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Knapp: SCOTUS: Amply serving law enforcement’s interests versus society’s

On June 23 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Birchfield v. North Dakota, that police officers may require suspected drunk drivers to take breathalyzer tests without warrants as required by the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment and under criminal penalty should they refuse. The court did go so far as to leave the constitutional warrant requirement intact for blood tests. Associate Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, lays out the chilling logic for differentiating between the two:

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How about some Fourth of July fun?

Myers: Intruders in state politics

With the Nevada primary election now past and the possibility of another Sharron Angle candidacy for the U.S. Senate no longer (to Republicans) threatening, it’s a good time to reflect on some comments made by national Republican operatives shortly after she got into the race in March.

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People should get informed about religious beliefs

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The question the gun grabbers keep asking in response to the Orlando nightclub massacre by a wacko ISIS sympathizer is why anyone needs an “assault rifle.” The simple and obvious answer, of course, is…

Haynes: After Orlando, reclaiming our common humanity

Horrific events like the heartbreaking tragedy in Orlando — the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history — bring out the best and the worst in the American character.

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A post-primary look at a Nye County issue

Knapp: No fly, no buy? No dice

The “no fly, no buy” idea — a proposal to ban people whose names appear on the Terrorist Screening Center’s “no fly list” from purchasing firearms — has been around since at least 2009 when an act of that name failed in Congress.

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Candidate says thank you

Muth: Conservageddon ’16: Legislative tax hikers are dropping like flies

Despite all the money and all the endorsements from Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval which have been bestowed upon Republican state legislators who voted for his $1.4 billion tax hike last session, the tax-hikers are paying a heavy price.

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