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Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' star, dead at 61

Source: CNN

Tom Sizemore, an actor known for his work in hit films like “Saving Private Ryan,” “Natural Born Killers” and “Heat,” has died, his representative Charles Lago confirmed to CNN on Friday.

He was 61.

The actor was hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm in mid-February, Lago told CNN at the time.

Sizemore “passed away peacefully in his sleep” at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, with his two sons and his brother, Paul Sizemore, by his side, Lago said in a statement released on behalf of the family.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/entertainment/tom-sizemore-dies/index.html

Of course Matt Gaetz is all of a sudden fine with the Speaker vote

once it turns 15.

https://twitter.com/ChrisCJackson/status/1611584542812389377

Andy Harris (MD-1) just voted for Lee Zeldin.

The circus is getting crazier.

Musk says Twitter will suspend Kanye West's account

Dec 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said late on Thursday that Kanye West's account will be suspended as he again violated rule against incitement to violence.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598543670990495744


https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-twitter-will-suspend-kanye-wests-account-2022-12-02/

NY Gov: Hochul 65%, Zeldin 34.6% with 21% in

Kathy Hochul 948,580 65.4%
Lee Zeldin 501,404 34.6%

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-new-york-governor.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=election-results&context=election_recirc®ion=RaceLink

Turnout here in my Brooklyn district seemed much bigger than usual

First time in a very long time that I’ve actually had to wait on line to vote in a midterm year here in NYC. Probably waited about 10 minutes to get my ballot and then another few minutes to get into a booth. Not super long, but in the past I’ve been in and out in 5 minutes or less total.

Hopefully good news for Hochul (et al).

Supreme Court declines to block order requiring Yeshiva University to recognize LGBTQ student club

Source: CNN

CNN — The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined on Wednesday a request from Yeshiva University to block a lower court order that requires the New York university to recognize a “Pride Alliance” LGBTQ student club.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/supreme-court-yeshiva-university-lgbtq-student-club/index.html

Britain's new monarch to be known as King Charles III

Source: Reuters

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Clarence House confirmed on Thursday that Britain's new monarch will be known as King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth, PA Media reported on Thursday.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-new-monarch-be-known-king-charles-iii-2022-09-08/

Concepcion v. US: Courts can consider intervening changes of law or fact to reduce sentences

Sotomayor, Thomas, Breyer, Kahan, and Gorsuch in the majority.

Kavanaugh dissents, joined by the Chief Justice, Alito and Barrett.


Concepcion is a case about whether, when a court is deciding whether to resentence a defendant under the First Step Act, which gives federal district courts power to resentence offenders in light of changes in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, a district court must or may consider intervening developments, or whether such developments only come into play (if at all) after courts conclude that a sentence reduction is appropriate.


The Court holds that the First Step Act allows district courts to consider intervening changes of law or fact in exercising their discretion to reduce a sentence.


https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/concepcion-v-united-states/

Thomas Jefferson on judges

You seem to consider the federal judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions, a very dangerous doctrine, indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.

Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have with others the same passions for the party, for power and the privilege of the corps. Their power is the more dangerous, as they are in office for life and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control.

The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves.


— Letter to William Charles Jarvis (1820)
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