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Supreme Court Backs BLM Activist DeRay Mckesson in Fight Against Lawsuit Filed by Cop Injured During Protest

Once upon a time, in 2016, a cop got hit in the face with a rock during a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, La., and decided that one of the leaders of said protest, DeRay Mckesson, was responsible. In 2017, a federal judge decided that’s not how any of this works and dismissed…

By

Zack Linly

Published

November 2, 2020
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Federal Appeals Court Judges Appear to Back GOP Efforts to End Obamacare

A federal appeals court panel seemed prone Tuesday to back Republican efforts to kill Obamacare, with judges questioning how much of a mandate President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law can be since Donald Trump signed a law ending any penalties for those who choose not to buy health insurance. According to Reuters, the three-judge 5th…

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Dara Sharif

Published

July 9, 2019