SCOTUS has agreed to decide on a case as to states determination of federal elections.
the independent state legislature doctrine … holds, in its purest form, that state constitutions have little to no ability to constrain state legislatures. The doctrine emerged from a novel interpretation of the U.S. Constitution’s Elections Clause, which grants states the authority to set the “time, places and manner” of federal elections.
At the core of the dispute is whether the framers intended the word “legislature” in the document to be understood strictly, or whether they meant that other institutions — like state courts, governors and secretaries of state — also had important roles to play in setting and interpreting the rules around elections and voting
If adopted, the doctrine would, among other things, bar state courts from ensuring that state laws comply with a requirement, common in many state constitutions, that elections be “free and fair” — with potentially vast implications for rules on redistricting, citizen-led commissions and voting.
Four conservative justices have written sympathetically about the theory, and it only takes five to form a majority. But the middle of the court — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — seemed on Wednesday to be looking for a middle ground.
The wheels have been coming off the bus of so-called “gender ideology" for some time, though if you only read certain newspapers, saw certain comedians or watched only the BBC you would scarcely know that. Censorship is too strong a word to use about how the subject of trans rights are covered. It is more that any conflict with women's rights are dismissed, ignored or deemed “transphobic”.
What I feel most upset about is the absolute dereliction of basic journalism by the Left-wing media. The first lie is that there is no conflict between trans rights and women's rights, and no harm ever caused by self-identification. In truth, there is a conflict – and it is ripping apart the SNP, whose leader, Nicola Sturgeon, backs a Bill that would make it easier for people to legally change gender without a medical diagnosis. The issue has also divided the Greens and, in effect, ended the Women's Equality Party. In private, half of Labour do not think that women can have a penis; they just won’t say it publicly.
“Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.” wrote Marguerite Duras. Well, the good ones are. But don’t tell The Guardian that. Cowardice is free, but facts are sacred.
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to mandate federal recognition for same-sex marriages, with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voting in favor of the measure in the waning days of the Democratic-led Congress.
With a vote of 258-169, with one member voting “present,” the landmark legislation cleared Congress, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law and capping an improbable path for a measure that only months ago appeared to have little chance at enactment.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the tally triumphantly, banging the gavel repeatedly as if to applaud as members of the House cheered.
“Today, we stand up for the values the vast majority of Americans hold dear: A belief in the dignity, beauty and divinity — spark of divinity — in every person, and abiding respect for love so powerful that it binds two people together,” Ms. Pelosi said in a speech from the House floor before the vote.
In a statement, Mr. Biden called the action by Congress “a critical step to ensure that Americans have the right to marry the person they love.”
The measure’s success reflected a broader cultural and political shift on the issue of same-sex marriage, which only a decade ago was regarded by members of both parties as divisive and risky terrain. It has become so broadly accepted in American society that it can now generate decisive bipartisan majorities in both chambers of Congress. In the years since, same-sex marriage has become widely accepted by members of both parties, and polls show that more than 70 percent of voters support same-sex marriage.
In the Senate, the legislation was revised to address concerns among some Republicans that it would punish or restrict the religious freedom of institutions that refuse to recognize same-sex marriages. That version passed last month, forcing it back to the House for a second vote to approve the changes.
The push to pass the legislation began after Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in his opinion in the June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, which had established a constitutional right to abortion, that the court also “should reconsider” precedents enshrining marriage equality and access to contraception.
In a condition that Republican backers in the Senate insisted upon, the measure would guarantee that religious organizations would not be required to provide any goods or services for the celebration of any marriage, and could not lose tax-exempt status or other benefits for refusing to recognize same-sex unions.
"A leading member of the Iwi Chairs Forum has slammed the Māori and Green parties for voting against Labour’s three waters reform.
The Greens voted against the third reading of the Water Services Entities Bill last night because the Government had second thoughts about the constitutionality of an entrenchment clause aimed at stopping future privatisation, while the Maori Party says the bill failed to recognise Maori ownership of water.
Outgoing Te Rarawa chair Haami Piripi says that’s a vote for the status quo, which entrenches white privilege.
“Those privileges have been allocated to different elements of our community and society which have promoted their development. They get the water first. There’s been a whole history of marginalisation and I’m just amazed the Maori Party can vote for white privilege. I’m more amazed the Greens can vote against an environmental issue in support of a financial one,” he says.
Te Rarawa and other Muriwhenua iwi have been fighting to get the water they need to develop land returned in their treaty settlements."
In a statement last night, Justice Gault said he had been informed by the lawyer acting for Te Whatu Ora that the baby's parents had prevented doctors from taking blood tests, performing a chest X-ray and performing an anaesthetic assessment.
The parents objected and the hospital asked the police for help.
A new ruling last night ordered the parents not to do so.
Interesting that agents of the state are drip feeding the morsels into the public domain so we can keep tossing our reckons about and reinforce our biases.
So what! At the 19th hole at a golf course near you there are holes in one being celebrated often.
And Wayne Brown is silent on looking at selling golf courses in his asset hunt but has his eye on those terrible, terrible places called childcare facilities not to mention the Auckland Art Gallery.
The Health and Disability Commissioner has released a decision on a Dr who sent a text to 600 of his patients advising against the Covid vaccination and referring them to New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) for further information.
'I recommend that should Dr A be granted a further practising certificate, the Medical Council of New Zealand consider undertaking a competence assessment and requiring that he practise with conditions that address the issues in this report.
I recommend that Dr A separately apologise for his breaches of the Code, to each of the individual patients referred to in this opinion. The apologies are to be sent to HDC within three weeks of the date of this opinion, for forwarding.
I recommend that should Dr A return to medical practice, he undertake training on professional and ethical standards, within three months of his return to practice, and report to HDC with evidence of his attendance and the content of the training.
I recommend that Dr B and Dr C consider developing guidelines on the use of patient lists and the PMS system and, within three months of the date of this opinion, report to HDC on the outcome, including any guidelines put in place.'
The Commissioner has also asked for the follow-up action
'I have carefully considered whether to refer Dr A to the Director of Proceedings in accordance with section 45(2)(f) of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994, for the purpose of deciding whether any proceedings should be taken. I have decided that it is in the public interest to do so, as I consider that Dr A’s breaches of the Code are serious and had the potential to impact negatively on health outcomes (especially noting the vulnerable community in which he practised).
A copy of this report with details identifying the parties removed will be sent to the Medical Council of New Zealand, and it will be advised of the names of Dr A, Dr B, and Dr C in the covering letter.
A copy of this report with details identifying the parties removed will be sent to the Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora — Health New Zealand, Te Aka Whai Ora — Māori Health Authority, the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, the New Zealand Medical Association, and the Health Quality & Safety Commission, and placed on the Health and Disability Commissioner website, hdc.org.nz, for educational purposes.'
I'm curious what the professional and ethics training would be. Obviously there is a breach in texting patients with one's personal views like this. He's also wrong about the comparison with the flu, so is there's a competency issue there.
Theoretically it should be possible to do the ethics training without making it about vaccines are always safe. Hard to see this happening with such polarised views. eg if the training is 'you have to accept the conventional view on covid vax' rather than 'your behaviour has to conform to these standards even if you disagree with covid vax'
Sounds like Dr B and Dr C are expected to put guidelines in place so Dr A can be told not to cross those lines again. I would think they are the more senior or directors of Dr A's practice, not that they are accused of doing anything wrong themselves. I'm also assuming the above was largely quoted so the specific wordings are significant.
that's my reading (without having read the whole document). I would guess that in many GP clinics in NZ it's currently possible for a GP to do what Dr A did. Training and development of good practice hasn't really kept up with the technological advances eg texting.
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Hi,If you’ve been reading Webworm for a while, you’ll be familiar with Anna Wilding. Between 2020 and 2021 I looked at how the New Zealander had managed to weasel her way into countless news stories over the years, often with very little proof any of it had actually happened. When ...
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..Thanks for reading Frankly Speaking ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.The Regulatory Standards Bill, as I understand it, seeks to bind parliament to a specific range of law-making.For example, it seems to ensure primacy of individual rights over that of community, environment, te Tiriti ...
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The future teaches you to be aloneThe present to be afraid and coldSo if I can shoot rabbits, then I can shoot fascists…And if you tolerate thisThen your children will be nextSongwriters: James Dean Bradfield / Sean Anthony Moore / Nicholas Allen Jones.Do you remember at school, studying the rise ...
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Hi,Today’s Webworm features a new short film from documentary maker Giorgio Angelini. It’s about Luigi Mangione — but it’s also, really, about everything in America right now.Bear with me.Shortly after I sent out my last missive from the fires on Wednesday, one broke out a little too close to home ...
So soon just after you've goneMy senses sharpenBut it always takes so damn longBefore I feel how much my eyes have darkenedFear hangs in a plane of gun smokeDrifting in our roomSo easy to disturb, with a thought, with a whisperWith a careless memorySongwriters: Andy Taylor / John Taylor / ...
Can we trust the Trump cabinet to act in the public interest?Nine of Trump’s closest advisers are billionaires. Their total net worth is in excess of $US375b (providing there is not a share-market crash). In contrast, the total net worth of Trump’s first Cabinet was about $6b. (Joe Biden’s Cabinet ...
Welcome back to our weekly roundup. We hope you had a good break (if you had one). Here’s a few of the stories that caught our attention over the last few weeks. This holiday period on Greater Auckland Since our last roundup we’ve: Taken a look back at ...
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partnerSometimes I feel like my only friendIs the city I live in, The City of AngelsLonely as I am together we crySong: Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Flea, John Frusciante.A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area. ...
Open access notablesLarge emissions of CO2 and CH4 due to active-layer warming in Arctic tundra, Torn et al., Nature Communications:Climate warming may accelerate decomposition of Arctic soil carbon, but few controlled experiments have manipulated the entire active layer. To determine surface-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide and ...
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Over the holidays, there was a rising tide of calls for people to submit on National's repulsive, white supremacist Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, along with a wave of advice and examples of what to say. And it looks like people rose to the occasion, with over 300,000 ...
The lie is my expenseThe scope of my desireThe Party blessed me with its futureAnd I protect it with fireI am the Nina The Pinta The Santa MariaThe noose and the rapistAnd the fields overseerThe agents of orangeThe priests of HiroshimaThe cost of my desire…Sleep now in the fireSongwriters: Brad ...
This is a re-post from the Climate BrinkGlobal surface temperatures have risen around 1.3C since the preindustrial (1850-1900) period as a result of human activity.1 However, this aggregate number masks a lot of underlying factors that contribute to global surface temperature changes over time.These include CO2, which is the primary ...
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Hi,Right now the power is out, so I’m just relying on the laptop battery and tethering to my phone’s 5G which is dropping in and out. We’ll see how we go.First up — I’m fine. I can’t see any flames out the window. I live in the greater Hollywood area ...
2024 was a tough year for working Kiwis. But together we’ve been able to fight back for a just and fair New Zealand and in 2025 we need to keep standing up for what’s right and having our voices heard. That starts with our Mood of the Workforce Survey. It’s your ...
Time is never time at allYou can never ever leaveWithout leaving a piece of youthAnd our lives are forever changedWe will never be the sameThe more you change, the less you feelSongwriter: William Patrick Corgan.Babinden - Baba’s DayToday, January 8th, 2025, is Babinden, “The Day of the baba” or “The ...
..I/We wish to make the following comments:I oppose the Treaty Principles Bill."5. Act binds the CrownThis Act binds the Crown."How does this Act "bind the Crown" when Te Tiriti o Waitangi, which the Act refers to, has been violated by the Crown on numerous occassions, resulting in massive loss of ...
Everything is good and brownI'm here againWith a sunshine smile upon my faceMy friends are close at handAnd all my inhibitions have disappeared without a traceI'm glad, oh, that I found oohSomebody who I can rely onSongwriter: Jay KayGood morning, all you lovely people. Today, I’ve got nothing except a ...
Welcome to 2025. After wrapping up 2024, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see this year along with a few predictions. Council and Elections Elections One of the biggest things this year will be local body elections in October. Will Mayor Wayne Brown ...
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Submissions on National's racist, white supremacist Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill are due tomorrow! So today, after a good long holiday from all that bullshit, I finally got my shit together to submit on it. As I noted here, people should write their own submissions in their own ...
Ooh, baby (ooh, baby)It's making me crazy (it's making me crazy)Every time I look around (look around)Every time I look around (every time I look around)Every time I look aroundIt's in my faceSongwriters: Alan Leo Jansson / Paul Lawrence L. Fuemana.Today, I’ll be talking about rich, middle-aged men who’ve made ...
A listing of 26 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 29, 2024 thru Sat, January 4, 2025. This week's roundup is again published soleley by category. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if ...
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And when a child is born into this worldIt has no conceptOf the tone of skin it's living inAnd there's a million voicesAnd there's a million voicesTo tell you what you should be thinkingSong by Neneh Cherry and Youssou N'Dour.The moment you see that face, you can hear her voice; ...
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SCOTUS has agreed to decide on a case as to states determination of federal elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/politics/supreme-court-independent-legislature-theory.html
Another ex Guardian journalist
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/12/06/guardian-hiding-truth-trans/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/politics/same-sex-marriage-congress.html
"A leading member of the Iwi Chairs Forum has slammed the Māori and Green parties for voting against Labour’s three waters reform.
The Greens voted against the third reading of the Water Services Entities Bill last night because the Government had second thoughts about the constitutionality of an entrenchment clause aimed at stopping future privatisation, while the Maori Party says the bill failed to recognise Maori ownership of water.
Outgoing Te Rarawa chair Haami Piripi says that’s a vote for the status quo, which entrenches white privilege.
“Those privileges have been allocated to different elements of our community and society which have promoted their development. They get the water first. There’s been a whole history of marginalisation and I’m just amazed the Maori Party can vote for white privilege. I’m more amazed the Greens can vote against an environmental issue in support of a financial one,” he says.
Te Rarawa and other Muriwhenua iwi have been fighting to get the water they need to develop land returned in their treaty settlements."
https://waateanews.com/2022/12/09/three-waters-no-a-vote-for-white-privilege/?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480419/blood-donor-case-baby-s-surgery-takes-place-at-starship
I do have some doubts about the future medical care of the child, which is likely to be ongoing for some time unless the parents ‘complicate’ things.
That's interesting.
Interesting that agents of the state are drip feeding the morsels into the public domain so we can keep tossing our reckons about and reinforce our biases.
Your comment makes zero sense.
Seemed straight forward, it is the state that is releasing information about this sad affair.
Arguably, none of our business.
RNZ is reporting on a case of high public interest.
Your comments make zero sense.
Those humble quiet people Sue Grey and Liz Gunn have nothing to do with the initial or ongoing coverage..
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/130718846/healthcare-system-collapsing-says-quitting-southland-ed-nurse
Another report of the stress (breaking point) …….
Getting his Yeltsin on.
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1600847388242894848
Former Prime Minister Sir John Key mobbed after hole-in-one at charity golf match – NZ Herald
So what! At the 19th hole at a golf course near you there are holes in one being celebrated often.
And Wayne Brown is silent on looking at selling golf courses in his asset hunt but has his eye on those terrible, terrible places called childcare facilities not to mention the Auckland Art Gallery.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/12/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-shuts-down-questions-on-budget-proposals-and-possible-asset-sales.html
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The Health and Disability Commissioner has released a decision on a Dr who sent a text to 600 of his patients advising against the Covid vaccination and referring them to New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) for further information.
https://www.hdc.org.nz/decisions/search-decisions/2022/21hdc01972/
The HDC made these recommendations
The Commissioner has also asked for the follow-up action
Good.
I'm curious what the professional and ethics training would be. Obviously there is a breach in texting patients with one's personal views like this. He's also wrong about the comparison with the flu, so is there's a competency issue there.
Theoretically it should be possible to do the ethics training without making it about vaccines are always safe. Hard to see this happening with such polarised views. eg if the training is 'you have to accept the conventional view on covid vax' rather than 'your behaviour has to conform to these standards even if you disagree with covid vax'
Apparently one was well known for his obdurate vaccination views, so there were 2 more? They should be named imo.
Sounds like Dr B and Dr C are expected to put guidelines in place so Dr A can be told not to cross those lines again. I would think they are the more senior or directors of Dr A's practice, not that they are accused of doing anything wrong themselves. I'm also assuming the above was largely quoted so the specific wordings are significant.
that's my reading (without having read the whole document). I would guess that in many GP clinics in NZ it's currently possible for a GP to do what Dr A did. Training and development of good practice hasn't really kept up with the technological advances eg texting.
The report says there was no breach by Dr B and C.