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Kavanaugh admits error about Vermont voting rules - Seven Days

Posted on The News by David Flemming · October 29, 2020 4:51 PM · 1 reaction

It’s not every day a lowly Secretary of State can correct the ruling made by a Supreme Court Justice. But SCJ Brett Kavanaugh corrected a mistake pointed out by Vermont’s Jim Condos - who says it doesn’t go far enough.

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US Supreme Court justices oppose VT game warden behavior in Hinesburg deer jacking case - AP

Posted on The News by David Flemming · October 21, 2020 10:46 PM · 1 reaction

Neil Gorsuch, a Trump nominee, joined Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor in opposing the behavior of Vermont game wardens for a “meandering” search of suspected deer jacker Clyde Bovat’s property. However, the full Court declined to take up the case.

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Leahy calls rush to nominate Barrett “wrong and base” - Seven Days

Posted on The News by David Flemming · October 16, 2020 4:22 PM · 2 reactions

Senate Republicans’ push to approve SCOTUS nominee Amy C. Barrett could cause “irreparable harm” to the judiciary, Sen. Patrick Leahy said in a parting shot to his colleagues acros the aisle. Fair warning or sour grapes?

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Saying immigrants deserve reproductive rights too, Migrant Justice urges Leahy, Sanders to block Barrett - VT Digger

Posted on The News by David Flemming · October 15, 2020 4:58 PM · 2 reactions

Vermont’s two U.S. senators have to do more to stop the Senate confirmation of Amy C. Barrett, Vermont advocates for illegal immigrants say. And is it true that high numbers of hysterectomies are happening at ICE facilities in Georgia?

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Leahy pushes Barrett to reveal position on Obamacare - VT Digger

Posted on The News by David Flemming · October 14, 2020 3:37 PM · 2 reactions

Vermont U.S. Senator Pat Leahy today tried to get SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett to comment on her non-judicial, academic writings in opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Nothing doing.

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Leahy calls Barrett hearings “a sham” - Seven Days

Posted on The News by David Flemming · October 13, 2020 4:59 PM · 3 reactions

She is “an existential threat” to American’s health care, Sen. Patrick Leahy said of SCOTUS nominee Amy C. Barrett. And the hearings are just a sham - Judge Ginsburg would have rolled over in her grave if she knew a nomination ceremony had been held so fast, except that she hadn’t even been buried yet.

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Leahy says Barrett nomination “dispensing with any sense of basic decency” - Burlington Free Press

Posted on The News by David Flemming · September 29, 2020 4:15 PM · 2 reactions

Sen. Pat Leahy says he’ll consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court - but he’s not happy with either the process or her record.

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Leahy, Sanders, Scott agree: wait until after inauguration to replace Ginsburg - Seven Days

Posted on The News by David Flemming · September 21, 2020 4:13 PM · 5 reactions

Our two senators and our governor are taking the Democratic Party line on waiting until after the election to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday. So, are they okay with an eight-person, split Supreme Court unable to resolve the election crisis?

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Hallquist asks Supreme Court to 'free the nipple' - VT Digger

Posted on The News by Guy Page · September 19, 2019 1:29 PM · 7 reactions

2018 Vermont Democratic nominee for governor Christine Hallquist wants the US Supreme Court to allow women to go topless in public. She has filed a brief in a case involving women on a New Hampshire beach. 

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In VT, public unions can't demand dues - what you need to know - Ethan Allen Institute

Posted on The News by Guy Page · September 03, 2019 3:39 PM · 2 reactions

Thanks to a US Supreme Court decision issued last year, public unions (state employees, public school teachers, etc.) can't force members to pay union dues. The Ethan Allen Institute reports about what that means to the average public union employee. Workplace freedom! 

 

 

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