With the October session due to end this afternoon, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has delivered a slate of major decisions in recent days. Here we’ll cover the three most recent.
Category: Politics
SCOTUS Rejects Trump-Backed Election Theory, Deals Blow to Republican Lawmakers
June 28, 2023On Tuesday the Supreme Court issued a rejection of a theory pushed by Republicans that could have fundamentally changed the country’s election process and allowed for unchecked gerrymandering of election maps. In Moore v. Harper, Republican lawmakers asked the justices to reinstate North Carolina’s gerrymandered congressional map after the state’s Supreme Court struck it down, […]
OPINION: Can Catholic Federal Judges Rule Objectively In Catholic Church Cases?
June 26, 2023There is a crisis in the Federal Louisiana Eastern District Courts. Federal Judges Wendy Vitter, Jay Zainey, Sarah Vance, Ivan Lemelle, Lance Africk immediately recused themselves from the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ Federal Bankruptcy case. They are some of New Orleans’ fourteen federal district judges and five magistrates, who mostly handle pre-trial matters. Later, under pressure, Federal […]
City Council To Receive Input on Permitting Process and Unlicensed Street Vendors
June 25, 2023The City Council’s Community Development Committee will meet Monday, June 26 and receive input from citizens regarding permitting and unlicensed street vendors. Unpermitted vendors pop up throughout the city and often take customers away from small businesses which follow the city’s rules. It’s never easy or quick to get a permit for renovation, signage or […]
Opinion: Our Children Will Pay for the Insurance Crisis Too
June 21, 2023Last year, the cost of property insurance for NOLA Public Schools nearly doubled, from $7.6 million to $11.2 million for the 2022-23 school year. NOLA PS will likely not know the cost of insurance for this coming year until July. Ultimately, students may end up feeling the cost of this dramatic rise in rates as […]
Opinion: In the 11th Hour, New Orleans Archdiocese Hands Over Sealed Documents
June 19, 2023This article was originally published on www.scsaorg.org. Big Easy Magazine was given permission to publish by author, Richard Windmann, Ph.D. It would seem that we finally have a champion on our side. And the documents they handed over to the DA better be complete, because we WILL find out. We think it is very notable […]
Did State Rep. Paul Hollis Double Cross Supporters of the Proposed Recall Legislation?
June 5, 2023Led by the NorthshoreVoters.org, a coalition of ten citizen organizations sent State Representative Paul Hollis and other members of the Louisiana Legislature a strongly-worded “Open Letter” on Monday, June 5, alleging that Hollis “gutted” HB 212, also known as the Recall Bill, and “stabbed the voters in the back.” To set in motion a recall […]
A Default Would Have Concerning Effects on US Debt
June 1, 2023A US default would likely lead to a sharp increase in interest rates on US debt. This is because investors would demand a higher return to compensate for the increased risk of default. This increase in borrowing costs would be felt not just by the US government, but also by businesses and consumers who borrow […]
Cameron Parish’s Venture Global LNG Export Facility Disappoints Environmentalists by Continually Violating Permits
May 26, 2023With the help of former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Arlington Virginia-based Venture Global – a producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from “resource rich” North American natural gas basins – opened its first facility located in Cameron Parish at Calcasieu Pass in January, 2022. The company is currently exporting 12 million tonnes per annum […]
Recall Legislation Making Incremental Progress at Louisiana Legislature
May 18, 2023While supporters of the effort to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell might not have met their goal, they are making progress in changing the rules under which recalls operate in Louisiana.
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