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Obama Could Attempt To Pack Supreme Court In Last Ditch Power Grab
Nearly
10 months have passed since President Barack Obama nominated Merrick
Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia circuit, to replace the late conservative justice
Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
Under the leadership of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY),
Republicans have refused to hold a confirmation hearing for Garland, and
the election of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in
November all but guaranteed Garland would never get his day before the
Senate-let alone a job on the high court. But as it turns out, there is
one final chance for Obama to force his pick through, and it would
involve circumventing Congress entirely...(continue reading) |
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The Ten Most Insane Anti-Israel Actions Taken By The UN In 2016
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Obama administration made waves this week by failing to block a U.N.
resolution condemning the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East
Jerusalem as illegal. But this resolution is just the latest in a series
of anti-Israel actions undertaken by the UN this year. The
non-governmental organization UN Watch recently released a list of the
"Top Ten Most Insane U.N. Anti-Israel Actions of 2016".
The below was originally compiled by UNWatch.org:
10. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon singled out Israel for
unprecedented criticism in a New York Times op-ed, doubling down on a
lopsided Security Council speech in which he justified Palestinian
terror against Israeli civilians by saying, "it is human nature to react
to occupation...(continue reading)
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