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30 Mar 09

D.C. Voting Rights Act is Clearly Unconstitutional « Republican Ranting

Last Thursday, the Senate passed the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009, which gives the District of Columbia a voting member in the House of Representatives and eliminates the position of D.C. Delegate, who represents the District now. Currently, that delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, can only vote when her vote does not affect the outcome; however, she is allowed to introduce bills, and this bill was introduced by Norton. The bill would also give an additional seat to Utah, so that the partisan makeup of the House stayed the same.

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Amendment Arlen Specter Barack Obama Congress Connecticut Constitution D.C. Delegate Voting Rights Act Democrat Democrats Dick Lugar District Clause of Columbia House 2009 Eleanor Holme

23 Jan 09

Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. « Republican Ranting

As many of you know, today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. As I’ve said before, I oppose MLK Day being a federal holiday for 2 reasons:
It leaves out other players in the civil rights movement (and focuses the movement to one race): César Chávez, Rosa Parks, etc….

30 Jul 08

Noose Student at Central Michigan University Will Not Be Charged With Ethnic Intimidation « Republican Ranting

This is breaking news - I just heard about it from the CM-Life.
Isabella County Prosecutor Larry Burdick has said that he will not be pressing charges against the 28-year-old male engineering student who hung a noose in the Industrial Educational Technology Building back in November. (My previous posts on this subject can be found here, here, here, here, and here).

27 Jun 08

Supreme Court Rules that the 2nd Amendment Means (Most) Anyone Can Have a Gun « Republican Ranting

In a VERY LONG ruling that I am happy with, but personally disagree with, the Supreme Court has struck down Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban, declaring it unconstitutional. I first covered this story when the case was filed in November. I say now what I said then. In my opinion, all law abiding citizens should be able to own guns, but the 2nd Amendment

07 Apr 08

McCain “Was Wrong” Voting Against Martin Luther King Holiday; How Other Congressional Members Voted « Republican Ranting

On Friday, John McCain gave a speech at the National Civil Rights Museum (formerly the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated) in Memphis, TN. Friday was the 40th anniversary of King’s assassination. During the speech, McCain noted that he originally voted against making King’s birthday a federal holiday. He went on to say the following (there’s a video below the quote):

27 Mar 08

Central Michigan Officials Unable to Confirm/Deny Penalty for Noose Student « Republican Ranting

OK, so the Central Michigan Life did a story in response to my recent blog post and I just wanted to keep you updated on the situation.
The CM-Life asked for a statement from the university concerning the leak, and Tony Voisin, Director of Student Life, said, “It would be a problem for that person to be leaking information to the media.”

22 Mar 08

Leaked Info: Noose Student at Central Michigan Suspended « Republican Ranting

I received the following information from a Central Michigan University faculty member (read here for my previous post on this: http://inkslwc.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/what-ever-happened-to-the-noose-student-at-cmu/):
CMU has kicked the student out until Aug. 1, 2008. The student (a white male senior … not a black guy trying to generate sympathy for “his cause,” as some have suggested)), will take

17 Mar 08

What Ever Happened to the “Noose Student” at CMU? « Republican Ranting

OK, so the recent controversy with Dennis Lennox has made me wonder, what about the student who hung the nooses?
First, I owe the student somewhat of an apology. I got caught up in my “A good prosecutor could win that case” syndrome and misinterpreted the law too far. I claimed that U.S. Federal Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 13, § 245

08 Mar 08

Central Michigan University Violated State Law in Dennis Lennox’s Hearing « Republican Ranting

For the background on this particular case, see my post here http://inkslwc.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/central-michigan-postpones-dennis-lennoxs-disciplinary-hearing-yet-again/. After that hearing, Lennox accused the University of violating the Open Meetings Act (OMA), Act 267 of 1976 (Michigan Compiled Laws [MCL], Chapter 15), specifically Section 15.268:
Sec. 8.
A public body may meet in a closed session only for the following purposes:
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13 Feb 08

Dennis Lennox Files Complaint Against CMU Faculty « Republican Ranting

Dennis Lennox (go read any of my previous posts on him for context), claims (the University has not confirmed this yet) that he filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, claiming that 3 Central Michigan University professors violated the rights guaranteed to him under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The allegations come in response to e-mails exchanged between faculty in the English department after they were leaked to Chetly Zarko at OusideLansing.com by an English professor who was “disgusted by the behavior of these professors.”