Justice
The public’s reaction to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting has emboldened politicians on both sides to act. At the federal level, the House and the Senate are slow and divided. President Obama is seizing on this opportunity to act by executive fiat in the form of the Executive Order. What is an Executive Order and is President Obama permitted to use this power to alter the Second Amendment?
Fire rises
Hells Angels, the infamous motorcycle group from southern California, are filing suit in federal court against the United States. The dispute stands over the US’s ban of foreign members of the gang entering the country. Members of the Hells Angels have been convicted of multiple crimes, including drug trafficking, extortion, and other felonies in North America, South America, Europe. The U.S. has classified the Hells Angels as a “known criminal organization,” but due to the suit the government is in the process of fielding the request for an injunction in which they cannot associate the Hell’s Angels with violence and crime.
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