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A Central Oregon “Dreamer” on the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision 🎧

A local college student shares her reaction to the recent ruling by the nation’s highest court
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Liliana Bernabe was featured in the 2018 Source Women’s Issue, sharing her story of living in the U.S., after coming to the country from Mexico as a young child. The Source checked back in with Bernabe following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]

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Online Burden

A call to delay a rule that requires online retailers to collect sales taxes—even sellers in states without sales tax
Chris Miller

Online retailers may soon need to collect sales taxes when they sell items to people who live in states with a sales tax. On June 21, the Supreme Court ruled that a state may collect sales tax from taxpayers located in other states. The ruling stems from a 2016 case in South Dakota, where the […]

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Sen. Ron Wyden pledges to defend women’s reproductive rights at Planned Parenthood press conference in Bend

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On July 28, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) made a stop at Planned Parenthood in Bend for a brief press conference before heading to a town hall meeting at Sisters High School Auditorium. Voicing his support for women’s health care, Sen. Wyden pledged to defend “Roe vs. Wade” in the wake of President Trump’s nomination of […]

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Lionized Subject

A perhaps too-positive portrayal of a Supreme Court Justice
James Berardinelli

There are three kinds of documentaries: those that lionize their subjects, those that attack their subjects, and those that attempt to provide a balanced, objective perspective. “RBG,” a cinematic biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fits in the first category. If there’s a negative about Justice Ginsburg, you won’t find it in Julie […]

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Side Notes 2/17-2/24

Angela Moore

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia found dead Gov. Kate Brown ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately until the day of interment in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Feb. 13.  “Justice Scalia provided many years of dedicated service to one of the most […]

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Supreme Court Reluctant…WTF!!

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Today, the US Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. The Chicago Tribune just reported SEVERELY TROUBLING news: The Supreme Court signaled reluctance on Tuesday to rule broadly on the question of the right to marriage for gays and lesbians as the justices heard arguments on same-sex marriage for […]

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