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Rep. Jim Jordan: Dems 'focused' on impeaching Trump, 'not going to stop at anything'
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, voiced his frustration with "the squad" Tuesday and reacted to the House of Representative's vote to condemn President Trump's controversial remarks.
"I mean they're so focused on going after this president, so focused on actually getting to impeachment I believe that they're not going to stop at anything even if it means breaking the rules on the House floor where there is a certain level of decorum that you must maintain," Jordan said on "The Story with Martha MacCallum."
The House passed a resolution Tuesday evening condemning Trump's "racist" remarks this weekend. The moment was overshadowed by a dramatic floor fight earlier in the day that ended with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ruled out of order for a breach of decorum.
Jordan defended the president's comments and his displeasure with the Democrat's position on the border with Mexico.
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"I think the president was expressing the frustration that so many Americans feel about what's going on at the border. Understand this Martha, it was just a couple months ago when the president said this is a crisis and all the Democrats say 'no, it's not. It's manufactured, it's contrived.' And they wouldn't provide the money we needed to actually deal with the situation on the border," Jordan said.
Jordan also blasted the four congresswomen, noting their past controversial comments saying it was difficult to work with them.
"These are the same people who said abolish ICE, abolish the Department of Homeland Security. I mean these are the radical positions they take," Jordan said.
"These are the same individuals who said that the detention facilities to deal with this influx of amazing numbers we've seen on the border. They call these detention facilities 'concentration camp's and we're supposed to figure out a way to work with them. It's just difficult."
Photos of New York teenager's corpse still being shared online: reports
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The teen was identified as Bianca Devins. (Utica Police)
Photos showing the corpse of a teenager allegedly killed by a man she'd met on Instagram continued to spread online on Tuesday amid efforts to curb their posting, according to reports.
Using the hashtag #yesjuliet, the gory pictures were redistributed widely, including by online posters making light of or celebrating the death of the teen, who had a small social media following in upstate New York.
Others urged people to stop circulating the images, seen on online chat sites including 4chan and Discord.
Discord users who saw the photos Sunday morning alerted police.
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Instagram spokeswoman Stephanie Otway told Fox News via email that her social media platform had blocked the hashtag #yesjuliet for attempting to spread the images.
But Rolling Stone reported that photos were still being circulated Tuesday, even via Twitter.
"On the Instagram side, we're using technology that allows us to find other images that are visually similar to the original image posted and automatically remove them when people attempt to upload them," Otway told Fox News. "When our teams become aware of other images from this incident on other social media sites, we are hashing them as a preventative measure to stop this content from being uploaded to Instagram."
Utica police said they are working to address the sharing of the images with various Internet platforms.
Utica Police Lt. Bryan Coromato told Fox News via email Tuesday night, "We are working to stay in contact with all platforms where these photos are appearing to have them removed, hoping to keep the exposure to a minimum."
Bianca Devins was killed, allegedly by a man she'd met recently on Instagram, who then posted photos of her corpse online, police said. (Instagram)
The teen was identified as Bianca Devins, Utica Police Sgt. Michael Curley said. He identified Brandon Clark, 21, as the suspect in her slaying.
Devins and Clark met on Instagram about two months ago, police said.
Initially, they were online acquaintances only, but the "relationship progressed into a personally intimate one," police said. "They had spent time together, and were acquainted with each other's families."
Utica Police told Fox News they were continuing to examine the backgrounds of the pair and their relationship.
Police were also working to nail down the events of Saturday night through early Sunday.
The two, Devins and Carl, allegedly attended a concert together Saturday night in New York City and got into an argument. They arrived back in Utica early Sunday and went to a spot on a dead-end street, according to the police statement.
There, they argued until Clark used a large knife to kill the teenager, police said. Authorities began receiving calls around 7:20 a.m. Sunday, reporting that a man posted on a social media site that he'd killed someone.
The case is being investigated as a murder and attempted suicide, Coromato said.
Clark was charged with second-degree murder Monday night, police said. It was unclear whether the suspect had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
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Chief Justice John Roberts is doing all in his power to help the Supreme Court not look overtly political as it moves ideologically to the right. USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — John Paul Stevens, the second oldest and third longest-serving Supreme Court justice in history and a Republican president's nominee who went on to lead the court's liberal wing, died Tuesday at the age of 99.
Stevens died in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., of complications from a stroke he suffered on Monday, according to a Supreme Cout of the United States press release.
"On behalf of the Court and retired Justices, I am saddened to report that our colleague Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away," Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in the release. "He brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation. We extend our deepest condolences to his children Elizabeth and Susan, and to his extended family."
For 35 years, Stevens' trademark bow tie and gentle mien belied a competitive edge that turned up in his opinions and dissents, most often defending the rights of individuals against the government.
Stevens' brand of conservatism – a term he insisted still applied until his retirement in 2010 – all but disappeared during his long and distinguished career. He was a proud veteran of World War II and a code-breaker who went on to become a corruption-buster in his native Chicago. President Gerald Ford not only nominated him in 1975 but proudly defended him 30 years later in a letter to USA TODAY.
"I am prepared to allow history's judgment of my term in office to rest (if necessary, exclusively) on my nomination thirty years ago of Justice John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court," Ford wrote a year before his death.
Former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens sits for an interview in his chambers with USA TODAY in 2014. (Photo: Christopher Powers, USAT)
In lengthy interviews with The New Yorker and The New York Times near the end of his career, Stevens insisted that he had not changed his stripes but had simply withstood the court's transformation from liberal to conservative. During that time, he came to align more with the court's liberals than its new brand of conservatives, eventually becoming the senior justice on that side with the power to assign opinions and dissents.
Those dissents often went to himself and were perhaps his greatest contribution. In his last term, he penned a 90-page dissent to the court's decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, which gave corporations the right to spend freely on elections.
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics," he wrote.
And a decade earlier, he led the opponents of the high court's ruling in Bush v. Gore, which ended the Florida recount and handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush.
"Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear," he wrote. "It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law."
That concern over impartiality led Stevens to oppose Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation in October 2018, following Kavanaugh's intemperate performance at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on allegations of sexual misconduct during his youth.
Guns, abortion, death penalty
Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger, left, chats with John Paul Stevens on the steps of the court prior to Stevens' swearing-in as its 101st justice in 1975. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)
On other issues, Stevens appeared to be a true liberal. He fiercely opposed Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's opinion in 2008 that said the Second Amendment gave Americans the right to keep guns at home for self-defense, later calling for its repeal. And he stood firmly behind women's right to choose their reproductive future.
"The societal costs of overruling (Roe v. Wade) at this late date would be enormous," he wrote in a 1992 case. "Roe is an integral part of a correct understanding of both the concept of liberty and the basic equality of men and women."
Stevens enjoyed his share of victories on the closely-divided court, including on a series of cases during Bush's administration that gave prisoners at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their incarceration in U.S. courts, rather than military tribunals.
And in his last decade, the court also upheld the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law and banned the use of the death penalty against juveniles and those with intellectual disabilities, with Stevens leading the liberal wing against the court's conservatives.
His greatest regret, he would later say, was his vote in 1976 to reinstate the death penalty after a four-year hiatus. By the end of his time on the high court, he had decided capital punishment was unconstitutional.
Court's last World War II vet
Former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens speaking in Little Rock, Ark., in 2012. (Photo: Danny Johnston, AP)
Born in 1920, Stevens enlisted in the Navy just hours before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and later served out his time there as a cryptographer. His fierce patriotism led him to oppose the Supreme Court's ruling that burning the American flag was a protected form of speech – a decision even Scalia supported.
Stevens had plans to become an English teacher until he was convinced he should attend Northwestern University School of Law, where he graduated at the top of his class in two years.
Content as a lawyer in Chicago, he was entering his sixth decade when President Richard Nixon named him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1970. Five years later, Ford named him to succeed Justice William O. Douglas, whose record 36 years on the high court Stevens nearly matched. He was succeeded by Justice Elena Kagan in 2010.
Over the years, Stevens survived both prostate cancer and heart bypass surgery and was the picture of good health. He would spend nearly half the time the court was in session at his condominium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., reading briefs on the beach between tennis and golf matches. He swam in the Atlantic Ocean regularly until recent years, when he decided he was no longer safe without someone nearby to help him get out.
A devoted Chicago Cubs fan, Stevens was at Wrigley Field in 1932 when the New York Yankees' Babe Ruth called his famous shot to center field. He threw out the first pitch at age 85, and attended Game 4 of the 2016 World Series in a red bowtie and Cubs jacket.
'Maybe I should have had seven'
Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's senior justice at the time, escorts newly installed Chief Justice John Roberts down the court's steps in October 2005. (Photo: H. Darr Beiser, USAT)
Since retiring from the court, Stevens maintained an active schedule of public speaking and wrote three books: "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir," "Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution," and "The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years."
"It's certainly not easy to get the Constitution amended, and perhaps that's one flaw in the Constitution that I don't mention in the book," he said during a wide-ranging interview with USA TODAY in 2014. While the book called for six new amendments, he mused, "Maybe I should have had seven."
During the interview, Stevens correctly predicted the court would soon address same-sex marriage and government surveillance programs, and he said the court's 2008 decision on guns wouldn't be the final word.
As for bringing cameras into the court, Stevens was a traditionalist. "If you leave it up to members of the court, I don't think there's a chance in the foreseeable future," he said. "The downside is that whenever you bring television into a new arena, you're never sure what's going to happen."
And as for retirement, Stevens reveled in the time for golf, tennis and reading – lots of reading, particularly history.
"It's amazing," he said, "how many interesting things there are to learn about the world."
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WASHINGTON — With three days of attacks on four liberal, minority freshman congresswomen, President Trump and the Republicans have sent the clearest signal yet that their approach to 2020 will be a racially divisive reprise of the strategy that helped Mr. Trump narrowly capture the White House in 2016.
It is the kind of fight that the president relishes. He has told aides, in fact, that he is pleased with the Democratic reaction to his attacks, boasting that he is "marrying" the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party to the four congresswomen known as "the Squad."
His efforts to stoke similar cultural and racial resentments during the 2018 midterm elections with fears of marauding immigrant caravans backfired as his party lost control of the House. But he is undeterred heading into his re-election campaign, betting that he can cast the entire Democratic Party as radical and un-American.
"He's framing the election as a clash of civilizations," said Charlie Sykes, a conservative writer who is critical of Mr. Trump. The argument Mr. Trump is making is both strategic and cynical, he said. "They're coming for you. They hate you. They despise America. They are not you."
"And if you look at the Electoral College map," Mr. Sykes added, "the places that will play are the places Donald Trump will need to win the election."
While the Democrats were voting Tuesday to condemn the president's attacks against the four women as racist, Trump campaign officials, by contrast, were trying to cast Monday as a landmark day for the Democratic Party — the day that the progressive "Squad" became the de facto leaders of their party.
The four freshman, female members of Congress — Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — hold no formal leadership positions in their party, and none have been on the national political stage for much longer than a year. Yet Republicans, led by Mr. Trump and buttressed by his allies in the conservative media, have spent months seizing on and distorting their more inflammatory statements.
Aides to Mr. Trump's campaign conceded that the president's tweets about the four women on Sunday were not helpful, were difficult to defend and caught them off guard. They would have preferred he had not tweeted that the four women, all racial and ethnic minorities, should "go back" to their own countries.
But they said that his instincts were what guided his campaign in 2016, when his attacks on immigrants resonated with alienated white voters in key states. They believe there is political value in having "the Squad" as the new face of their political opponents when Mr. Trump is tracing a path to re-election that runs through Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, where the four women are unpopular.
Brad Parscale, the Trump campaign manager, has been telling people that it is very hard to persuade voters in the current hyperpartisan political landscape.
Mr. Trump's re-election strategy, instead, is to solidify his base and increase turnout. A major component of that is to portray his opponents as not merely disliking him and his policies, but also disliking America itself.
During a news conference on Monday, Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounced Mr. Trump's comments.CreditAnna Moneymaker/The New York Times
The strategy is reminiscent of how President Richard M. Nixon and the Republican Party tried to frame their fight with Democrats during the 1972 elections around questions of patriotism and loyalty. Nixon supporters took to using the slogan "America: Love It or Leave It" to cast the Democrats and the growing opposition to the Vietnam War as anti-American — not merely anti-Nixon or anti-Republican.
Pat Buchanan, the populist, conservative former presidential candidate who served as an aide to Nixon, said that by elevating the four, Mr. Trump is trying to set the terms of his re-election fight.
"Rather than let Democrats in the primaries choose his adversary, Trump is seeking to make the selection himself," Mr. Buchanan said. And if the election is seen as a choice between Democrats like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and Ms. Omar, Mr. Buchanan added, "Trump wins."
Mr. Buchanan said he envisioned a scenario in which the battle for the Democratic nomination becomes, in part, a referendum on these four women. "The Democratic candidates will be forced to choose in the coming debates as to whether to back the four," he said, "or put distance between themselves and the four."
Only four Republicans and one independent broke and voted with the Democrats to condemn the president's language in the House vote Tuesday, a stark reminder of just how far the party has come from the period when its leaders believed their political future depended on being a big tent, welcoming to Latino and African-American voters.
Instead, a range of party leaders were pushing messages of patriotism. Some attempted to sidestep the racial implications, while others seemed less concerned about the potential blowback.
"Forget these four," said Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the president, in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. "They represent a dark underbelly of people in this country," she added. "We are sick and tired of people denigrating that American flag, the American military, veterans and America."
Others were jumping on the bandwagon, but seeking to reframe and soften the message. Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, effectively offered Mr. Trump a tutorial in how to go on the offensive without inviting a backlash.
"Our opposition to our socialist colleagues has absolutely nothing to do with their gender, with their religion or with their race," Ms. Cheney told reporters Tuesday. "It has to do with the content of their policies."
The election is still more than 15 months away, and eventually the Democrats will have a standard-bearer to define the party in opposition to Mr. Trump. Still, some Democrats worry that criticism of the four congresswomen will resonate with a segment of their voters and independents, who may prove just as uneasy with the policies, and some of the rhetoric, of "the Squad" as they are with Mr. Trump's own bombast.
The Democrats who fared the best in the midterms were those who played down Mr. Trump while highlighting issues like protecting the health insurance of people with pre-existing conditions. And many of the strategists who are rallying behind former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. believe the party can't count on increasing turnout among young people and minorities, and needs to lure back voters it lost to Mr. Trump.
In research published in a journal in February, Carlos Algara and Isaac Hale found that among white voters, high levels of racial resentment — measured by asking people whether they agree with statements such as "I am angry that racism exists" — were a better indicator of how someone would vote than party affiliation or ideological beliefs.
Trump campaign officials have expressed confidence in the state of the race. Mr. Trump's favorability rating is about 46 percent.CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times
They found that there was still a sizable number of white Democrats who harbor relatively high levels of racial resentment, and that is helping Republicans across the board.
Mr. Algara, a political scientist at the University of California, Davis, said that a forthcoming analysis of the 2018 midterm elections found that even without Mr. Trump on the ballot, white Democrats with high levels of racial resentment were likely to vote for Republican candidates.
"The president and the Republican National Committee know that if you prime racial resentment attitudes among Democrats, you're more likely to win their votes," he said. "It's a very effective strategy."
But many Democrats believe that Mr. Trump has repelled so many voters who gave him the benefit of the doubt in 2016 that he is only digging himself into a deeper hole. "He's risking everything on a strategy of recreating his exact 2016 coalition, but things have changed," said Nick Gourevitch, a pollster with the Global Strategy Group, a Democratic firm.
There are Trump supporters who agree that the president's rhetoric could backfire, and wish he hadn't gone down this road.
"I think a more successful strategy would be to focus on the growth in the economy and policies and go after moderates and independents," Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director, said on CNN on Tuesday.
He added that he found the comments reprehensible and was surprised that more Republicans were not speaking out. He said he found that "astonishing."
And some Republicans believe that the president is squandering an opportunity to capitalize on what had been a smoldering fight between Ms. Pelosi and the first-term lawmakers and was simply uniting the party.
"It got in the way of a nice little meltdown the Democrats were enjoying and totally unified them," said David Kochel, an Iowa-based Republican strategist. "I'm just concerned that he took the focus off a really interesting food fight between Pelosi and the Squad."
On Michael Savage's radio program on Monday, a caller named Susan dialed in to defend the president's actions. "He's said worse things than that, and he's not a racist," she said.
Mr. Savage, who was one of the earliest hosts in conservative radio to endorse Mr. Trump but has been more skeptical of late, questioned his caller's blind faith and also expressed concern that the entire episode was unifying the Democrats.
"I'm starting to get very worried about the true believers out there," Mr. Savage said, adding that he thought the president needed to stop being so impulsive.
"I think he needs to stop tweeting at 3 in the morning when he's having a low-blood-sugar attack. He has set our entire cause back."
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, then 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2011. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, then 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2011.
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, whose Supreme Court opinions transformed many areas of American law during his 34 year tenure, died at the age of 99 in in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., of complications following a stroke he suffered Monday.
Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed Stevens' death in a statement from the Supreme Court.
"A son of the Midwest heartland and a veteran of World War II, Justice Stevens devoted his long life to public service, including 35 years on the Supreme Court," Roberts said in the statement. "He brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation. We extend our deepest condolences to his children Elizabeth and Susan, and to his extended family."
The court's statement noted that "he passed away peacefully with his daughters by his side."
Often called a judge's judge, Stevens was something of a throwback to a less rancorous era, when, as one writer put it, law and politics were a noble pursuit, not a blood sport.
The quintessential Midwesterner, Stevens was born in Chicago and educated at Northwestern and the University of Chicago. In the Windy City, he earned a reputation as a brilliant lawyer and later appeals court judge.
In 1975, President Gerald Ford appointed him to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nomination drew instant praise from Democrats and Republicans alike, and Stevens, wearing his trademark bow tie, was confirmed in a remarkable three weeks.
'Accident of history'
Given his lack of political ties, Stevens' rise was, to some extent, a fluke according to his onetime law clerk, Clifford Sloan.
"It was an accident of history," Sloan said, adding, "The stars lined up in a way that could not have been possible before that precise moment, and probably could not have been possible after that precise moment."
A brand new president, Gerald Ford, suddenly had a Supreme Court vacancy to fill, and with the country still reeling from the Watergate scandal, the name of the game was to pick someone of unassailable credentials and no political connections.
Ford assigned his attorney general, Edward Levi, a man also chosen for his lack of political ties, to do the screening. And Levi, the onetime dean of the University of Chicago Law School, quickly fixed his eye on Stevens, a lifelong Republican with no record of political or judicial activism.
John Paul Stevens, then 55, talks to reporters in Chicago on Nov. 28, 1975, after being nominated by President Gerald Ford to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fred Jewell/AP hide caption
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Once on the court, Stevens quickly earned a reputation for quality work, and for independence. Over time he was seen as an increasingly respected and influential justice, a man beloved by his colleagues for his decency, his unassuming nature, and his tough inner core.
In his first decade, he was viewed as a center-right justice, but as the composition of the court grew more and more conservative, he found himself referred to as the court's most liberal member, a moniker he never liked. Indeed, Stevens said forthrightly in a 2010 interview with NPR that it wasn't he who changed. Rather, it was a court populated by new justices with a conservative ideology that he saw as quite radical.
'Crafty and genial hand'
Over the years, Stevens authored some 400 majority opinions for the court on almost every issue imaginable, from property rights to immigration, from abortion to obscenity, from school prayer to campaign-finance reform, from term limits to the relationship between the federal and state governments.
As former Solicitor General Ted Olson put it: "The crafty and genial hand of Justice Stevens was everywhere evident."
The decisions Stevens will likely be remembered for most, though, are those he authored on national security and presidential power. Stevens wrote the court's 5-to-3 decision repudiating president George W. Bush's assertion of unilateral executive power in setting up war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
And in 2004 he authored the court's 6-to-3 decision allowing the Guantanamo detainees to challenge their detentions in the U.S. courts. Both had profound implications for the limits of presidential power.
Bush was not the first president to feel Stevens' sting. He also wrote the opinion for a unanimous court in Clinton v. Jones, the decision refusing to postpone Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. In summarizing the decision from the bench in 1997, Stevens dismissed the notion that the suit would burden the presidency.
"In the entire history of the republic," he said, "only three sitting presidents have been subjected to suits for their private actions. As for the case at hand … there's nothing in the record to identify any potential harm that might ensue from scheduling the trial promptly."
Critics thought Stevens' view naïve — the view of a man who knew nothing of the venality of politics or political enemies. And, indeed, as it turned out, the Paula Jones case led directly to Clinton's impeachment. But defenders of the decision see it as an example of the highest value in the American legal system — that no person is above the law.
A dissenting voice
While Stevens authored some of the court's most complex and important decisions, often bringing together under one legal tent justices one might not expect to agree, he also dissented from the court's rulings more frequently than any other justice during his long tenure on the bench. When the court struck down a Texas law that punished burning the American flag, Stevens — the Navy veteran and winner of the Bronze Star — objected, declaring that "the value of the of the flag as a symbol cannot be measured."
When the court revived the doctrine of states' rights, he dissented. In 1997, when the court majority ruled that a key section of the Brady gun-control law unconstitutionally conscripted local law enforcement to conduct background checks of gun buyers, Stevens took the unusual step of announcing his dissent from the bench.
"The basic question is whether Congress, acting on behalf of the people of the entire nation, has the power to require local law enforcement officers to perform certain duties," he said. "Since the ultimate question is one of power, we have to consider its implications in times of national emergency, matters such as … the mass inoculation of children to forestall an epidemic, or perhaps the threat of an international terrorist."
Justice John Paul Stevens, a Chicago native, throws out the first pitch before the Chicago Cubs game Sept. 14, 2005, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
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Stevens' ultimate revenge came eight years later when he managed to eke out a 5-to-4 majority upholding a federal regulatory scheme under which the federal law making marijuana illegal trumped state laws legalizing it for medical purposes.
"Our case law firmly establishes that Congress has the power to regulate purely local activities when necessary to implement a comprehensive national regulatory program," he said.
Bush v. Gore
Stevens' angriest dissent came, without doubt, in 2000, in the case of Bush v. Gore, which effectively ended the presidential race in favor of George W. Bush.
"Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election," he wrote, "the identity of the loser is clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as impartial guardian of the rule of law."
Two other dissents were barn burners, too. His 2008 dissent, when a five-justice majority struck down a local ban on handguns, ruling for the first time that there is a constitutional right for individuals to own a gun.
And his 2010 dissent, when the same five-justice majority struck down a century-old ban on corporate spending in candidate elections. Stevens dissent from the bench in that case – Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission — was passionate and long, lasting more than 20 minutes.
"Simply put," he said, "corporations are not human beings. In the context of an election to public office, the distinction between corporate and human speakers is significant. Corporations cannot vote or run for office because they are managed and controlled by nonresidents, their interest may conflict in fundamental ways with the interest of voters. … The rule announced today that Congress must treat corporate speakers exactly the like human beings in the political realm represents … a radical change in the law."
Behind the scenes, Stevens was often a persuasive and strategic thinker.
In 1992, for instance, he played a pivotal role in the court's reconsideration of its landmark 1973 abortion ruling, Roe v. Wade. The court was split into three separate factions. Four justices to reverse Roe outright. Three to uphold its core but allow more regulation by the states. And two, including Stevens and Harry Blackmun, to uphold Roe entirely.
Upon receiving the draft of the three middle-ground justices, Stevens suggested a reorganization of their opinion so that he and Blackmun – the author of Roe — could join most of it. That way, he noted, there would be a single opinion that was supported by a court majority of five. The three quickly agreed, and the opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey became the new law of the land.
Just one regret
In his 2010 NPR interview, Stevens said that in his 3 1/2 decades on the court, he really had just one regret: his 1976 vote to revive the death penalty by upholding a Texas death penalty statute.
Stevens said that at the time the court had adopted many rules to limit the death penalty to a narrow category of offenders and to prevent what he called "loading the dice" for the prosecution. But over time, those limiting rules were abandoned.
And so, in his later years, Stevens opposed most death sentences, winning rare but important victories, as when he wrote the court's opinion striking down capital punishment for the mentally retarded.
He maintained he was undecided about retiring, but in late June of 2010 his lengthy oral dissent in the campaign finance case was marred by verbal flubs. He was so distressed by his performance that he sought a complete checkup by his doctor. There was nothing wrong, but not long thereafter, Stevens, then 90, announced his retirement.
In the years afterward, he continued to be both physically and intellectually active, playing tennis and golf, and writing and speaking about the court and its work. When he thought the court in error, he lobbed critiques — as always, pointed, literate, and respectful. The very qualities that made him such a revered figure in the law.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who led the court's effort to provide legal protections to prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, died on Tuesday. He was 99 years old.
Raised to the Supreme Court in 1975 by a Republican president, Stevens became an outspoken critic of President George W. Bush's efforts to create a legal black hole at Guantanamo. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the Bush administration argued that enemy combatants held at the off-shore prison were not entitled to access to U.S. courts because they were not U.S. citizens and they were not being held on American soil.
Stevens disagreed. In the 2004 case Rasul v. Bush, he wrote the majority opinion ruling that prisoners at Guantanamo had the right to challenge the legality of their imprisonment before a U.S. court.
Two years later, Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which ruled that the military commission system set up under Bush violated U.S. and international law. Prisoners at Guantanamo, Stevens held, were protected by a provision in the Geneva Conventions entitling them to "a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized people." Stevens rejected the Bush administration's argument that Congress had given the president the authority to convene the military tribunals when it passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force following the Sept. 11 attacks.
William Thomas Cain via Getty Images Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinions in two cases in the mid-2000s that checked the executive authority of the George W. Bush administration.
Even after he retired in 2010, Stevens remained a vocal critic of the U.S. government's policy of indefinite detention without charge at Guantanamo. In 2015, he argued that the government should pay reparations to those detainees who had been approved for transfer out of the prison but remained locked up. He compared the reparations proposal to the government's eventual decision to compensate and apologize to the Japanese Americans who were incarcerated en masse during World War II.
But those Supreme Court victories have proved to be more theoretical than practical. Over the years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has repeatedly sided with the government against the Guantanamo detainees. And despite a revamping after Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the military commission system remains dysfunctional.
Guantanamo detention was not the only issue on which the Gerald Ford nominee sided with the court's liberal wing. But Stevens claimed that he never really considered himself to be left-leaning. Instead, he insisted that the Supreme Court became more conservative during his nearly 35 years there.
"I think as part of my general politics, I'm pretty darn conservative," he told The New York Times in 2007.
Nonetheless, it's true that Stevens moved left on several divisive issues, including capital punishment and affirmative action. In 1976, he voted to uphold the death penalty as a constitutional punishment ― something he later said he regretted. In 1978, Stevens joined with the majority in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke to rule that the use of racial quotas in a medical school admissions program was unconstitutional. But he joined the majority in the 2003 ruling Grutter v. Bollinger, which upheld the affirmative action program at the University of Michigan Law School.
Bloomberg via Getty Images Stevens (center) attends the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009. Standing around him (clockwise from his immediate left) are Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia.
Stevens also wrote a strongly worded dissent in Bush v. Gore, the 2000 case that halted a recount in Florida and ultimately handed the presidency to George W. Bush. That decision would undermine confidence in the Supreme Court, Stevens predicted at the time.
"Time will one day heal the wound to that confidence that will be inflicted by today's decision," he wrote. "One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law."
During his final year on the court in 2010, Stevens wrote a lengthy dissenting opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the landmark decision that allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums of money in elections. The majority ruled that limits on political spending infringed on the organizations' First Amendment rights. Stevens responded that there's a meaningful distinction between corporations and human beings:
In the context of election to public office, the distinction between corporate and human speakers is significant. Although they make enormous contributions to our society, corporations are not actually members of it. They cannot vote or run for office. Because they may be managed and controlled by nonresidents, their interests may conflict in fundamental respects with the interests of eligible voters. The financial resources, legal structure, and instrumental orientation of corporations raise legitimate concerns about their role in the electoral process. Our lawmakers have a compelling constitutional basis, if not also a democratic duty, to take measures designed to guard against the potentially deleterious effects of corporate spending in local and national races.
Win McNamee via Getty Images Stevens, then the senior justice on the court, waits at the White House to swear in John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005.
Stevens was born in 1920 to a wealthy family in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. His father, grandfather and uncle were all arrested on embezzlement charges in 1933. His uncle killed himself before a trial, and his father was convicted and then acquitted on an appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. Stevens would later say that his father's wrongful conviction taught him that the legal system can make mistakes ― something he would keep in mind as a judge.
"It was an example of the system not working properly. And so I think every judge has to keep in mind the possibility that the system has not worked correctly in a particular case," he said in a "60 Minutes" interview the year he retired.
In 1941, Stevens graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago, where he played tennis ― he continued to play into his 90s ― and worked on the school's newspaper, The Daily Maroon. He then joined the Navy, serving as a codebreaker and earning a Bronze Star. After the war, he attended Northwestern Law School, where he graduated with the highest GPA in the law school's history at that time. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge for a year.
Stevens then returned to Chicago to practice antitrust law. He would also teach law at Northwestern and the University of Chicago before President Richard Nixon nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1970. Stevens served on that court until 1975, when Ford picked him for the Supreme Court.
Bill Clark via Getty Images Stevens was described as a "judge's judge."
Ford appointed Stevens at the recommendation of his attorney general, Edward Levi, a former University of Chicago president who knew of Stevens' evenhanded reputation. Ford sought someone who could be confirmed by a Democratic-controlled Senate. He announced he was nominating Stevens after meeting him only once, at a White House dinner where the two men did not discuss Stevens' judicial philosophy. Three decades later, Ford said he was willing to let historians judge his entire presidency on his selection of Stevens.
The judge was confirmed to the high court by a Senate vote of 98-0.
On the court, Stevens had a reputation for being a collegial, courteous consensus-builder ― and for wearing a bowtie. Instead of interrupting lawyers during oral argument to ask questions, as is the custom among other justices, Stevens would say, "May I ask you a question?" A former clerk for Stevens told The New Yorker in 2010 that Stevens often waited until his colleagues had asked questions to see how they were approaching a case and who might be the swing votes in the case. He was frequently described as a "judge's judge."
After retiring from the Supreme Court at age 90, Stevens kept an active schedule, appearing frequently in public and authoring several books. In one of those books, he proposed six new amendments to the Constitution involving such issues as gun rights, campaign finance, the death penalty and gerrymandering. In 2014, he suggested adding five words to the Second Amendment so that it would say, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the Militia shall not be infringed."
Stevens is survived by three daughters and multiple grandchildren.
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Steelers' James Conner reveals details about cancer diagnosis: 'You had about a week left'
James Conner's journey from star college running back at Pittsburgh, to his cancer comeback, to a burgeoning NFL career has been well-documented.
Last week, the Pittsburgh Steelers tailback joined rapper Mike Stud's podcast "Ya Neva Know: You Know What I Mean?" and revealed details regarding his Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis. Conner said doctors told him he would have had a week to live if the condition had remained untreated.
"The doctor told me, 'You had about a week left,'" Conner said. "'You had about a week at the rate it was growing.' I think about that [stuff] every day. Like, I got to go hard."
Conner, 24, said he had tumors surrounding his heart that were pressing down on the veins inside his chest.
Steelers running back James Conner replaced Le'Veon Bell as the Steelers' featured back last season. (Photo: Philip G. Pavely, USA TODAY Sports)
He arrived at Pittsburgh in 2013 and rushed for 799 yards and eight touchdowns during his freshman season before breaking out during his sophomore campaign with 1,765 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns. But in the 2015 opener, he tore his MCL. Doctors discovered the cancer during his rehab.
"I'm like, this is the worst thing in the world," he said of his initial knee injury, before realizing that would become a minor issue. "I get some tests done. I got a tumor surrounding my heart. I got tumors growing all around it.
"I remember sitting there like 'What you gonna do?' What else is gonna happen at this point? The hardest thing about it was telling my [brothers]."
One of the toughest parts mentally for Conner was the consuming nature of the disease.
"It's the first thing you think about when you wake up, it's the last thing you think of before you go to bed," he said.
Shortly after being diagnosed, Conner returned to his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, to share the news with those close to him. But the disease followed him. He watched "Creed" in theaters, and a plot point is Sylvester Stallone's iconic Rocky Balboa character developing cancer — non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Conner, who underwent chemotherapy treatments over a six-month period, said he fought through with prayer and watching his own highlights, with the goal of returning to that level one day. He was deemed cancer-free prior to the 2016 season and returned to Pitt for his redshirt junior season the following year. He declared for the NFL draft in January 2017.
After 32 carries that year, Conner replaced Le'Veon Bell as the Steelers' featured back last season and rushed for 12 scores and 973 yards, while adding 497 receiving yards on 55 catches.
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Rep. John Lewis on Trump tweets: 'I know racism when I see it'
House Democrats urged their Republican colleagues to join them in voting on a resolution condemning President Donald Trump's tweets that urged four Democratic congresswomen of color to return to their countries. (July 16) AP, AP
WASHINGTON – Saying "I know racism when I see it," Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement, condemned recent tweets by President Donald Trump's that told four congresswomen of color to "go back" to their countries,
Lewis, D-Georgia, made the comment on the House floor ahead of a vote on a resolution condemning Trump's tweets, which invoke a racist trope. The House voted 240-187 to denounce Trump's tweets as racist, with only four Republicans and one independent voting with Democrats.
"I know racism when I see it. I know racism when I feel it. And at the highest level of our government, there's no room for racism," Lewis said ahead of that vote.
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Over the weekend, Trump told four Democratic congresswomen to "go back" to their own countries. Although he did not name the lawmakers, many believe the president was talking about Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
Since then, Trump has repeatedly doubled down on his attacks on the four Democrats and denied his tweets were racist. The four congresswomen, known as "The Squad," held a press conference Monday and called Trump's remarks "racist," "xenophobic," and "bigoted."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also called the remarks racist.
Lewis, who –as a young man — helped organized the March on Washington in 1963, said the world is "shocked and dismayed" by Trump's comments. He added, that some have been victim of "the stain, the pain and the hurt of racism."
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"In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists told us to go back," he said. "We protested for our rights. They told ministers, priests, rabbis and nuns to go back. They told the innocent, little children, seeking just an equal education, to go back. As a nation and as a people, we need to go forward and not backwards."
"With this vote, we meet our moral obligation to condemn hate, racism and bigotry in every form," he concluded.
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Fresh off the success of his solo album, Harry Styles could soon be making a (literal) splash on the big screen.
Variety reported Tuesday that the former One Direction singer is being courted by Disney to play Prince Eric in the live-action reboot of 1989 animated classic, "The Little Mermaid."
If Styles is cast, he'll star opposite Halle Bailey as Ariel, a curious mermaid who gives up her singing voice for human legs. According to reports, Melissa McCarthy is being considered for the role of sea witch Ursula, while Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina are linked to the project as Ariel sidekicks Flounder and Scuttle, respectively.
And while Styles' involvement has yet to be made official, his fans responded to the prospective casting with great enthusiasm on social media.
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Harry Styles as Prince Eric. That's it. That's the tweet. pic.twitter.com/QLX6QOCKjx
— 🇲🇽𝓛𝓲𝔃𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓱🇲🇽 (@LizTomlinsonHor) July 16, 2019
Styles made his acting debut in 2017's "Dunkirk," directed by Christopher Nolan. That World War II drama also starred Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy and received eight Academy Award nominations, winning three.
Until recently, the 25-year-old was in the running to star in director Baz Luhrmann's as-yet-untitled Elvis Presley biopic. On Monday, it was announced that Presley will be played by Austin Butler, who also beat out contenders Ansel Elgort and Miles Teller for the part.
The new "Mermaid" will feature the classic songs "Part of Your World" and "Under the Sea," as well as new tunes written by Alan Menken and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Given Styles' well-honed musical chops, it seems likely the team will add a song or two for Prince Eric, who did not sing in the 1989 original.


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The year was 1973. President Nixon announced a peace agreement in Vietnam. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade. A gallon of gasoline cost 40 cents. And a young Cynthia Jones traveled nearly 850 miles from her hometown of Albany, Georgia, to Milford, Delaware, where she'd eventually raise her family and become a well-respected member of the southern Delaware community.
After moving so far away from home, Jones didn't know many people in the area, but that did not stop her from volunteering her time at Milford Memorial Hospital. She quickly became a member of the Milford Memorial Auxiliary — and the rest is history.
According to Jones, her membership started as a way to become involved in the community. "One of the many benefits of volunteering was making new friends," Jones said. "I felt very welcome in the southern Delaware community. I loved working with the women and later it gave me something to do when I wasn't too busy taking care of our children."
Jones recalls one of her biggest commitments to the auxiliary was serving as the chairperson of the 1986 Milford Hospital Fair. She along with members Susan Phillips, Janice Caldwell, and Judy Grier were in charge of coordinating the huge community event. That year the theme of the hospital fair was "Country Jamboree." In more recent years, Jones has served as the chair of the Bayhealth Milford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary's Country Barbecue and Auction.
With so much time and talent committed to volunteering, fundraising, and organizing social activities, it was evident to Jones's family how much she loved the hospital. Over the last 30 years, supporting Bayhealth Milford Memorial has become a family affair. Cynthia's husband, Skip Jones, served on the Bayhealth Medical Center Board for more than 10 years and spent several years on the Milford Memorial Hospital Board before the merger with Kent General in 1997. Both of Jones's sons are actively involved with Bayhealth. Jonathan is a member of the Bayhealth Foundation Board, and Ben is on the Committee for the Campaign for Bayhealth — Phase III.
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"They surprised me on Christmas morning. I opened up a gift box and inside was a brochure with an image of the new facility and the gift," said Cynthia. Her family had made a donation to the Campaign for Bayhealth — Phase III in Cynthia's honor. "It looked like any other present under the tree, but this was even more special."
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Supreme court: So far, in opposition to this deal, the opposition party was an attacker on the government, but since the verdict, the BJP and the central government have got a chance of reversal. Many meetings of the House in the past have come up for a ruckus on this deal and again the Rafale Deal has become a major reason for the deadlock in the Parliament.
After the Supreme Court's decision on the Rafael Deal, BJP has got sanjivani hand. Since the BJP's decision on backfight so far in Parliament, it has come down to the Opposition and chiefly reversing the Congress. On Friday, there was a fierce rafale in Parliament and the work of both the Houses was disrupted.
So far, in opposition to this deal, the opposition party was an attacker on the government, but since the verdict, the BJP and the central government have got a chance of reversal. Many meetings of the House in the past have come to a conclusion on the deal and again the Rafale deal has become a major reason for the deadlock in the Parliament.
In the first Lok Sabha, after the court decision on behalf of BJP MPs, slogans were raised against Congress President Rahul Gandhi. BJP MPs shout slogans 'Rahul Gandhi apologize'. On the other hand, opposition parties also came to Vile to protest against their issues and started protesting. Opposition parties, including Congress, demand that Rafael Deal be examined by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has said that if the Opposition is ready for discussion, then it can allow Rafale Deal to discuss it. However, due to the ruckus the proceedings of the House have been postponed till Monday.
In the Lok Sabha, several times tried to calm the MPs by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, but they did not show any effect. Meanwhile, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said in the House that Rahul Gandhi has misled the country on Rafale Deal and now he should apologize to the country after the court's decision.
In the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has demanded a discussion on the Rafael Deal. He said that Congress will start this discussion and their lies will be kept in front of the country. The Congress party has been discussing the demand for the JPC to be discussed by discussing Rafael for several days, but now after the Supreme Court's decision, the government is also looking at the discussion.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has come to blame Rafael Deal directly on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress has alleged that corruption has happened in this deal and Prime Minister Modi is responsible for this. After the court verdict, the BJP says that Rahul Gandhi tried to defame the Prime Minister and misled the nation in the name of corruption in the Raphael deal, for which he should apologize.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha that Congress President Rahul Gandhi has tried to mislead the country on Rafael Deal and should apologize to the whole country, from the House. Rajnath said that Congress President has tried to tarnish the image of the country in the international arena.
Referring to the Supreme Court verdict, Rajnath has said that no question can be made on the Rafael Deal. He said that the Congress government has been accused of corruption and his ministers have to go to jail. That is why Congress has tried to malign the image of the government and now the Congress party and its President should come to the House and apologize to the country.


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By Steve Yockey	Wednesday January 4, 2006 12:04 am EST
All right, guys, so the new year is now upon us and our best-intention-laced resolutions are hanging around our necks like so many Saran-wrapped holiday leftovers. But before you cave in to your vices again and start planning what you'll do better in 2007, try this list of inspirational ditties. You're the man and these five songs (a veritable genre blender) all want you to be a better version of yourself — right now!
1) "99 Problems" — Jay-Z: Start on your path toward enlightenment by ignoring advertisers, popular radio and the fucking police. And finding a problem-free woman.
2) "Independence Day" — Martina McBride: Also, don't abuse your woman.
3) "Because of You" — Kelly Clarkson: While you're at it, don't abuse your woman in front of your children. They'll grow up to "never stray too far from the sidewalk." Whatever that means.
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Sometimes the underscoring you hear in a flick can be just the added shot in the arm that really gets your blood pumping. Classical music, especially, can be some pretty powerful stuff. By no means a master list, here are five instances of movie magic that can be directly attributed to some dead guy's musical machismo. Got it? Good.
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Thousands of kids and families will descend on Stamford's Mill River Park for a weekend of fitness and activity during the fourth-annual Bankwell Stamford Spartan Kids event weekend September 15-16. Spartan is the world's largest obstacle race and endurance brand. The weekend features Spartan's signature kids' obstacle races for boys and girls ages 4-13.
This is the first year Bankwell has sponsored the race, which Spartan uses to spread a message of health and wellness by bringing kids onto the race course to have fun while running, climbing and crawling.
Built upon the popular Spartan Kids heat at the adult races, the Spartan Kids stand-alone race will feature half-mile, one-mile and two-mile courses with more than 15 obstacles, each crafted to instill youth-like adventure, courage, camaraderie, and a sense of accomplishment. There will also be a heat for the "Special Spartans," athletes with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and those with cognitive learning or vocational delays. All finishers will receive a specially designed Bankwell Stamford Kids Spartan Race T-shirt and a finisher's medal.
Obstacle Course Racing Media (OCRM) Network will be live from the venue, with hosts bringing complete coverage of the kids races from start to finish. Spectators can watch their niece, nephew, or grandchild compete in the action all day long online.
In addition to conquering challenges on the course, such as the spear throw and low crawl, the Bankwell Stamford Spartan Kids Race boasts a festival with activities that are fun for the entire family including games, healthy food options, art installations and more.
The Spartan Kids Race is now open for registration. For more information on the Bankwell Stamford Kids Race, including cost and registration, visit the race website.


There are six Ministry Teams of the church which help to organize and implement the mission and ministry of RPC. These Ministry Teams are led by awesome chair people who work tirelessly to make disciples, worship with heart, mind and soul and do justice in the world. Click on their name to learn who these wonderful people are!


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Soul on the Run
Marc Dulman has gone into permanent exile now, and we miss him! He was a fine writer — of poetry, plays, prose fiction — and also a dedicated teacher with a long history at CCSF. A man who was constantly attuned to his own muse, who was confident that his writing was on par with the writers of the ages and who was likely quite correct in that assessment. We're glad to have known him, and to have heard him read his own work — whether it was the poems collected in the volume called House Wine, the play called Ten Franc, or other work that he polished until it shone deep and bright.
Marc's colleagues and friends will gather May 5th, Sunday, at 2 pm to read some of his work — particularly the novel which was on the verge of publication when he passed away suddenly a few months ago. Soul on the Run has indeed come out from Montezuma Publishing–a moving evocation of Dante Alighieri's years of exile from Florence and his composition of the masterwork which we have known through the ages. Reading Soul on the Run, you feel that you're reading a bit of Marc's own story as he wandered in his own internal intellectual exile, searching for a place and a life among the works of literature that he considered his home.
Carol Fregly on May 7, 2013 at 7:35 am
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's event honoring the memory of our colleague Marc Dulman. And a very special thanks to Eric and the staff of Bird and Beckett Books for making it possible.
It was a lovely day, filled with beautiful tributes and warm memories, and a wonderful opportunity to hear some of Marc's poetry, as well as excerpts from his recently released novel, SOUL ON THE RUN.
Marc's writing captures precious moments and reminds us of the richness and fullness of living consciously.
With that in mind, we would like to establish an English Department scholarship in Marc's name for a deserving student in English 96 (or higher) who has published poetry or fiction in FORUM or in a similar magazine.
If you would like to contribute to this fund, which we hope to set up before the end of this semester, please let me know.
Carol Fregly
c/o CCSF English Department
← Mark your calendar!
Sunday, May 5th
Trio BZF
Wednesday: May 15th
Benjamin Hollander & George Albon →


Alec Norem comes from Clarion, Iowa, where his parents raise grapes for Train Wreck Winery. He is on track to graduate from Iowa State University in December with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science degree – his major is advertising, his minor general business, with an emphasis in marketing and management. In Iowa State's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Alec helped launch "Happy Strong Healthy" magazine and gained further magazine-writing experience in an internship with Big Green Umbrella Media in Johnston, Iowa. He enjoys inventing creative scenarios and likes the idea that in copywriting you can be the first in the long line of folks who make a campaign. Alec spends his free time going to concerts (Shania Twain and Imagine Dragons were peak experiences), seeing movies (frequent "Lord of the Rings" viewings), watching Netflix (a SpongeBob SquarePants fan) and getting to know Omaha's dive bars. He and a friend once held the world record for longest hug (32 hours). He plans to get a corgi, the first dog of his own, this summer.
Katie Breidenbach recently graduated from the University of South Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in media and journalism with an emphasis in strategic communication and a minor in psychology. Active on the Vermillion campus, Katie participated in her school's National Student Advertising Competition (second in the district); she was president of Coyote Communication, the campus combination of AAF and PRSSA; she was an events coordinator for Dakota Days (homecoming week); and she took a course on Leadership in Ireland – in Belfast, Dublin and Galway. Last summer she interned for the Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau, and she heard about SKAR's internship from sorority sister Rachel Green. Growing up in Columbus, Nebraska, Katie discovered her calling in people skills (and a love of fashion) by working at the Buckle. In her free time Katie likes traveling (Ireland hooked her), trying new foods and drinks (Mexican dishes, margaritas), going to $5 Tuesday movies and spending time with her family's pets: a chocolate lab (Duke), two Cavalier King Charles spaniels (Mitch and Prince), a Shih Tzu (Petunia) and a cat (Mittens).
Liz Scott recently graduated from the Creative Center in Omaha, where in three years she earned two degrees: a two-year associate of occupational studies degree in graphic design and a three-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She said she started by studying fine arts and graphic design, then went on to add skills with computers, presentations and campaign strategizing as well as video editing, 3-D design and web coding – a well-rounded education in her favorite field. "I've always done art," said Liz, who creates posters on a freelance basis and makes vector drawings (the size can be changed without pixelation) for fun. Born in Florida, Liz grew up moving around a lot in Nebraska and finally graduated from the University of Nebraska's online high school. Attending the Creative Center was eye-opening and inspiring, she said – she finally found peers who were good artists! She also has worked as a receptionist for CHI and babysitter. In her free time Liz likes watching Netflix ("Once Upon a Time" is a favorite show) and being with Benny, her gray cat.
Morgan Thompson is a student in Iowa State University's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. Morgan is studying advertising with a minor in environmental studies and plans to graduate in May 2018. At Iowa State she is marketing director for KURE, the student-run campus radio station; she worked with the campus marketing team for Boat House, a clothing brand anchored in Lake Okoboji; she served as vice president of her sorority, Chi Omega; she is a member of Cardinal and Gold, the on-campus creative agency; and she works in customer service at the university's Parks Library. Although this is her first internship, last summer she was a counselor for a group of 9-year-old boys at Camp Towanda in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. An Omaha native, Morgan graduated from Millard North High School, where she played volleyball and soccer. In her spare time Morgan enjoys photography, bicycling, hiking and other outdoor activities; she likes scary books but dislikes scary movies. She lives with her parents and has two labradoodles: Mani and Murphy.


Experts of the Ukrainian Agricultural Insurance Pool member company have conducted the loss adjustment procedures on spring barley crops, located in Kyiv region, Ukraine.
At the time of the pre-insurance inspection, on April 26, 2014, barley crop on those particular fields have been observed and noted in `good` and `fair` conditions.
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The sign was prominently posted on the fence along Pflumm Road for a short time over the weekend.
The city of Shawnee confirmed to the Dispatch today that Hooters is not coming to Shawnee.
Over the weekend, pranksters put up a sign at 67th and Pflumm Road, which stated "Hooters 2019," indicating the popular chain restaurant, known for its chicken wings and scantily-clad waitresses, would be opening in that location.
The sign was noticed by many residents on Saturday, but it disappeared by Sunday.
City staff and elected officials, however, have been continuing to receive inquisitive and upset emails from Shawnee residents who don't know the sign was fake.
The Cottages at Shawnee, a group home facility, is currently being constructed on the southwest corner of Pflumm Road and 67th Street.
The nearest Hooters location is at 10620 Metcalf Ave. in Overland Park.


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The Los Angeles Clippers pulled off two major acquisitions late Friday night, as ESPN and The Athletic reported that free agent forward Kawhi Leonard will sign with the team, which also acquired forward Paul George in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Durant, Irving make Nets talk of the town
Just three seasons ago, the Brooklyn Nets were the worst team in the NBA. But Sunday, they were the story of the league. They agreed to deals with superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as part of a sensational start to free agency, giving the longtime No. 2 team in New York top billing in the Big Apple.
Kevin Durant to sign with Brooklyn Nets
Kevin Durant says he will signing with the Brooklyn Nets, leaving the Golden State Warriors after three seasons.
Tearful Antetokounmpo named NBA MVP
Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the 2018-19 regular season Monday.
Pelicans choose Williamson first overall in draft
Jun. 22, 2019 | 12:09 AM
The New Orleans Pelicans made Duke standout Zion Williamson the No. 1 selection in the National Basketball Association entry draft Thursday.
Fury downs Schwarz in second-round TKO
British heavyweight Tyson Fury made quick work of German Tom Schwarz Saturday as he danced and jabbed his way to a dominant second-round TKO before finishing...
Davis trade a win-win for both sides
The saga is over.
Leonard's future with Raptors blurry
The Toronto Raptors took down the dynastic Golden State Warriors to win Canada's first NBA title but now face perhaps their toughest battle yet as they try to...
England defender Kieran Trippier is on the verge of moving from Tottenham Hotspur to Atletico Madrid, reports in the Spanish and British media said Tuesday....
Chelsea are facing a transfer ban but new manager Frank Lampard is confident the Premier League club do not need to bring in new players if they want to taste...
A global game now has a truly global champ
The Canadian flag, soaked in beer and champagne, was waved in the Toronto locker room.
Injuries pile up, Warriors' reign ends
In the end, they were just battered and broken.
What we learned from the NBA finals
Four things we learned from the Toronto Raptors win over Golden State: Always the quiet onesVictory and defeat looked the same most nights for the Toronto...
Raptors beat Warriors to win their first NBA title
The Toronto Raptors became the first Canadian team to win an NBA title with a 114-110 victory over the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors on...
Playing for Durant, Warriors face emotional test
Inspired by injured teammate Kevin Durant and facing an emotional must-win game, the Golden State Warriors are counting upon resiliency and fighting spirit to...
Golden State win but both teams lose Game 5
The scoreboard said Golden State 106, Toronto 105.
Raptors squander golden opportunity to clinch NBA title
The Toronto Raptors had the Golden State Warriors on the ropes late in Game Five Monday but even with one hand on the Larry O'Brien Trophy it was not enough...
End of era looms as Warriors on brink of defeat
Injured and weary, the Golden State Warriors are one loss from the end of their five-year NBA dynasty run at the hands of the upstart Toronto Raptors.
Raptors coach Nick Nurse making the right moves
Jun. 06, 2019 | 05:07 PM
Toronto coach Nick Nurse plays to the beats to his own drum. And that's not even one of the instruments that he's messing around with these days.
'Strength in Numbers' paying off for Warriors
The mantra for Golden State during Steve Kerr's five seasons with the Warriors has been "Strength in Numbers." It's more than a marketing slogan.
Siakam answers Canadian prayers as Raptors down Warriors
May. 31, 2019 | 04:41 PM
Pascal Siakam, who once studied to be a priest, answered Canadian prayers by leading the Toronto Raptors to a 118-109 win over the Golden State Warriors on...
Warriors seek more NBA history
May. 30, 2019 | 12:31 AM
While the Golden State Warriors try to cement their legacy as the NBA's greatest dynasty in half a century, the upstart Toronto Raptors made history just...


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Around June 21, 1905
The Hanging of Walter Cotton
Date(s): 1898 to 1900 Location: GREENSVILLE, Virginia Tag(s): African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations
In the summer of 1900 Brandt O'Grady, an Irish immigrant was hanged along side Walter Cotton, a ginger colored negro, by a mob of angry Virginians at the Greensville County courthouse. The hanging was in retaliation for the brutal murder of several white individuals around Greensville County, including the 1898 murder of Charles Wyatt, a storeowner from Portsmouth, Virginia. After escaping from...
Maddens Kept in Poverty
Date(s): 1901 Location: CULPEPER, Virginia Tag(s): Race-Relations
By the end of the nineteenth century, the African American Madden family had lived in Culpeper for generations. The Maddens long tenure in the area allowed them to become involved in various aspects of the community. The family relied heavily on their farm, known as Madden Farm, for sustenance. However, during the 1890s, both Thomas Madden and his wife Landonia Stokes supplemented their meager income...
Parents learn their child has died
Date(s): 1907 Location: Hennepin, Minnesota Tag(s): Health Care, Cultural Assimilation, Boarding Schools, Native Americans
In 1907, the parents of a Native American child Lizzie received a heartbreaking letter. The letter was from the superintendent of the Flandreau Boarding School where Lizzie attended. The Superintendent wrote that Lizzie had died from slow tuberculosis days before the letter was written. In the letter he claimed that he had been away at the time of Lizzie's death, and was unable to write her mother...
Tearing Down the Old Casino on Belle Isle
Date(s): 1907 Location: Wayne, Michigan Tag(s): Building Preservation, Detroit, Belle Isle
By 1907, the old wooden casino on Belle Isle, built in the late nineteenth century, was set to be torn down, and a new one erected elsewhere. The citizens of the city of Detroit were upset and did not want to see that historic building disappear from the landscape completely. They proposed moving it to the northern section of the island. Officials, on the other hand, opposed this plan. The actual...
Columbus Discovers Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Date(s): 1883 to 1899 Location: MIDDLESEX, Massachusetts Tag(s): Medicine/Health, Health
Columbus and his men are on their journey to America, and to their surprise, they seem to find "AYER'S SARSAPARILLA" waiting for them on the shores of the New World. In the play on words, the Victorian Trading Card claims, "Without Doubt the Discovery of America is Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Dr. Ayer's almanac gives the signatures of thousands of sick people who consumed Ayer's Sarsaparilla and fully...
Back to the Land!
Date(s): May 20, 1902 Location: Wayne, Michigan Tag(s): Environment, Agriculture
In 1902 the Detroit Free Press described how the "back to the land" began to take form in the Detroit metropolitan area in the article titled "Back To the Land Says Hon L.F. Mills". In 1902, the Honorable Luther Laflin Mills, a prominent Chicago attorney, advised the University of Michigan's Good Government Club to go "back to the land." Mills believed developing agriculture...
WilliamHoward Taft Our Foreign Dependencies
Date(s): September 5, 1908 Location: Bath, Virginia Tag(s): American Intervention, Foreign Dependencies, William Howard Taft, Political Speech, Foreign Politics
The whiny dulcets tones belonging to presidential hopeful William Howard Taft argued his stance on American Imperialism from a recorded speech given on September 05, 1908 in Hot Springs, Virginia. The recording known as, "Our Foreign Dependencies: Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines" comes from the Library of Congress National Jukebox. Recorded on a Victor Talking Machine the recording lasted...
Reform of Asylum Conditions in Progressive Maryland
Date(s): August 1908 to 1908 Location: Baltimore City, Maryland Tag(s): Progressive Era, Social Reform, Mental Illness, Maryland
During the early 20th century, reformers and activists worked to encourage a variety of social reforms by using communication tools, including photography. Jacob Riis' photographed tenament houses in New York city, documenting the living conditions of immigrants and the poor. Lewis Hine photographed young workers for the National Child Labor Committee. These men focused on dangerous and unhealthy...
The Grange Movement Explodes
Date(s): July 2, 1873 to 1896 Location: DAVIDSON, Tennessee Tag(s): Agriculture, Economy
In 1867, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was established to unite small farmers around the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War and combat problems facing them. Grangers around the United States began calling for railroad regulation to lower crop freight rates in addition to negotiating better credit rates with local merchants and combating falling crop prices. One local...
Unfolding Zug Island
Date(s): 1888 to 1901 Location: WAYNE, Michigan Tag(s): Delray, Zug Island, Heavy Industry, Salt
Across West Jefferson Avenue in Delray lies the mysterious Zug Island. On Google Maps, it is a dark mass of land covered with heavy industry factories and black smog. In person, one can only view Zug Island from afar. The privately owned island is off limits to the public and there is little known about what occurs on the island. In contrast to Zug Island's hazy present, the island had much more...
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package com.example.baard;

import com.example.baard.Entities.Day;
import com.example.baard.Entities.Habit;
import com.example.baard.Entities.HabitEvent;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

/**
 * A class for testing the functionality of the HabitEvent class.
 * @author amckerna
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class HabitEventTests {

    ArrayList<Day> freq;
    //Date date1 = new Date(2017/11/25);
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
    Date date1;
    Habit habit;
    HabitEvent habitEvent;
    private String eventDate;
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    private Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

    /**
     * This function is run at the beginning of each test. It sets up the Habit and HabitEvent required for each test.
     */
    private Date createDate(String yyyymmdd) throws ParseException{
        return format.parse(yyyymmdd);
    }
    @Before
    public void setUpTest() throws DataFormatException, ParseException {
        date1 = format.parse("2017/11/25");
        freq = new ArrayList<Day>();
//        date1 = new Date();
        // constructor 1
        try {
            habit = new Habit("test","reason",date1,freq);
            habitEvent = new HabitEvent(habit, date1, "testevent");
        }catch(Exception e){
            fail("No exception should be thrown.");
        }
    }

    /**
     * A test of all of the different constructors of HabitEvent.
     */
    @Test
    public void testConstructor(){
        // constructor 1
        try {
            habitEvent = new HabitEvent(habit, date1, "testevent");
            // test that the values have been set
            assertEquals(habitEvent.getComment(), "testevent");
            assertEquals(habitEvent.getEventDate().toString(), date1.toString());
            assertEquals(habitEvent.getHabit(), habit);
            // constructor 2
            Date date2 = createDate("2017/12/01");
            HabitEvent habitEvent1 = new HabitEvent(habit, date2);
            // default comment should be empty string
            assertEquals(habitEvent1.getComment(), "");
            assertEquals(habitEvent1.getEventDate().toString(), date2.toString());
            assertEquals(habitEvent1.getHabit(), habit);
        }catch(Exception e){
            fail("No exception should be thrown");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Test the getComment functionality of the HabitEvent class
     */
    @Test
    public void testGetComment(){
        try {
            HabitEvent habitEvent = new HabitEvent(habit, date1, "testevent");
            assertEquals(habitEvent.getComment(), "testevent");
        }catch(Exception e){
            fail("No exception should be thrown");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Test the setComment functionality of the HabitEvent class.
     */
    @Test
    public void testSetComment(){
        try {
            habitEvent.setComment("set test");
            assertEquals(habitEvent.getComment(), "set test");
        }catch(Exception e){
            fail("No exception should be thrown");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Test the getEventDate functionality of the HabitEvent class
     */
    @Test
    public void testGetDate() throws ParseException {

        //calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2017);
        //calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, 11);
        //calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 25);
        //calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
        //calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        //calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        assertTrue(habitEvent.getEventDate().equals(createDate("2017/11/25")));
    }
    @Test
    /**
     * Test the setEventDate functionality of the HabitEvent class
     */
    public void testSetDate() throws ParseException{
        Date wrongDate = createDate("2017/12/01");
        Date rightDate = createDate("2017/11/30");
        try {
            habitEvent.setEventDate(wrongDate);
            assertFalse(habitEvent.getEventDate().equals(rightDate) );
            //assertNotEquals(habitEvent.getEventDate(), date1);
            habitEvent.setEventDate(rightDate);
            assertTrue(habitEvent.getEventDate().equals(rightDate));
        }catch(Exception e){
            fail();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Test the getHabit functionality of the HabitEvent class.
     */
    @Test
    public void testGetHabit(){
        assertEquals(habitEvent.getHabit(), habit);
    }

    /**
     * Test the setHabit functionality of the HabitEvent class.
     */
    @Test

    public void testSetHabit(){
        try {
            ArrayList<Day> freq2 = new ArrayList<Day>();
            Date date2 = new Date();
            Habit habit2 = new Habit("test2", "better reason", date2, freq2);
            habitEvent.setHabit(habit2);
            assertNotEquals(habitEvent.getHabit(), habit);
            assertEquals(habitEvent.getHabit(), habit2);
        }catch(Exception e){
            fail();
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testSetLocation(){
        LatLng location = new LatLng(100,100);
        LatLng location2 = new LatLng(200,200);
        habitEvent.setLocation(location);
        assertEquals(habitEvent.getLocation(), location);
        assertNotEquals(habitEvent.getLocation(), location2);
        habitEvent.setLocation(location2);
        assertEquals(habitEvent.getLocation(), location2);
        assertNotEquals(habitEvent.getLocation(), location);
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetLocation(){
        LatLng location = new LatLng(100,100);
        habitEvent.setLocation(location);
        LatLng gottenLocation = habitEvent.getLocation();
        assertEquals(gottenLocation, location);
    }

}

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