Jul 16, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
In an open letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee sent on July 10, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel urged Congress to rethink the impending $52 billion cut from the defense budget for the 2014 fiscal year. The planned cuts are a result of the Budget Control Act...
Jul 15, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Supreme Court
On June 25, The Supreme Court of the United States struck down Section 4b of the 1965 Voting Rights Act after a 5-4 vote in the case of Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4b provided the formula to determine which states and local governments needed approval from the...