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Anti-anonymity bills from the past few months might have good intentions, but they threaten the ability of people to communicate without providing their identities.
The Torres decision will not only determine if protections are available to hundreds of thousands of veterans against employment discrimination but also could have broader ramifications for the war powers doctrine and/or the state sovereign immunity doctrine.
The problems in Texas this week were not the state’s current mix of energy resources, but that fact the state’s energy resources were not prepared to perform in the low temperatures seen. Americans must be willing to plan and invest to better confront such crises in the future.
Texas faces some unique challenges to holding successful elections amid the pandemic. These include legal uncertainty and the potential for overwhelming in-person voter turnout made worse by inadequate poll worker staffing.