Obergefell misses the mark in Shoemaker column
Scott A Shoemaker argues Obergefell v Hodges failed to resolve equal protection questions and leaves LGBT rights gaps. He notes Davis v Rowan County shows courtroom limits and calls for a clear constitutional scrutiny standard to advance nondiscrimination protections and reduce future litigation.
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U.S
David Bunning
Rowan
Kim Davis
Davis
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Obergefell
Supreme Court
Community letters critique snow plows and politics
A Cedar Rapids reader laments inadequate snow plowing with streets left uncleared by inches, urging retraining. The letter then shifts to national politics after Justice Scalia's death, criticizing Mitch McConnell and GOP leaders for blocking a nomination, with references to Warren Cruz Rubio Clinton Obama and public approval polls.
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Janice Hofer
Cedar Rapids
Antonin Scalia
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Scalia
Elizabeth Warren
Ted Cruz
Williams links progressivism to racism and cautions black voters
Walter E. Williams argues that the Progressive Era from 1890 to 1920 promoted racial hierarchy and expanded state power, citing Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. He labels progressives as defenders of Jim Crow and scientific racism, urging black voters to demand disavowal of this past.
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Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Plessy
Epstein
America
Hoover Cardozo Pick Echoes in Iowa Election Year Debate
Iowa reader Mitchell Levin notes Hoover's 1932 nomination of Benjamin Cardozo to the Supreme Court amid a re election bid. Cardozo, a liberal Jew from the Northeast, joined the court unanimously, illustrating politics and nominees' traits shaping court balance. In 2016, Senator Grassley faces pressure over Obama’s vacancy and the timing of hearings.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mitchell Levin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Levin
Herbert Hoover
Benjamin Cardozo
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Homes Jr
Hoover
Cardozo
New Yorker
Ira Carmen
Virginia Law Review
Republican Senate
Barack Obama
Antonin Scalia
Obama
Franklin Roosevelt
U.S
Chuck Grassley
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Scalia
Grassley
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