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DOJ: South Dakota Violating “Thousands” of Disabled Residents’ Civil Rights

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The Justice Department found that South Dakota violates the rights of disabled residents by only offering them nursing homes as part of state-administered treatment. The department’s Civil Rights Division said Monday that the state is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) after a 20-month investigation into its healthcare system. “Thousands” are given no other choice but inpatient treatment through programs financed by Medicaid, DOJ found. Title II of the ADA and a 1999 Supreme Court decision require government institutions to “provide community-based…

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Judge Denies Feds’ Call to Move Twitter Surveillance Case to Secret Court

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A federal district judge in California denied the Obama administration’s request to move Twitter’s legal challenge of a gag order on surveillance programs to a secretive court that oversees them. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodriguez said Monday that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) was not the proper venue for the case. The body approves of wiretap and business records requests made by federal agents under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Surveillance reform passed by Congress last year shed some light on FISC proceedings, after…

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Sanders, DWS Clash Over Dem Party Inclusivity

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The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) chairwoman and the party’s left-wing presidential contender are sparring in the media over how welcoming the party should be toward independent voters. Heading into the Indiana primary on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is making the case that all party elections should be held as open contests. Primaries in the Hoosier state and nineteen others allow voters who identify as independents to participate in the Democrats’ nominating process. Sanders once again finds himself pitted against DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.), who on Monday called…

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Congress Lets Puerto Rico Default on $370 Million Debt Payment

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Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla (PPD-P.R.) announced on Sunday that Puerto Rico would not be able to make $370 million in debt payments due Monday. Garcia said the US territory was not willing to sacrifice essential public services in order to pay the money it owes. Puerto Rico had been previously scheduled to pay on Monday $422 million in bond obligations. “Faced with the inability to meet the demands of our creditors and the needs of our people, I had to make a choice,” Garcia said.…

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