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There was no outcry from you when migrants' children were put in cages and their parents sent to concentration camps. When you were faced with a story about a Texas deputy sexually abusing a 4 year old immigrant girl you were completely unfazed, reserving all your faux outrage for what Peter Fonda said about Barron Trump.

House Introduces Measure To Officially Sanction Rep. Maxine Waters, Request Her Resignation

Biggs justified his measure, which also asks Waters to resign, by saying that he does not believe Waters' behavior is becoming of a member of Congress, and that, after being repudiated even by members of her own party, it's clear Waters should face disciplinary action.

“So we just introduced it, we have some cosponsors, but what she did was to basically incite people to come after and attack members of the president’s cabinet,” Biggs told The Hill.

The measure includes a provision that will allow Waters to avoid any major consequences if she fully apologizes for her statements, which Biggs notes could be interpreted as encouraging violence against her political opponents.

Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring, giving President Trump a critical opportunity to move the Supreme Court more solidly to the right in what promises to be an epic confirmation fight.

The 81-year-old senior associate justice informed the White House in a letter of his intention to step down from the high court after 30 years, effective July 31. Trump, reacting to the news, called Kennedy a "great justice" and said he'd begin the search for a replacement immediately.


Arguably the most powerful member of the Supreme Court, Kennedy's moderate-conservative views often left him the "swing" -- or deciding -- vote in hot-button cases ranging from abortion to gay rights to political campaign spending.

Another man held signs that said "Homos are full of demons" and "Unless they repent Let God Burn Them (LGBT) 2 Peter 2:6."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell marked the Supreme Court's historic decision to uphold President Trump's travel ban in his own way.

McConnell's official campaign Twitter account tweeted out a caption-less photo of McConnell with Justice Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday.

Supreme Court deals blow to unions

In a major legal and political defeat for big labor, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that state government workers cannot be forced to pay so-called "fair share" fees to support collective bargaining and other union activities.

The conservative majority said a union's contract negotiations over pay and benefits were inextricably linked with its broader political activities, and concluded workers had a limited constitutional right not to underwrite such "speech." The case specifically examined union fees paid by non-members.

The unions say 5 million government employees in 24 states and the District of Columbia would be affected by this ruling.

The majority overturned the high court's four-decade-old precedent -- known as the "Abood" decision -- dealing with so-called "agency" fees, allowing states to require public employees to pay money supporting collective bargaining and other union activities.

Alito said while overturning past decisions should be rare, this issue justified it. "There are very strong reasons in this case. Fundamental free speech rights are at stake," he said.

The key plaintiff was Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee, who pays about $550 annually to the powerful public-sector union known as AFSCME. While not a member of the union, he is required under state law to hand over a weekly portion of his paycheck -- which he says is a violation of his constitutional rights.

"I work for Health and Family Services, and I'm forced to pay money to a union that then supports political causes that I don't agree with," Janus told Fox News.

Justices split 4-4 on the issue in a similar case two years ago, just after Antonin Scalia died. But with Neil Gorsuch now filling the vacancy left by Scalia, he was seen as the deciding vote this time.

I wonder if they will also construe that finding to apply to Federal workers.

way to try to excuse a Texas lawman in jail for sexual assault