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DACA will get its day in court just in time for 2020 election

In case you were harboring any doubts over the role immigration will play in the 2020 presidential campaign, the Supreme Court on Friday all but guaranteed it will be front and center next spring. The court agreed to hear an appeal of lower court decisions that barred the Trump administration from ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected from deportation people living in the country illegally after being brought here as children. It’s an immensely popular program with American voters, and even President Trump supported its aims before ...

We cannot turn away from border crisis

Like many people, I spent the weekend enjoying the beautiful weather — in my case, with my 4-year-old toddler and 8-week-old newborn. During late night feedings and naps, though, I also spent hours on social media. I shared happy pictures of my babies, but also, in a heartbreaking juxtaposition, pored over the latest news from the border. For those who haven’t read about it, multiple news outlets, from the New York Times to Fox News, reported that hundreds of children as young as 2 are being held in inhumane conditions. They are in overcrowded cells, without soap or ...

Obama administration’s ‘collusion’ on Iran

President Donald Trump did a wrong thing, then a right thing, then another right thing, then another right thing and a wrong thing in trying to keep the evil, conniving leaders of Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Of course, President Barack Obama had helped give these plotters a surefire means of achieving their Hiroshima-end: The hopeless Iran deal. Concerning their murderous Middle East ambitions and preparations for war, they received a Joe Biden-like hug. However, to the disappointment of much of Europe, profitably trading with the Islamists, Trump opted out of the deal. ...

Prosecuting Trump case a misnomer

During one of his debates with Hillary Clinton in 2016, Donald Trump threatened to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the former secretary of state if he were elected. “Lock her up!” remains a popular cheer at his campaign-style rallies. Trump’s loose talk about turning the Justice Department against his political opponents is one of his most outrageous norm violations. Given that fact, you would think Democrats hoping to succeed him would strive not to give the impression that they, too, would expect their Justice Department to target political opponents. But Sen. ...

Word ‘reparations’ getting in way of historical justice

The best way to begin to repair the damage wrought by our nation’s troubled racial history is to dump the politically toxic word “reparations.” Even casual students of history know that black Americans were first legally then systemically disadvantaged by slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination and segregation, and that those disadvantages resulted in a national wound that has yet to heal and seems unlikely to heal on its own. We must — we should — use our resources to attempt to remediate the undeniable damage done by this uniquely awful legacy. Even those of us whose ...

Get used to it! ‘Netflix and chill’ to end

Brian Boyle Los Angeles Times A late-night text suggesting “NBCUniversal streaming service and chill?” doesn’t seem quite as inviting as a “Netflix and chill?” summons via SMS, but it’s the future we’re heading toward nonetheless. A future accelerated by the news that “The Office” is leaving Netflix in January 2021 to serve as the anchor of NBC’s planned streaming platform. Feel free to mourn, fellow young people. Indeed, the Great Streaming Wars are upon us. Consider this the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Gone will be the days when homebody ...