WSJ poll finds more than four in ten Americans now support abortion bans at six weeks — half of the previous threshold.
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A male weightlifter once dubbed "New Zealand's Strongest Man" applied last week to compete in a women's powerlifting competition. His intention was not to defeat women in the sport, but rather to discredit the notion that biological men don't have a physiological advantage over their female peers — an advantage which male transsexuals appear keen to simultaneously exploit and deny.
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Romeo and Juliet: The average age for women to marry in Elizabethan England was in their early 20s; the average age for men was their late 20s. Shakespeare’s audience would have seen Juliet as a mere child. They would have been shocked that she was neglected by her parents in the face of the dangers she faced.
The Pros and Cons of Homelessness
Interesting story out of Arizona where a strangely even-handed debate has developed over the problem of homelessness. Some people oppose intervention.
An Arizona judge ruled this week that the city of Phoenix must remove the tents belonging to over 1,000 homeless people from downtown.
The ruling comes after a group of property owners and businesses sued the city for its failure to enforce bans on public camping, which they claim has led to a rapid increase in the number of homeless living in an encampment downtown that locals call “the zone.” It’s estimated that more than 1,000 homeless people now live there.
The business owners claim the encampment prevents them from operating, while other locals claim the city has essentially made the homeless encampment and surrounding area “off-limits to law enforcement,” which presents safety concerns.
Residents claim that public defecation and urination, drug use, and violence are common in the area and that it spills over onto their private property.
“You know, the shelter started letting people camp on our property, then it just happened and it exploded because the city has no control,” sandwich shop owner Joe Faillace told News Nation.
During the lawsuit, Phoenix officials claimed that their hands were tied by a Ninth Circuit precedent from 2019 that ruled it is “cruel and unusual punishment” to arrest people for “involuntarily” sleeping on the streets.
The city was also facing a suit from the ACLU of Arizona in November, which sought to prevent the cleanup, saying that the cleanups “criminalize, punish and scatter” people living outdoors. Ultimately, the judge presiding over the business owners’ suit did not buy this defense since many of the homeless people in the zone are there by choice and have refused to go to a homeless shelter in the past.
After the judge’s ruling, a city spokeswoman said that Phoenix is “committed to addressing the needs of all residents and property owners,” and that they continued to work to “address the complex issues surrounding those experiencing homelessness,” including connecting people with indoor shelter. The city has until July 10th to clean the area. (from morning wire)
Romeo and Juliet: The average age for women to marry in Elizabethan England was in their early 20s; the average age for men was their late 20s. Shakespeare’s audience would have seen Juliet as a mere child. They would have been shocked that she was neglected by her parents in the face of the dangers she faced.
The Pros and Cons of Homelessness
Interesting story out of Arizona where a strangely even-handed debate has developed over the problem of homelessness. Some people oppose intervention.
An Arizona judge ruled this week that the city of Phoenix must remove the tents belonging to over 1,000 homeless people from downtown.
The ruling comes after a group of property owners and businesses sued the city for its failure to enforce bans on public camping, which they claim has led to a rapid increase in the number of homeless living in an encampment downtown that locals call “the zone.” It’s estimated that more than 1,000 homeless people now live there.
The business owners claim the encampment prevents them from operating, while other locals claim the city has essentially made the homeless encampment and surrounding area “off-limits to law enforcement,” which presents safety concerns.
Residents claim that public defecation and urination, drug use, and violence are common in the area and that it spills over onto their private property.
“You know, the shelter started letting people camp on our property, then it just happened and it exploded because the city has no control,” sandwich shop owner Joe Faillace told News Nation.
During the lawsuit, Phoenix officials claimed that their hands were tied by a Ninth Circuit precedent from 2019 that ruled it is “cruel and unusual punishment” to arrest people for “involuntarily” sleeping on the streets.
The city was also facing a suit from the ACLU of Arizona in November, which sought to prevent the cleanup, saying that the cleanups “criminalize, punish and scatter” people living outdoors. Ultimately, the judge presiding over the business owners’ suit did not buy this defense since many of the homeless people in the zone are there by choice and have refused to go to a homeless shelter in the past.
After the judge’s ruling, a city spokeswoman said that Phoenix is “committed to addressing the needs of all residents and property owners,” and that they continued to work to “address the complex issues surrounding those experiencing homelessness,” including connecting people with indoor shelter. The city has until July 10th to clean the area. (from morning wire)
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