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Analysis: LAO raises concerns over latest California prison ‘realignment’ blueprint

A report released by the Legislative Analyst’s Office this week raised concerns over the cost and legal uncertainties surrounding the latest prison ‘realignment’ plan submitted by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.  Read More

Texas may have executed the wrong Carlos

An investigation by Columbia Law School students strongly suggests that Texas may have executed the wrong man for the 1983 killing of a convenience store clerk in Corpus Christi.  Read More

House Republicans approve watered-down VAWA

House Republicans today pushed through a weakened version of the Violence Against Women Act despite pleas from Democratic lawmakers and women rights advocates to preserve protections for underserved populations. Read More

California faces higher deficit in revised 2012-13 budget

Gov. Jerry Brown has called for another round of steep cuts to California’s education, health care and social welfare programs to bridge an additional $6.5 billion deficit projected in the revised 2012-13 state budget.  Read More

Justice Department sues Maricopa County Sheriff for discriminating against Latinos

In a rare move, the Justice Department has sued the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly discriminating against Latinos and abusing law enforcement powers to retaliate against critics of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-immigration policies.

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Voters approve North Carolina same-sex marriage ban

Voters in North Carolina yesterday voted overwhelmingly to approve a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.  Read More

Republicans filibuster Senate vote on student loan rates

Republican lawmakers today derailed a Senate vote to prevent student loan interest rate from doubling this summer.

S. 2343 “Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012″ fell short of the 60 votes necessary to overcome the Republican filibuster. The cloture vote failed 52-45.   Read More

Associated Press: CIA foils another Al Qaeda underwear bomb plot

The Central Intelligence Agency successfully thwarted an Al Qaeda plot to use a sophisticated underwear bomb to bring down a U.S. airliner around the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, the Associated Press reported yesterday.  Read More

Ninth Circuit dismisses torture lawsuit against John Yoo

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against former Justice Department official John Yoo, who authored the infamous “torture memos” used by the Bush administration to legally justify the indefinite detention and torture of terrorism suspects, including U.S. citizens.  Read More

U.S. & Afghanistan sign 10-year Strategic Partnership Agreement

Signaling the end of the decade-long war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama and President Hamid Karzai signed a historic 10-year agreement to recalibrate the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan after the security transition completes in 2014. Read More