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it is not a simple question, and anyone who argues it is isn t thinking hard enough about what is in front of the supreme court. late last summer, a bunch of legal scholars, including some prominent conservatives said, wait, don t print the ballots for the 2024 primary season too soon because the candidates might not all be qualified. specifically the front runner for the gop nomination, donald trump. trump, these scholars argue, violated the 14th amendment, section 3, which says if you engage in insurrection or give aid or comfort to those who have, you cannot hold elected office in this country. essentially you can t swear an oath to the constitution after you tried to overturn that same constitution. looking at what donald trump did on january 6th, the scholars argue it is not even close. trump absolutely violated amendment 14, section 3, and that the secretaries of state across the country are duty-bound to bar him from the ballot. if not them, then voters or perhap ....
Arguing that texas is over exceeding its authority to protect borders. that solely is a federal responsibility. they say that they gave texas an ultimatum, basically take this law off the books by january 3rd or we will sue, and they now have sued. we have heard a response from texas leaders. governor greg abbott sharing he likes his chances in court if this law is challenged and the attorney general ken paxton sharing that they are more than willing to fight the biden administration over this law, which as you mentioned will go into effect in march. in the meantime, texas also fielding another challenge from the state of new york. the mayor of new york city, adams sharing today, katy, just a short time ago, that he plans to sue more than 15 charter bus companies from texas for more than $700 million in costs, in damages, essentially, because that s what it cost the city of ....
Misinformation, disinformation, and to weaponize and exploit fears and we just need to be strong. i can tell you also, as a member of the lgbtq community the arc of history is long. a lot of gains, a lot of progress has been made in just the last 13 years alone. and so, we need to recognize that, while also standing up and standing strong in the face of these outrageous attacks and efforts and threats to take us backwards. that includes protections for the lgbtq community in population. also when it comes to abortion. because i think these are things that we re seeing in parallel right now in our country. and we need to be strong standing up against those threats. i will say this, just as a close, i think it s very poetic symmetry that you begin this fight as an assistant a.g. at the time and now you re the governor of massachusetts when this is signed into law. it s a moment when we don t want ....
15 mail-female relationships should have the same status as the marriage relationship is patently absurd. that was nbc news nightly news on the day that the defense of marriage act passed in 1996. the defense marriage act banned any recognition of same-sex marriage and allowed states to refuse to recognize any same-sex granted by another state. ever since, doma has been a shameful stain on our nation s past to equality. but in 1996, it had broad bipartisan support. 86 senators voted doma. and signed into law by bill clinton. much of what doma did, validated when the supreme skort struck down the law but that only applied to 13 states in 2016, the supreme court granted states ....
To recognize the darkness of the fringes, but it s important to recognize the moves forward. democratic governor-elect maura healey, thank you for being here tonight. it s great to be with you, alex. i probably would not be here today if it were not for that case and what taught me about governance and law and making sure people in are right places to stand up and fight for people. coming up, on a new study that we learned that vaccines help to prevent 3 million covid-19 deaths. governor ron desantis decided to hold a roundtable on the alleged harm of the covid vaccines. we ll have more on this, next. ....