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2014 In Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the Supreme Court upholds the Michigan constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2006 banning affirmative action. FEATURES FOR SOME TIME NOW, IT HAS BEEN a foregone conclusion among most observers that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised by next summer to end the practice by colleges and universities of using race as a factor in admissions. (Most colleges and universities in the U.S. don't rely on affirmative action because competition for admissions isn't that fierce. In taking up twin cases in which an anti-affirmative action group called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) has sued a public school, the University of North Carolina (UNC), and a private one, Harvard University, the court appears ready to bar colleges from giving any weight to an applicant's race. [Extracted from the article]

Fueled by voter concerns over abortion access and a slate of far-right Republican nominees, the odds are increasing that Democrats can retain or flip enough of the 36 governorships up for grabs on November 8 to prompt a 25-to-25-state tie between the two parties, versus the current 28-22 GOP lead. FEATURES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 55 YEARS, THIS ELECTION SEASON could end with Democrats and Republicans heading an equal number of state governments. Case in point: Within minutes of Republican Tudor Dixon's victory in the Michigan gubernatorial primary in August, Democrats started running an ad on social media and later on TV featuring the GOP candidate repeatedly rejecting any exceptions to a total abortion ban. NAIL BITER IN OREGON Independent candidate Betsy Johnson (top) could peel away enough votes from Democrats in this traditionally deep blue states to provide the margin of victory for GOP nominee Christine Drazan (bottom). [Extracted from the article]

Some key legislative victories for President Joe Biden and the emergence of a slate of GOP nominees for Congress and statewide offices deemed too extreme by many general-election swing voters added to the Democrats' rising fortunes. FEATURES MOST MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE predictable affairs - the party in the White House loses seats (often, a lot of seats), voter turnout sinks - but not this year. LURIA VS. KIGGANS SPANBERGER VS. VEGA WEXTON VS. CAO MAGA VS. ABORTION IN MICHIGANAN The 411 In central Michigan's newly-configured 7th and 8th districts, where Biden squeaked by Trump in 2020, Democratic incumbents are pitted against hard-core Make America Great Again enthusiasts in a test of Trump's enduring influence. The Candidates Lt. Governor John Fetterman, a Democrat, is running against ex-TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Trump-endorsed Republican, to replace retiring GOP Senator Pat Toomey. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS: Periscope THIS USED TO BE A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT for law students: Is it possible to seat an impartial jury to pass judgment on a former president of the United States? Twitter: @SteveFriess FAIR PLAY Among the jurors who voted to convict ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort (below) on fraud charges was one self-described Trump fan. [Extracted from the article]

Yet voters in state after state are nonetheless either favoring or seriously considering Democrats for the Senate as Republicans nominate scandal-ridden candidates and double down on abortion bans. FEATURES WITH INFLATION AND GAS PRICES soaring and President Joe Biden's approval ratings near historic lows, the Republican Party should have a strong wind at its back in its quest to retake control of the United States Senate. Such a prospect seemed far-fetched only a few weeks ago - before Republicans picked extremists as their Senate nominees in several states ("our parade of kooks", one GOP insider calls it), before those candidates committed a series of political faux pas and before the U.S. Supreme Court redefined the stakes by overturning the constitutional right to abortion. "It will help motivate MAGA voters who don't love their GOP nominees", says GOP strategist Jason Roe of Michigan, who is consulting on several House and state legislative races this year. [Extracted from the article]

According to the most recent Real-ClearPolitics polling average, Greitens has the support of 25.3 percent of Missouri's GOP voters to Schmitt's 20 percent and Hartzler's 17 percent. The RINO ad and other scandals have sparked such outrage that jittery GOP leaders are spending millions in the primary to prevent a Greitens nomination. The $3.3 million Democrat Lucas Kunce has raised through the first quarter of2022 is more than any of the Republicans running. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on end of defund the police" movement sprung after killing of George Floyd making surge in violent crimes across U.S. Topics discussed include support of Americans on transferring funds from police departments to social services of the community, testing of law enforcement of enhancing public safety by activists and legislators and conceit of Support Team Assisted Response (STAR).

The article focusses on out-trumping trump by governor of Florida Ron DeSantis. Topics including Ron DeSantis being the top fundraiser among candidates running for state office, DeSantis flexing political muscle on a more local scale than trump, and rebranding the state by ending lockdowns and opening schools even after suitable warnings.

The article discusses the power of Donald J. Trump's primary endorsements. It mentions that President Joe Biden's approval ratings are at an all-time low for his administration and that the party in power in the White House loses ground in Congress in the midterm elections. It mentions Trump's decision to back best-selling author J.D. Vance of Hillbilly Elegy fame.

The article discusses issues of failure to appeal voters of colors by the Republican Party and mentions breakthrough for grand old party (GOP) being shaped in 2022 on diversity front. Topcis dsicussed include record poised to be broken by Senate of Black Republicans elected to Congress, John James who joined race for seat in Detroit suburbs, and same sex marriage opposed by Black Americans.

The article focuses on sports writer Jerry Green who will become only newspaper reporter of credentialed journalist to document Super Bowl in 1967 and attending till 2022. Topics discussed include hiring of Green by News in 1963 to cover football team Detroit Lions, difference of sports journalism in 1967 in comparision to 2022 and views of Green on New York Jets' Super Bowl III.

The article focuses on work of Stacey Abrams, Former Member of Georgia House of Representatives, of bolstering Democratic Party and mentions loss of Abrams in Georgia's governor race. Topics discussed include Georgia voters into the process brought by voter registration and turnout, consideration of Abrams as Black woman nominated by a major party for a governorship and district lines redrawn by Republicans to bolster electoral advantages.

The article presents the discussion on growing political divide over vaccinations and the implications for the nation's health. Topics include leading to a surge in long-conquered diseases from mumps to whooping cough to smallpox; few religious sects and a small number of left-leaning activists seeking explanations for rising rates of autism; and identifying as an anti-vaxxer to be predictive of increased opposition to childhood vaccine requirements.

The article reports that the U.S. Senate, that bastion of partisan gridlock, overwhelming confirmed the nation first Muslims as a federal district court judge and to chair the Federal Trade Commission. Topics include considered that it heightened anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. seemed to be subsiding, the former U.S. President Donald Trump elected president in 2016 on an agenda overtly hostile towards Muslims, and revved it up again.

The article reports that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer stated that she has been in a pensive mood lately, having spent time recently writing a victim-impact statement ahead of the sentencing of an anti-government extremist who took part in a plot to kidnap and kill her last year. Topics include considered that she was one of the fastest-rising political stars of the pandemic era, enjoying the highest approval ratings of her career.

The article reports on the Republican Party (GOP) representatives who voted to impeach the former U.S. President Donald Trump are fighting for their political lives after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. It mentions that Representative Liz Cheney, stripped of her leadership role in the House for her persistent criticism of the former president.

The article focuses on record number of women in Congress. Topics include Illinois Representative Mary Miller, who took flack for saying at the pro-Trump rally before the Capitol riot, few republicans expressed willingness to work with Democrats, and U.S. President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package begins to wend its way through Congress. It also mentions only two Republican women in the House supported the second Trump impeachment and urging republican and democratic to work together.

The article focuses on the accountability of U.S. President Joe Biden in the development of the U.S., as of January 2021. It presents views of Cliff Schecter, co-founder of the political consultancy firm BlueAmp Strategies, on the leadership of Biden. It discusses the agenda of the administration of Biden which include infrastructure spending, job creation and training programs for coal and steel workers.

The article focuses on legal losses and dismissals suffered by the U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. elections 2020. It reports on the illegal role of Chad Wolf, secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security, and William Perry Pendley, administrator at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, in high-skilled work visas to the U.S. It presents views of attorney Pejman Yousefzadeh on decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court on Trump's taxes.

The article presents the U.S. president Donald Trump having many ways to hobble incoming president Joe Biden between now and Inauguration Day. Topics include the White House insists the move which makes it easier to fire government lawyers, scientists and other employees in policy-making positions by placing them in a new job classification; and Wood of the Heritage Foundation being concerned about Trump's comments on the campaign about wanting a large COVID-19 relief package.

The article discusses the victory of President-elect, Joe Biden, and his potential to lead the U.S. Topics include the issue of decision making as the U.S. Congress is divided between Republicans, and Democrats; the issue of management of Covid-19 pandemic; and maintenance of multilateralism with various countries.

The article discusses how the American politician Joe Biden campaign and U.S. president Donald Trump campaign aims to win battleground states. Topics include Biden's Pennsylvania campaign director Brendan McPhillips insists the lack of in-person campaigning until the final month of election; and Trump is underperforming among whites who have a college degree, among women, among seniors and in the suburbs.

The article presents an interview with secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala about storied career and a massive political blunder committed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics include making of the rise of progressives like those in The Squad; and experience after entering Congress with a huge and historically diverse freshman class.

The article examines that Democrats are hoping that midterm wins stick for a second round and turn out to have been harbingers of growing dissatisfaction with the U.S. President Donald Trump among conservatives and independents. Topics include examines that districts Democrats flipped in 2018 are the places where might expect to see the most voters move from Trump to Joe Biden, but there aren't many of them says Dave Wasserman, House editor for The Cook Political Report, which is non-partisan.

In article the author talks about the motives of former vice president and the 2020 presidential candidate, Joe Biden on the revival of the United States' economy and his ability to bring the transformation. Topics include his reliance on Franklin Delano Roosevelt like solutions; that he urged his financial trust and proposals to reshape the U.S. economy during the Covid-19 pandemic; and his motives to align Democratic Party's goals with FDR.

The article focuses on the Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's leadership during the coronavirus outbreak made her ascent to a plum role on the national political stage look like a sure bet in an otherwise uncertain world. It mentions that her latest, toughest-in-the-nation social distancing restrictions have elicited a very different response; and also mentions that Michigan was among the first states to impose a stay-at-home order.

The article offers information on the support of Muslim voters to Democrat Bernie Sanders in the presidential campaign. Topics discussed include Muslim elected leaders from the Democratic Party such as Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan; opposition to bigotry against Muslims and U.S. interference in the affairs of Muslim-majority countries; and voter turnout among Muslim Americans for the 2018 midterm elections in the states of Florida, Michigan, Virginia.

The article focuses on naming buildings, streets and schools after former president to show respect and gratitude for services to the country. Topics discussed include schools and roads that have been named after the U.S. former president Barack Obama, naming matter to solidifying a president's legacy and school named for Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

The article discusses Democratic party candidate, Joe Biden's selections for nominees for the U.S Supreme Court after the U.S. presidential election 2020. Topics include the Black female nominees including California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger and Federal District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 50; and that both Kruger and Brown Jackson have been appointed to federal appellate courts.