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Protections From Punishments
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. (U.S. Const.) The Eighth Amendment limits the government’s powers of detention and punishment. Unlike amendments that were adopted as a reaction to British excess during the colonial period, the Eighth Amendment comes almost entirely…
View EntryThe Historical Amendment
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In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.…
View EntrySTATEMENT: AFPI President and CEO Brooke Rollins on Bob Dole’s Passing
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Washington, D.C. – The passing of Senator Bob Dole marks the end of a lifetime of faithful service. As a United States Senator in four distinct decades, he made himself into a giant of that distinguished institution. For that alone, he will be remembered as a pivotal figure of America’s…
View EntryAnother Month of Disappointing Jobs Growth Delivers a Lump of Coal to America’s Workers
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Key Takeaways: Jobs growth in November 2021 dropped by over 60 percent relative to October and fell far short of expectations. Actual job growth was 210,000 versus an expected 573,000. The unemployment rate fell from 4.6 percent to 4.2 percent, but the employment-to-population ratio remains significantly below its pre-pandemic level,…
View EntryOp-Ed: The hard truths of abortion and the sanctity of human life
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By Paula White-Cain in The Washington TimesAbortion is the ending of human life, and as such, is a difficult topic for anyone to discuss. I know this personally because, as a teenager, I once considered having an abortion. But even then, as I sat in the Planned Parenthood examination room…
View EntryProtecting the Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in the Nation’s Collective Effort to Prevent Terrorism
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The role of state and local law enforcement efforts in identifying and preventing acts of terror expanded greatly in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, but is under attack today. The collaborative relationships that have grown between federal, state, and local law enforcement entities over the last twenty years has…
View EntryAbortion Myths v. Truths – The U.S. Supreme Court’s relook at Roe v. Wade
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IntroductionThis week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments that may overturn Roe v. Wade. This landmark lawsuit challenge, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, may prove to undo the atrocious decision the Court made nearly 50 years ago, which led to millions of lives lost due to abortions.Roe v.…
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