Progressives wary of potential Biden Supreme Court pick Childs, cite 12-year marijuana sentence
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Some progressives are raising concerns about a 2009 sentence handed out by potential Biden Supreme Court pick J. Michelle Childs in which she a sent man to prison for 12 years for a nonviolent marijuana charge.
The American Prospect, a progressive publication, reported Thursday that when Childs was a county circuit judge in South Carolina, she sentenced a man named William Roy Goodman to 12 years in prison for a half pound of marijuana.
Goodman was caught on hidden camera selling marijuana to an undercover police officer, according to the Prospect. He pleaded guilty to a host of charges, expecting a sentence up to five years given that he was a repeat offender.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Dallas and its police department over its refusal to comply with state and federal immigration laws.
A new Heritage Foundation report calls for making Israel a "strategic partner" that isn't dependent on U.S. aid and proposes that direct aid should be phased out.
Democrats are torn on how to vote for Trump's budget bill amid a looming government shutdown if an agreement is not made.
Senate Democrats are divided on how they will vote on a bill to avert a government shutdown.
Senate Democrats are divided on how they will vote on a bill to avert a government shutdown.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary workers who were let go in recent mass firings from six different agencies, including the Department of Defense.
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