Free speech issues Are drug companies giving NATO, under fire from ‘on the ballot’ us the straight dope on Trump, to Trumpet its in Nevada high drug prices? heightened readiness PAGE 2 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 Volume 20, Issue 20 July 11-17, 2018 lasvegastribune.com Trump taps Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court By Jordan Fabian of Kavanaugh, a politically con- and Lydia Wheeler nected judge on the influential U.S. The Hill Court of Appeals for the District of President Trump on Monday Columbia Circuit, after a suspense- selected Brett Kavanaugh as his ful day that resembled the lead-up nominee to replace Justice Anthony to his first Supreme Court pick, Kennedy on the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch. setting up a fierce confirmation “There is no one in America battle as he seeks to cement con- more qualified for this position servative control of the nation’s and no one more deserving,” said highest court. Trump, who expressed confidence Trump announced the selection Kavanaugh will set aside his polit- ical views “to do what the law and the Constitution require.” My Point Kavanaugh was introduced during a reality TV-style event in the East Room of the White House, of View the same way Trump unveiled By Rolando Larraz Gorsuch. Another drama day at the doc- The president sought to build tor’s office: this doctor, after seeing drama up until the end, refusing me four previous times, tells me to announce his pick until five “You look familiar — have I seen minutes after he started speaking. you before?” (See Kavanaugh, Page 3) I felt like telling the doctor that she probably saw my photograph on the wall of the post office, but then I remembered that post offices no longer post the photos of the most Who really is Calvin Leslie? wanted on its walls because the By Rolando Larraz His name is Calvin Leslie, or criminals have rights and it is not Las Vegas Tribune at least that is how he is known in fair to publicize their photograph The name “Families of the the area of downtown Las Vegas, and ruin their family’s name with- Wrongfully Convicted Research but many wonder how truthful that out consulting with them first. Center” sounds very touching and is because we have asked around I thought about telling her that very noble, but many wonder if the about who has been the recipient of she may have seen my picture with intentions of the man who claims to Leslie’s “generosity” and we have President Donald Trump when he be the head of that organization in not found anyone as yet. was here last week, but I was afraid Las Vegas are truly touching and He, as any good “talker,” talks she might not be a Trump fan and noble. big and claims to “have direct ac- prescribe something that might kill He also claims to be a fighter for cess” to many public and elected me; besides Michael McDonald, the the Las Vegas homeless people and officials dealing on a first-name Chairman of the State Republican represents an organization known as basis with all of them. Party, may believe me and may C&L Management LLC with a logo A Wednesday, January 17, 2010 be forced to incur extra expenses that reads “We are here to serve Las Vegas Sun article caught our trying to find out how Las Vegas and accommodate The Homeless,” attention as we looked deeper Tribune managed to “sneak” in to but no one has seen him speaking into this “downtown character” be close to President Trump, which to any of the number of downtown who has touched base with a local he would not at all like or want to homeless people that have become downtown business eight years be true. pests to the area businesses, nor has and five months after that article I just opted for refreshing her anyone seen him in the area or even was written. memory by saying that she has close to any of them. (See Calvin Leslie, Page 5) seen me six times before and that she should remember me because she prescribed me some pills for my bad humor. Another gap in candidate Rosen’s resume From the doctors office, I then By Thomas Mitchell between 1995 and 2005. The of- Rosen told a radio station in had another encounter that is worth First, Democratic Rep. Jacky fice responded a week later saying November that she “raised my being publicized for it is kind of like Rosen boasted of getting a degree no such records existed. “Those family, I built a business – a woman what I said in the first paragraph in computer science, which did not registrations are necessary for any in technology.” with the doctor and the rights of exist at the time; now, no evidence business owners in Nevada,” the When the Reno Gazette Journal the criminal. can be found that she ever had a Daily Caller noted. asked her campaign about this A neighbor’s business was ran- business license for her frequently Rosen is running for Republican discrepancy, a representative said sacked by criminals who burglar- touted consulting business. Sen. Dean Heller’s seat. Rosen “did not keep these kinds of ized their store, and through one of According to the Daily Caller, The Daily Caller reported forms from roughly two decades my sources on the streets, I learned a public records request was filed Rosen has routinely flaunted her ago.” the location of where the stolen in April with the Nevada secretary business credentials, claiming her “Jacky built a career as a com- property is; I called the police and of state asking for a copy of any one-woman shop consulted with her puter programmer and software explained the situation, telling them “Sole Proprietor Exemption” or former employer, Southwest Gas, developer for major companies where my neighbor’s merchandise “Sole Proprietor Registration” and Radiology Specialists, where in Southern Nevada, and she used was and asked if it would be OK if under Rosen or her maiden name JACKY ROSEN her husband was once a partner. (See Rosen, Page 4) we could go get it. The female officer that respond- ed to my call told me that I need to Trump pardons Oregon ranchers file a police report and allow the police to do their job; she told me that I (and that includes any other at center of the 40-day standoff person) could not go to that loca- By Timothy Cama tion and retrieve the stolen items The Hill because “those people have rights” President Trump on Tuesday and by us going there, we would be pardoned a pair of Oregon ranchers violating their right to privacy. whose arson conviction became Yes, you read it right; criminals a focus for opponents of federal apparently have rights protecting government land ownership. them from having their stolen goods Dwight Hammond, 76, and his taken back by the rightful owners, son Steven Hammond, 49, were even when there is no doubt who convicted in 2012 and sent to pris- the thieves are and what was stolen, on on arson charges. They had set which makes it look like the decent a series of fires on their ranch that hard-working citizen does not have spread to federal land. rights to his own property. Accord- The Hammonds’ case became ing to the lead detective in one case the inspiration for the 40-day armed I have been following, however, occupation of the Malheur National fingerprints may take up to one year Wildlife Refuge in 2016. The orga- to come back identified. nizers wanted to protest federal land That is what happens to honest ownership. (See My Point of View, Page 2) (See Hammond Pardon, Page 6) Thanks to the Trump pardon, the Hammond family is finally reunited. Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 Free speech issues ‘on the ballot’ in Nevada By Thomas Mitchell political. to inform women how they can The right to free speech includes Just the day before the court obtain state-subsidized abortions the right to not be compelled to ruled, again 5-4, that a California — at the same time petitioners try speak. law that required pro-life, reli- to dissuade women from choosing That includes not being required gious-oriented unlicensed preg- that option — the licensed notice to pay dues to a union whose polit- nancy centers to place extensive plainly ‘alters the content’ of peti- ical views might be different from disclaimers in their ads and on bill- tioners’ speech.” yours, not being required to adver- boards telling people about abortion A little more than a week earlier tise abortion availability at your services was an unconstitutional in a 7-2 ruling the court held Col- faith-based pregnancy counseling impingement on free speech. orado could not force cake shop service, not being required to use “Here, for example, licensed owner to make a special cake for a your cake baking talent to create a clinics must provide a govern- gay wedding. special cake or your flower arrang- ment-drafted script about the avail- Shortly thereafter, the court ing expertise for a gay wedding. Supreme Court hears the free speech case. ability of state-sponsored services, remanded a Washington case in- All of these have come down which they might not agree. and again that freedom of speech as well as contact information for volving a florist who declined to from a closely divided U.S. Su- “The First Amendment, made ‘includes both the right to speak how to obtain them” wrote Justice arrange flowers for a gay wedding, preme Court in the closing days of applicable to the States by the Four- freely and the right to refrain from Clarence Thomas in the majority citing the Colorado ruling.