statewide deaths added were the fewest in a Florida Department of Health report since Nov. 15, although Sunday reports have often included lower death and case totals than most other days of the week.
In Northeast Florida, no new deaths were reported, and the St. Johns County death toll again decreased. The state reduced the county s deaths from 199 to 198, without specifying the reason for the decrease. The statewide death toll increased to 32,860, including nine new deaths in Miami-Dade County. | Read more
How $1 9 trillion COVID relief bill aims to help Black and socially disadvantaged farmers msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A measure in President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 plan is aimed at addressing inequalities, particularly for Black farmers, whose numbers have declined and who have faced discrimination.