https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-12-11 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/1wl48qneqqalar511z2zf8krrlbojc monthly 0.5 2020-04-28 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/glossary monthly 0.5 2020-04-16 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/how-to-discriminate-and-get-away-with-it-part-i monthly 0.5 2020-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5eb464359c99bb405e586536/1588880452553/Denmark-Nyhavn.jpg Blog - How to Discriminate and Get Away with It (Part I) Look at these nice Danish people. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5eb460abe043ac729922c93c/1588879548802/Smaller+Map-Clayton+County.jpg Blog - How to Discriminate and Get Away with It (Part I) - Clayton County is a county located in the north central portion of Georgia (check out the map). In this case, the county is involved because it’s the part of the Georgia state government that controls the organization that Mr. Bostock worked for. Clayton County has two main arguments: (1) that it fired Mr. Bostock because of his job performance, not because he’s gay, which would, of course, be perfectly legal; and (2) that even if it did fire Mr. Bostock because he’s gay, there’s nothing illegal about that. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5eb45ff2fda7e45296796368/1588879417996/Softball+-+Bostock.jpg Blog - How to Discriminate and Get Away with It (Part I) - In 2013, Mr. Bostock began playing in a gay recreational softball league called Hotlanta Softball League. He states that he was openly criticized at work because of his sexual orientation and his participation in the softball league. Then, in April 2013, Clayton County conducted an audit of the funds managed by Mr. Bostock. Following this audit, the County fired him for “conduct unbecoming of a county employee.” Mr. Bostock filed suit and alleged discrimination on the basis of his sexual orientation in violation of Title VII (more on this in a minute). https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/bostock-ii monthly 0.5 2020-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5eb467734d4efe4472f2ddd4/1588881276089/Sex-Gender.jpg Blog - How to Discriminate and Get Away with It (Part II) Is sex the same as gender? If not, how do the two differ? https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/how-to-train-your-handgun-2Mmuh monthly 0.5 2020-08-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f359d6d7214db0b1f373ffc/1597349239906/New%252BYork%252BCity.jpg Blog - How to Train Your Handgun Millions of people, tens of thousands of legally-owned guns. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ebd84cdd44bf12c2b73963b/1589478614397/Bullets.jpg Blog - How to Train Your Handgun https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f359ceadba7a10314a11916/1597349106299/Redcoats.jpg Blog - How to Train Your Handgun One of the main questions facing the court is, essentially, what did these guys think about gun control? https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it monthly 0.5 2020-08-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ee13557636479673451e1d3/1591817665268/PHiladelphia+Convention.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It A scene from the Constitutional Convention (1787), where the U.S. Constitution was drafted and signed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ee3cda9775e5e05d7259606/1591987788263/379px-Alexander_Hamilton.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It This is Alexander Hamilton. In many ways, he’s the reason we have an Electoral College. As you can see, that’s not even close to the sexiest thing about him. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ee3cfe56d462b0d8f0d5b2a/1591988225429/I+voted+.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It Yeah, sure, but which electors did you vote for? https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ee286073e9aa36eb93db886/1594058282007/Declaration+of+Independence.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It These guys… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5edfddba3d4c397cb6e01ee4/1591729617920/629px-ElectorScaledUS2016.svg.png Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ee28e76ce32482076c623f4/1591905935240/Dictionary.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It Seriously, don’t make me go there… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5edfd858ed74ca01dafcc83f/1591904608172/640px-Electoral_College_2016.svg.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It The current Electoral College breakdown. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5edfd89f6d785c185ba996f8/1591728394599/640px-US_2010_Census_State_Population_Per_Electoral_Vote.png Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It U.S. populations per electoral vote in 2010. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5ee28f7efd6fa204b00d649f/1591906331908/Nuclear+Power.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It Nuclear power is a common example of a federal function. https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/bostock-v-clayton-county-decided monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5eeb8f6f4635dd152ac4ecf3/1592496050159/Justice+Scalia.jpg Blog - Bostock v. Clayton County: Decided Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away in 2016, but who still looms large over the Supreme Court. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5eeb8f0b4f909f6a9aae967a/1592495928852/Justice+Gorsuch.jpg Blog - Bostock v. Clayton County: Decided Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion. https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/june-medical-v-russo monthly 0.5 2020-08-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5efce1b02450a6006da18d7d/1593631186052/PHiladelphia+Convention.jpg Blog - The Limits of Your Liberty The fuzzy old white guys who wrote the Constitution https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5efceeec2f0ea97f8aac4784/1593634577273/Clarence+Thomas.jpg Blog - The Limits of Your Liberty Justice Clarence Thomas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5efcef510d8d5502601acc5e/1593634705095/John+Roberts.jpg Blog - The Limits of Your Liberty Chief Justice John Roberts, who this term has become the swing vote on several high-profile cases, including this one. https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/faithless-electors-pt-ii monthly 0.5 2020-07-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f04d3eb81a1e02d306d48f6/1594151966002/Lawrence+Lessig.png Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Part II: DECIDED Lawrence Lessig https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f0617d6bd6cfa7c6b811321/1594235392365/Justice+Kagan.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Part II: DECIDED Justice Elena Kagan, who may or may not be more qualified than you to interpret the Constitution. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f04d47870c1ef482eb104cd/1594152081363/629px-ElectorScaledUS2016.svg.png Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Part II: DECIDED The 2016 Electoral College Map https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f06193831811d08f9c2d3ae/1594235227524/Alex+AHmilton.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Part II: DECIDED Alexander Hamilton, who advocated for a strong central government and founded the Federalist Party https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f0618cd12b21d0352fa80ed/1594235118183/Thomas+Jefferson.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Part II: DECIDED Thomas Jefferson, one of the most famous of the Anti-Federalists https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f0618434519a3375cea4964/1594234968788/Clarence+Thomas.jpg Blog - A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Part II: DECIDED Justice Clarence Thomas https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/reservation-blues monthly 0.5 2020-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1b0d71a1ddc82441dcbef6/1595870717583/By%2BPresidentman%2B-%2BOwn%2Bwork%252C%2BCC%2BBY-SA%2B4.0%252C%2Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fcommons.wikimedia.org%252Fw%252Findex.jpg Blog - Reservation Blues A portion of the map of Native American reservations in the U.S. (Image courtesy of Presidentman and Wikimedia Commons). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1dedb82cda7f10313b6e51/1595797050498/640px-Indian_reservations_in_the_Continental_United_States.png Blog - Reservation Blues A full, unofficial map of reservations in the U.S. (Image courtesy of Presidentman and Wikimedia Commons) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1defca33dc54447929ee81/1595797566155/628px-Trails_of_Tears_compressed.png Blog - Reservation Blues The general routes taken by the Five Tribes during the Trail of Tears, with the tribes’ territories in dark green and the reservations in Oklahoma in yellow. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1f1587bc710302fc508673/1595872762193/289px-Selocta.jpg Blog - Reservation Blues Selocta, a Muscogee (Creek) chief who protested the American government’s theft of Creek lands. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1b1023a700f84900bb822f/1595609157492/Boundaries_of_the_Five_Tribes_in_1866.jpg Blog - Reservation Blues The approximate borders of the reservations belonging to the so-called Five Tribes, in 1866. (Image courtesy of Chipermc and Wikimedia Commons). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1dec4b67aaae35bbd8f1cf/1595796599666/Taxes.jpg Blog - Reservation Blues Iceland says pay your taxes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f1b1c713f0cf22f19bab704/1595612301609/Creek_land_cessions_1733-1832.jpg Blog - Reservation Blues The original Creek lands in the American Southeast. https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/death-and-taxes monthly 0.5 2020-08-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f32b4a961363c4bae2b6935/1597158657196/joseph-gonzalez-_LSNQHj1xrc-unsplash.jpg Blog - Death and Taxes The proverbial three-legged stool. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f32b104afb3772cc55096ca/1597157877390/PPACA_States_lawsuit_Breakdown.png Blog - Death and Taxes The states involved in the first challenge to the ACA, which reached the Supreme Court back in 2012. 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And also plotting to murder the Native Americans and steal their land. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f5154ea8f2e71451f43a56f/1599165754819/Vatican.jpg Blog - Feed the World While the modern Roman Catholic Church does not consider homosexuality a sin, it does preach that homosexual acts are “intrinsically immoral and contrary to the natural law.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f514b9af5846825bf40ea28/1599163583455/Philadelphia.jpg Blog - Feed the World The City of Philadelphia, which was, appropriately, the Nation’s de facto capital in 1774, and became the official capital from 1791-1800. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f5a43eabba4a15636d32e74/1599751193691/Police+Car.jpg Blog - Feed the World This is the scene…. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f514979ba161b6120919272/1599162929612/Henry+VII.jpg Blog - Feed the World Henry VIII, who kicked off the English Reformation when the pope refused to let him annul his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f5150963d242c50e25df55f/1599164581064/Alfred+Leo+Smith.jpg Blog - Feed the World https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6a777e99bb75087c67dab2/t/5f5157d94923026475327cba/1599166442107/New+Hampshire+plate.jpg Blog - Feed the World A New Hampshire license plate bearing the state motto, “Live Free or Die.” https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/episode-1-reservation-blues monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/episode-2-you-and-me-vs-the-government monthly 0.5 2020-11-10 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/blog/episode-3-death-and-taxes monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/about daily 1.0 2020-10-28 https://www.theimpartialreviewonline.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-05-12