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Eleven Weeks to the Election, and the Law Is Already in Court
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not attend the vote on the Basic Law: Torah Study at all. Two days later he showed up for the second bill, took his seat, then left before lawmakers cast their votes. Opposition members shouted "shame" and "go" as he walked out. Both bills passed that week, both years in the making, both centered on military service for ultra-Orthodox men. The first enshrines Torah study as a fundamental value in Israel's Basic Law, the constitutional lay

Maria Salinas
Jul 203 min read


Trump's Own Standard for Impeachment
Trump's 2008 Standard for Impeachment Applies Directly to His Own Presidency In October 2008, Donald Trump sat down with CNN's Wolf Blitzer and said something most Republican politicians wouldn't dare put on record. According to Trump, Bush had earned impeachment not through partisan grievance, but through deliberate deception that dragged the country into war. Trump praised Nancy Pelosi in the same breath, describing her as "a very impressive person," before pivoting to a wi

Maria Salinas
Jun 94 min read
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