| In California two proposed laws with one aim: saving civilian lives Posted: 14 Mar 2019 02:19 PM PDT ![In California two proposed laws with one aim: saving civilian lives]( "In California two proposed laws with one aim: saving civilian lives") The two police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark behind his grandmother's home in Sacramento last March recounted their actions in interviews with police investigators later that night. Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet described the frenzied seconds when they pursued Mr. Clark after responding to a report of a suspect breaking car windows on the city's south side. According to interview transcripts released last week, the officer said he saw Mr. Clark in a shooting stance and "a metallic reflection or muzzle flash – something coming at me.
|
| In rare rebuke, Senate votes to block Trump’s emergency order Posted: 14 Mar 2019 01:54 PM PDT ![In rare rebuke, Senate votes to block Trump's emergency order]( "In rare rebuke, Senate votes to block Trump's emergency order") In a rare 59-to-41 vote against President Donald Trump, a dozen Senate Republicans joined with the minority Democrats to deny the president emergency powers to fund his wall. The emergency move violates the Constitution, which gives Congress the power of the purse, these Republicans said. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee quoted the late conservative icon, Justice Antonin Scalia, that the "genius" of the Constitution is the "dispersal of power." Sen. Jerry Moran, the Republican from Kansas, posted on Twitter his hand-written reasoning for bucking the president, including what everyone learned in high-school government class about the separate-but-equal branches.
|
| A budding nuclear threat, from more than just the usual suspects Posted: 14 Mar 2019 01:29 PM PDT ![A budding nuclear threat, from more than just the usual suspects]( "A budding nuclear threat, from more than just the usual suspects") Over the summer of 2017, as President Trump was promising "fire and fury" in response to North Korea's provocations and a nuclear confrontation seemed closer than it had in decades, a funny thing was happening in American backyards.
|
| A sudden wind for clean governance in Central Europe Posted: 14 Mar 2019 11:59 AM PDT ![A sudden wind for clean governance in Central Europe]( "A sudden wind for clean governance in Central Europe") Until a few months ago, few people in Slovakia had ever heard of a woman named Zuzana Čaputová. If she captures the post in a final round later this month, she will have broken a stereotype about the former communist countries of Central Europe – that people still tolerate high levels of corruption. For the past year, people in Slovakia (which was once half of Czechoslovakia) have risen up in favor of transparent and accountable government.
|
