#Republican House representative from #NewJersey has been absnt frm #Congress 4 more than 75 days, & w/ their seat rated as among most competitive 4 this yr’s #MidtermElections, party leadrs r growing increasingly concernd, Time reportd Friday

Rep. #TomKean has said his extended absence was due 2 “personal medical issue,” w/o providing further detail. Kean’s own neighbors haven’t seen him & his home had been “dark 4 a # of weeks,” Time reportd, citing report frm #NOTUS.

https://www.rawstory.com/midterms-2676976179/

"#WilliamPaul, the 33-year-old eldest son of #US #Senator #RandPaul (R-#Kentucky), launched into an expletive-filled #antisemitic and anti-#gay rant at a popular #CapitolHill bar on Tuesday night.

According to eyewitnesses, including #Rep. #MikeLawler (R-#NewYork) and a reporter from #NOTUS, William #Paul approached their table at the #TuneInn bar and identified himself as Sen. Rand Paul’s son. What began as a political discussion quickly escalated into a roughly 10-minute drunken tirade.

Paul reportedly said:

“This war, it’s all about the #gays and the #Jews, and I hate them both, and I don’t care if they die.”

He also told #Lawler “your people” would be blamed if Rep. #ThomasMassie loses his primary, then clarified “your people” meant Jews."

https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/rand-paul-son-antisemitic-rant

Bernie Moreno Wants to Bar Senators From Using Prediction Markets

“If you’re here to enrich yourself instead of fight for the American people, this is a clear abuse of power,” the Republican senator from Ohio said in a statement.

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#government #notus
https://signalohio.org/bernie-moreno-wants-to-bar-senators-from-using-prediction-markets/

#NOTUS #WashingtonDC #YoungVoters #YoungPeople

Insightful:

What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads.

https://www.notus.org/perspectives/what-washington-doesnt-get-about-young-americans-according-to-22-college-students-and-recent-grads

#NOTUS #FourWaysToFixCongress #Opinion #USPolitics

Ganesh Sitaraman
Vanderbilt Law School

The Supreme Court — a body of nine unelected judges who, once confirmed, can serve for life — plays an increasingly powerful role in shaping the laws that govern our country. In recent decades, on topics as varied as labor, employment law, health care and immigration, the court has served as the final arbiter on issues that should be, at least constitutionally speaking, in Congress’ hands.

For 30 years, Congress has been able to rein in the power of federal agencies through the Congressional Review Act, a law that allows federal regulations to be overturned with a simple majority and a signature from the president. A similar check should be extended to an increasingly heavy-handed Supreme Court when it considers matters of statute. Congress could have, for example, 30 days to decide whether to respond to a court ruling, and another 30 days for a committee to propose a clarification or revision of the statute — under a fast-track process. This reform would put our most representative branch — Congress — back in charge of the public policy decisions that impact us all.

Ganesh Sitaraman is a professor at Vanderbilt Law School and director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator.

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#NOTUS #SCOTUS #TFG #Firings

"If the seminal case is overturned, Republicans may come to regret allowing the executive branch to accumulate such power, Slaughter continued.

“I can’t imagine they will like the results of the argument they are making when there is a Democratic president in the future who acts with similar lack of guardrails,” Slaughter said."

https://www.notus.org/courts/fired-ftc-commissioner-rebecca-slaughter-interview

#ICEOutOfMN #MNPoliceDept
#NOTUS

https://www.notus.org/courts/minneapolis-city-attorney-police-immigration

“The future of our democracy is hanging in the balance right now,” Anderson told NOTUS.

This court fight has become a rare case invoking the 10th Amendment that recognizes a locality’s ability to govern itself. Anderson said the “totality of the circumstances” have made daily life in Minneapolis difficult, something she hopes the judge takes into consideration.

“The totality has eroded our ability as a city government to protect our people,” she said.

Normally busy streets are empty. Popular shops and restaurants have been closed for weeks. Some schools have gone virtual to protect kids, whose parents have been taken by agents as they drop off or pick up their children.

One mother told NOTUS that she kept her children with her at the fast food restaurant she works at in St. Paul — where the doors remain locked in an effort to shield them from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Her child was more afraid to be left at home without her in case she never made it back.

Another couple,
BOTH US CITZENS (all caps mine)
said they kept their kids from attending an extracurricular gym class across town out of fear that federal agents would smash their car windows and drag them out for entering the wrong street — something half a dozen people told NOTUS they witnessed.