Left Side of the Aisle #243

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 7-13, 2016

This week:

Good News: Supreme Court upholds class action suit claims
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/04/us-supreme-court-declines-to-take-up-wal-mart-class-action-appea/21337884/

Good News: Supreme Court rejects attack on agency fees
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-deadlocks-over-public-employee-union-case-calif-teachers-must-pay-dues/2016/03/29/b99faa30-f5b7-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/29/1507564/-A-Scalia-less-deadlocked-Supreme-Court-spares-unions-For-now

Good News: Supreme Court unanimously smacks down attempt to redefine "one-person-one-vote"
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/supreme-court-evenwel/476769/
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/04/update-2-u-s-top-court-rejects-conservative-challenge-in-one-p/21337940/

RIP: Patty Duke
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/patty-duke-dead-69/story?id=38004939
http://www.khq.com/story/31651923/patty-dukes-husband-calls-sepsis-a-silent-killer
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/sean-astin-mom-patty-dukes-210040048.html?ref=gs
http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_6fed8c92-fa1f-11e5-b579-8bf1ced9a8d3.html

Update: "Equitable sharing" back in force
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/01/1901-good-news-mostly-feds-largely-end.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/03/30/justice-department-reinstates-federal-program-that-helps-state-cops-act-like-robbers/
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35429-doj-resurrects-policing-for-profit-program
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/

Clown Award: Idaho Gov. Butch Otter
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/8/19/1413473/--Patriot-guarding-Muslim-free-gun-store-accidentally-shoots-himself
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/checotah-man-accidentally-shoots-self-while-guarding-store/article_bdef6cb6-45f8-11e5-8676-d37a877e4cba.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/gop-bans-guns-at-republican-national-convention.html
http://wonkette.com/600291/maine-gov-paul-lepage-will-teach-democrats-lesson-by-refusing-to-swear-any-of-them-in
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/01/lepage-refuses-to-swear-in-senator-elect-over-spat-with-democrats/
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/29/1507746/-Idaho-governor-on-not-expanding-Medicaid-People-with-insurance-still-die

Outrage of the Week Number 1: 1 million losing Food Stamps
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/04/04/food-a04.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able-bodied_Adults_Without_Dependents
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-food-stamps-work-mandate-20160402-story.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2016/0402/As-US-economy-rebounds-1-million-people-could-lose-food-stamps-benefit

Outrage of the Week Number 2: Nearly 2/3 of Americans approve of torture
Sources cited in links:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-torture-exclusive-idUSKCN0WW0Y3
http://theweek.com/articles/441396/why-torture-doesnt-work-definitive-guide
https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/04/2
https://www.cgu.edu/pdffiles/sbos/costanzo_effects_of_interrogation.pdf
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/cia-torture-report/senate-report-finds-cia-interrogation-tactics-were-ineffective-n264621
http://www.care2.com/causes/torture-doesnt-work-but-most-americans-support-it.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/torture-by-navy-seals-covered-up-in-afghanistan.html

And Another Thing: Possible Viking site found in Newfoundland
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/discovery-vikings-newfoundland-canada-history-norse-point-rosee-l-anse-aux-meadows-a6965126.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/vikings-newfoundland-1.3515747
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/146754/20160403/newly-discovered-viking-site-in-canada-may-rewrite-history.htm