Supreme Court Allows Restrictions on Voting by Ex-Felons

State voted yes. GOP legislature put “poll tax” stopper on to overturn what voters approved. #suppress vote big time,.

The case concerned a Florida state law that limited the sweep of a voter initiative meant to allow former prisoners to vote.

Washington State Beat Back Covid-19. Now It’s Rising Again. – The New York Times

“It’s really important for people to understand that their individual behaviors, everyone’s individual behaviors, collectively have a big impact on transmission,” said Dr. Kathy Lofy, Washington’s health officer. “We can increase testing, we can do case and contact investigations, we can do outbreak response, but those activities only get us so far.”

Cuomo Announces New Three Strike Rule For NYC Bars & Restaurants Violating Pandemic Guidelines – Gothamist

“The state has looked at over 5,000 establishments in downstate New York and found many cases of failure to comply. It’s wrong, it’s dangerous, it’s selfish and it’s also illegal.”

Source: Cuomo Announces New Three Strike Rule For NYC Bars & Restaurants Violating Pandemic Guidelines – Gothamist

Coronavirus data disappeared after Trump administration shifted control from CDC

The CDC’s web page for data on available hospital and ICU beds has been replaced with a note that reads: “Data displayed on this page was submitted directly to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and does not include data submitted to other entities contracted by or within the federal government.”

“We don’t have this critical indicator anymore,” Panchadsaram said. “The intent of just switching the data streams towards HHS, that’s fine. But you got to keep the data that you’re sharing publicly still available and up to date.”

 

Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, which runs one of the most popular third-party coronavirus data dashboards, said the policy change won’t impact the Hopkins site because they’ve managed to source their data directly from states. She added, however, that the policy change raises questions about the transparency of the data and the role of the CDC in the ongoing U.S. response.

Source: Coronavirus data disappeared after Trump administration shifted control from CDC

Trump defies Supreme Court by denying new DACA applications – Los Angeles Times

President Trump is venturing onto increasingly shaky legal ground as officials reject new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, sidestepping a Supreme Court ruling reinstating DACA, legal experts and lawmakers say.

The court ruled last month that the Trump administration hadn’t followed federal procedural law or justified terminating DACA in 2017, calling the rescission “arbitrary and capricious.”

 

Source: Trump defies Supreme Court by denying new DACA applications – Los Angeles Times

Pennsylvania Approves Police Reform Bill Requiring Employment Records From Officers Seeking New Jobs

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The state of Pennsylvania is taking baby steps towards weeding out the “bad apples” (in a bunch that’s more spoiled throughout than people want to admit, but whatever) plaguing police departments by requiring officers applying for new positions to reveal previous employment records. And I know what you’re thinking:…

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