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Associated PressOctober 16, 2016

Ronald Reagan won a historic landslide victory in the 1984 election, taking 49 of 50 states. But he failed to win the vote of a young Republican businessman in New Mexico whose willingness to go against the political grain has made him this presidential campaign’s X-factor. Outraged at the GOP president’s budget deficits, Gary Johnson […]

Jac VerSteegMay 8, 2016

Donald Trump wants the Hispanic vote so badly he can taste it. On May 5, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee tweeted a picture of himself celebrating Cinco de Mayo by digging into a huge, meat-filled taco bowl. “I love Hispanics,” Trump tweeted. Presumably in a Twilight Zone, “It’s a cookbook!” kind of way. Our advice […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 10, 2016

Last of three parts. Unlike Florida’s stagnant civil forfeiture laws, other states have worked to address the problem. New Mexico, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, and Washington, D.C. have joined North Carolina by either banning civil forfeiture or requiring a criminal conviction as a prerequisite for all forfeitures. This is in addition to other states, like California, […]

Martin DyckmanJanuary 14, 2016

Nothing else that government does costs as much as the death penalty in order to accomplish so little. That ought to concern even the most conservative legislators as they cope with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision Tuesday, in Hurst v. Florida, that the state’s capital sentencing process is unconstitutional. The choice now is to […]

Martin DyckmanJanuary 13, 2016

Nothing else that government does costs as much as the death penalty in order to accomplish so little. This ought to concern even the most conservative legislators as they cope with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision Tuesday, in Hurst v. Florida, that the state’s capital sentencing process is unconstitutional. The choice now is to […]

Marc YachtMarch 11, 2015

End-of-life issues are among our most emotionally and religiously charged community concerns. The definition of “death” might require greater clarity when considering medical and technological advances that have moved patient diagnosis from the physician’s examination to the laboratory. Enacted law regulating medical practice further muddies the water. Canada’s Supreme Court recently lifted the Assisted Suicide […]

Tag: New Mexico

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Jac VerSteeg: Donald Trump develops a taste for Mexicans

Justin Pearson: Legislature should pass important reforms to civil forfeiture laws

Martin Dyckman: U.S. Supreme Court ruling should prompt Legislature to abolish death penalty

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court ruling should prompt Legislature to abolish death penalty

Marc Yacht: Assisted suicide allows for death with dignity