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Reckless Tweeters Could Learn From Jury Duty
eality is a complicated thing, but don’t tell that to the politicians and pundits on Twitter. Consider statements made within hours of the alleged attack on actor Jussie Smollett on January 29. U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris both characterized the incident as “an attempted modern-day lynching,” and several Hollywood actors quickly blamed the attack on President Trump and his supporters. These impulsive reactions have not aged well. After weeks of careful investigation, the Chicago police now believe that the attack was a hoax orchestrated by Mr. Smollett himself.
Why the Gabbard-Hirono Feud Matters for the Federal Courts
There has been much press in the past week over U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard’s op-ed in The Hill, which criticized fellow Democrats for having “weaponized religion for their own selfish gain.” Gabbard called out members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for specific questions and statements they had directed to Catholic judicial nominees over the past two years, including Senator Diane Feinstein’s comment to then-Seventh Circuit nominee Amy Coney Barrett that “the dogma lives loudly within you” and the aggressive questioning of district court nominee Brian Buescher by Senators Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris over his membership in the Knights of Columbus. These statements and questions, Gabbard argued, amounted to religious bigotry against Catholics.
Checking Trump, One Foreign Policy at a Time
We wrote recently, in Just Security, about December’s bipartisan Senate vote and resolution to withdraw U.S. military assistance from Yemen and to assign responsibility for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—legislative moves contrary to the policy wishes of the Trump administration.
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