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Other Important Rulings are Being Forgotten…

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

    This topic, which is getting even less attention than the overturning of Miranda v. AZ ’66, may be nearly as important, over the long run (since the horrific state of affairs recently codified will be continued over the next generations by these rulings not being discussed as much):

“We have never previously held what the court holds today, namely that a state must use state funds” to finance private religious schools.

In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed out that : “Today the court leads us to a place where separation of church and state becomes a constitutional violation.

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   And  I keep trying to work, remembering Toni Morrison’s admonition that this is the time when the artist goes to work, and toni_morrison_2008-2 not to succumb to this world’s malevolence.
    I look forward to your impressions, Thoughtful Readers.
Shira

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Justice Department Sues Kansas Department of Health and Environment to Protect the Rights of a U.S. Army National Guard Member | OPA | Department of Justice

“This lawsuit reinforces the Justice Department’s strong commitment to protecting the rights of those who serve in our country’s armed forces,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “We owe a solemn duty to members of the National Guard and Reserve to act when any employer seeks to deny them an opportunity to earn a living because they are called to duty.”

“Any attempt to deny someone employment based upon their dedicated military service to this country is wrong and a violation of that person’s civil rights,” said U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard for the District of Kansas. “It is the responsibility of the Justice Department to take action to support our servicemembers and we take that responsibility very seriously.”

 

Source: Justice Department Sues Kansas Department of Health and Environment to Protect the Rights of a U.S. Army National Guard Member | OPA | Department of Justice

Indigenous hope papal apology in Canada will push justice, healing in U.S. | Angelus News

A papal apology on Indigenous land in Canada is not irrelevant south of the border.

When Pope Francis visits Canada July 24-29, Oneida First Nation activist Daisee Francour and her colleagues at the U.S.-based international Indigenous nongovernmental organization Cultural Survival will be paying close attention.

“An apology for one nation, in a way it’s a win for all of our nations,” said Francour. “When I say nation, I mean that as an Indigenous community — not necessarily the nation state or colonial state.

“There’s a huge opportunity, because the Catholic Church is just such an influential institution globally. There’s a huge opportunity to leverage, influence and push nation states like the U.S. government to join this collective process for justice, toward truth and toward healing.”

Francour and her colleagues, Indigenous media across the United States and American religious orders and dioceses have been watching closely what has happened in Canada ever since more than 200 possible gravesites were detected at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in May 2021. From the middle of the 19th century until the very recent past, the U.S. government financed and promoted more than 350 Indian boarding schools in 29 states.

Today the Minneapolis-based Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is pushing state and federal governments, along with churches and religious orders who often operated the schools on the government’s behalf, to face up to a history of cultural genocide.

“As a country, we have yet to experience that apology,” said Francour. “I guess my hope is that with this apology to First Nations folk in Canada … I’m hoping that will radiate both in the United States and across the globe.”

 

Source: Indigenous hope papal apology in Canada will push justice, healing in U.S. | Angelus News

COVID-19 transmission rate ‘high’ in El Paso County

COVID-19 transmission for El Paso County is high, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC reported 212.93 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people, as well as 10.5 people per 100,000 admitted to the hospital.

More:Children 6 months to 5 years old now can receive COVID-19 vaccinations in El Paso

More:El Paso COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rising; fluctuations expected in summer 2022

With a high-transmission status, the CDC recommends avoiding “non-essential indoor activities” and wearing a well-fitting mask regardless of vaccination status, among other tips.

 

Source: COVID-19 transmission rate ‘high’ in El Paso County

Vaccine Candidate Shows Efficacy Against Omicron with COVID-19 Beta-Containing Vaccine

“These positive data show efficacy of our protein-based, bivalent adjuvanted vaccine candidate in an environment of high Omicron variant circulation,” Roger Connor, president of GSK Vaccines, said in a press release. “Our vaccine candidate has the potential to make an important contribution to public health as the pandemic evolves further. We are looking forward to the discussions with regulatory authorities with the aim of making our vaccine candidate available later this year.”

 

The stage 2 of the phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial VAT08 included more than 13,000 participants 18 years of age and older showed an efficacy of 64.7% against symptomatic COVID-19 and 72% efficacy in Omicron-confirmed symptomatic cases.

 

In previous seropositive populations, the Sanofi-GSK vaccine candidate showed an overall efficacy of 75.1% against symptomatic infection and 93.2% in Omicron-confirmed symptomatic cases, according to a sequencing analysis performed.

 

Source: Vaccine Candidate Shows Efficacy Against Omicron with COVID-19 Beta-Containing Vaccine