Left Side of the Aisle #192

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of February 19-25, 2015

This week:

Good News: PA suspends death penalty
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/02/13/3623060/pennsylvania-death-penalty-suspended/
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/03/racial-bias-us-death-penalty
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf
http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/detaillist.aspx?View={FAF6EDDB-5A68-4F8F-8A52-2C61F5BF9EA7}&FilterField1=Sentence&FilterValue1=Death
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2015/02/13/Governor-places-moratorium-on-death-penalty-in-Pennsylvania/stories/201502130166

Update on same-sex marriage in AL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/15/steven-reed-roy-moore-ala_n_6687706.html
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/02/alabama_supreme_court_agrees_t.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mandamus

Update on Net neutrality
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/12/net-neutrality-advocates-_0_n_6670850.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/10/republicans-are-about-to-benghazi-all-over-again-on-net-neutrality/

Update on right-wing changing the rules
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/congress-dynamic-scoring_n_6425926.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Update on Keystone XL
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/11/house-approves-keystone-xl-pipeline-setting-veto-showdown-with-white-house
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/13/3622816/keystone-xl-injunction/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/12/1364134/-Nebraska-judge-temporarily-blocks-TransCanada-s-ability-to-use-eminent-domain-for-Keystone-XL
http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nebraska-judge-rules-in-favor-of-landowners-on-keystone-xl/article_a19c551a-b2f5-11e4-9440-fb3972ced98c.html

Footnote: Keystone opponents getting visits from FBI
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/09/3620703/tar-sands-fbi-visits/

Clown Award: "White Power" sign at high school basketball game
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/denton-county/2015/02/17/plano-east-parents-students-object-to-sign-at-game/23536145/
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/weird/2015/02/17/texas-white-power-sign/23538823/

Update on NYPD "anti-terrorism" task force
http://gothamist.com/2015/02/03/nypd_announce_new_machine_gun-free.php
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/550-specially-trained-nypd-officers-handle-protests-article-1.2101319

Outrage of the Week: NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton blames the victims of police violence
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/02/10/384990293/nypds-top-cop-wants-to-make-it-a-felony-to-resist-arrest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlLTCYy2N54
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/activists-responding-nypds-attempts-thwart-blacklivesmatter/

Obama's AUMF for ISIS is about endless war
http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2014/11/obama-ask-congress-new-war-powers-fight-isis/98270/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/adam-schiff-aumf-isis_n_6559066.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/obama-isis-war-authorization_n_6662930.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/obama-aumf-congress-isis_n_6660208.html
http://whatalovelywar.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/obama-aumf-endless-war_n_6680210.html