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Exam 1 Events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| U.S. Supreme Court ruling | Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) overturns Roe v. Wade (1973) |
| Justice Clarence Thomas | in his concurring opinion also calls for overturning earlier cases establishing right to privacy regarding contraceptives, sodomy (oral & anal sex), and same-sex marriage |
| Sen. Susan Collins | throwing out a precedent overnight that the country has relied upon for half a century is not conservative. It is a sudden and radical jolt to the country that will lead to political chaos, anger, and a further loss of confidence in our government. |
| U.S. unemployment rate for Aug | 3.7%; , two available jobs for every unemployed person - highest such proportion on record; Minnesota has lowest unemployment rate at 1.8%, followed by Nebraska, New Hampshire , and Utah and at 2.0% |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | sworn in as Supreme Court justice following Stephen Breyer’s retirement at the end of June |
| Jeremy Kauffman, | Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire calls the 19th Amendment (granting women the right to vote) “the death of liberty” |
| Congress approve | Finland and Sweden to join NATO; House of Representatives votes 394-18 to approve; Senate votes 95-1 |
| member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard | charged with plotting to murder Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton |
| India | surpasses UK as world’s fifth largest economy |
| Paul Manafort, | Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, confirms in 2016 he shared polling data from Trump campaign with Konstantin Kilimnik, longtime business associate with suspected ties to Russian intelligence |
| Russia sent | over $300 million to foreign political parties around the globe since 2014 as part of its covert campaign to weaken democratic systems and promote political forces seen as aligned with Kremlin interests |
| Gallop poll | (Aug 1-23) finds 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, highest since 1965 |
| Biden announce | Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind farms will be developed off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, together they’re projected to produce enough energy to power around 3 million homes |
| Renewable energy growth | U.S. installed record amount of wind energy generating capacity last year, amounting to 42% of new power capacity |
| House passes bill | cap insulin prices at $35 a month, 232-193, all Democrats and 12 Republicans vote in favor, 193 GOP vote against |
| grand jury | indicts former speaker of Tennessee House Glen Casada (R) and his aide Cade Cothren on 20 counts of bribery, theft, wire fraud, and money laundering |
| former U.S. Rep. T.J. Cox (D-CA) | arrested on 28 charges related to financial fraud (15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud) |
| babies born in high-poverty counties in U.S. | almost twice as likely to die in first year of life as those born in low-poverty counties, similar for those born in rural areas compared to suburban areas |
| Thomas Robertson | former Virginia police officer; sentenced to 7 years, 3 months in federal prison after being convicted on six charges stemming from Jan 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol |
| Allen Weisselberg | Trump Organization CFO (Chief Financial Officer) ; pleads guilty to all 15 felonies in New York tax fraud case and will testify against Trump’s company at trail scheduled for October |
| Donald Trump takes the | the Fifth 440 times in NY AG deposition regarding Trump Organization business practices (only question answered was his name) |
| YouGov poll | (Aug 20-23) finds 43% of Americans believe civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next 10 years, among self-identified “strong Republicans” 54% believe civil war is at least somewhat likely |
| Mary Peltola (D) | wins Alaska’s special U.S. House race, first Alaska Native, defeated Sarah Plain, fill vacancy due to death on Don Young, Alaska second state to use rank voting, Maine first in 2018 |
| Vermont v. Texas Electoral College | 214501 people/electoral vote v. 729,582 people/vote ; voter in VT equals 3.4 TX voters in Electoral College |
| 2020 census U.S. population | 331,449,281; 7.4% growth rate for 2010-2020 decade, second slowest growth rate in census history (first census in 1790) |
| U.S. fertility rate for 2020 | 1.64 (births per woman aged 15 to 44), continuing to be below replacement level rate of 2; down from 1.7 in 2019 |
| states have majority non-white pop. | HI, CA, TX, NM, NV, and MD (as well as District of Columbia); by 2030, 5-10 more states projected to be majority non-white; definitely GA, FL, AZ, NY, NJ and possibly MS, LA, VA, DE, IL |
| 2010-2020 population percentage change by ethnicity | white population fell by 8.6%; African-American population grew by 5.6%; Hispanic population grew by 23%; Asian population grew by 35% |
| pop. of Phoenix, | increased by 11.2% over last decade, surpassing Philadelphia as 5th largest city in U.S. |
| 52% of U.S. counties | lost population over last decade |
| Washington, D.C. | only big city/state where the white share of population increased over last decade |
| Paul Burka | longtime Texas Monthly editor, political journalist, and leader of the magazine’s biennial list of the 10 best and 10 worst Texas legislators dies at age 80 |
| Mikhail Gorbachev, | last president of the Soviet Union before its dissolution, dies at age 91 |
| Smartmatic, | electronic voting machine company, pursues $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, and proTrump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell,alleging parties worked in concert waging “disinformation campaign” threatening company’s survival |
| Dominion Voting Systems | filed lawsuit against former Trump campaign attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, and Trump supporter MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell seeking $1.3 billion for “willful” defamation |
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