GOP’s 17 who stood against Trump deserve support

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GOP’s 17 who stood against Trump deserve support

This op-ed is for all the Democrats who criticized the 191 Republican representatives who did not vote to impeach Donald Trump and the 43 Republican senators who did not vote guilty. It’s easy, even justified, to say they acted cowardly and disregarded the plain facts, but we have since witnessed the wrath of the Republican Party.

For the 10 representatives and 7 senators who voted to hold Trump accountable, their state party organizations have either censured them or are planning ...

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28
MAR
6

Political Issues, Uncategorized

Yep, people really said these things

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Yep, people really said these things

It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking about ministers, lawyers or politicians, people say things that are either stunningly tone deaf or stunningly brazen or just plain dumb. Here are some examples.

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“It’s important that he thinks you’re hot.”

            –Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark, in his sermon at the First General Baptist Church in Malden, Mo., about how married women “let themselves go.” [March 9, 2021]  

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“Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero-sum game.”

            –Arizona Attorney ...

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14
MAR
7

Political Issues

Democrats can’t afford to take the Black vote for granted

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Democrats can’t afford to take the Black vote for granted

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump asked Black Americans why they support the Democratic Party: “Look how much African American communities have suffered under Democratic control. . . . What do you have to lose by trying something new, like Trump? … You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs. … What the hell do you have to lose?”

It was a brazen challenge. Of course, as it turns out, Trump did little to improve ...

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18
FEB
1

Political Issues

Promoting unity—one person at a time

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Promoting unity—one person at a time

It’s time for the nation to heal and come together, President Joe Biden tells us.  We know from his inaugural address what we must avoid—”anger, resentment, hatred, extremism, lawlessness, violence, disease, joblessness, hopelessness.” 

And we’ve been told what we’re capable of doing—”We can right wrongs. We can put people to work in good jobs. We can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome this deadly virus. We can reward work, rebuild the middle class, and make health care ...

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4
FEB
9

Social Issues, Uncategorized

Let’s admit that state judges are politicians

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Let’s admit it. Like it or not, state judges are politicians, and their party affiliation should be shown on general ballots, just like it is for every other politician.

Party affiliation is not disclosed on judicial ballots because we like the fiction that judicial races are nonpartisan and, perhaps we’re even a little enamored of the idea that judges are above the political fray. It’s a quaint notion that doesn’t reflect today’s reality.

We just saw bare-knuckled attack ads in two races. Appellate ...

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19
NOV
0

Judges, Political Issues, Uncategorized

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Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin on Black Lives Matter, systemic racism and police reform.

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Shannon Hardin talks about how he got involved in politics, the inspiration he received from former mayor Michael Coleman, racial issues, police reform and the future he sees for Columbus

Listen to the conversation from the Lawyer Up! podcast.

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Lawyer Up! is produced by Behal Law Group lawyers Jack D’Aurora and John Gonzales

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1
NOV
0

Political Issues, Social Issues

You’ve been raped?! Sorry, but Ohio’s tort reform law favors your rapist in court

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Attorney John Fitch has taken on the cases of two women who were raped. One was 15 years old when raped, and the other was 11. The juries awarded $3.5 million and $20 million, respectively, in the two cases for the trauma these women suffered and still suffer.

But state law caps the damages a plaintiff can recover in a personal injury action, and the very ...

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25
OCT
0

Tort Reform, Uncategorized

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State Rep. Allison Russo on HB 6, gerrymandering and dark money

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Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) talks about how the movement to repeal HB 6 has slowed to virtual stand still. What’s the problem? In large part, gerrymandering and dark money. Listen to the conversation.

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Lawyer Up! ...

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7
OCT
1

Political Issues, Uncategorized

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Who are the people who don’t vote and why don’t they?

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In the 2016 presidential election, roughly 100 million eligible voters — not untypical — did not vote. Who are these people, and why don’t they vote?

Pew Research concluded in 2006 that Americans who either vote rarely or aren’t registered to vote are much more likely than regular or intermittent voters to believe that voting doesn’t change things. Plus, those who rarely vote or aren’t registered say they are sometimes either too busy to vote and find it too difficult to ...

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SEP
3

Political Issues, Uncategorized

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