Chapter 8 Notes

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[2] Knight, Victoria. “Scalise’s Claim That Unauthorized Immigrants Are Getting Priority for Vaccination Misses the Point.” PolitiFact, 8 Feb. 2021.

[3] “Jeffrey Levi Donor Lookup.” OpenSecrets. Accessed 12 July 2023.

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[5] “New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.” Wikipedia, 4 July 2023.

[6] “District of Columbia v. Heller.” Wikipedia, 2 July 2023.

[7] “McDonald v. City of Chicago.” Wikipedia, 11 July 2023.

[8] “Peruta v. San Diego County.” Wikipedia, 5 June 2023.

[9] Mizan, Nusaiba. “Experts Disagree with Abbott That It’s Unconstitutional to Raise the Minimum Age to Purchase Ar.” PolitiFact, 21 Sept. 2022.

[10] Halbrook, Stephen P., and Nelson Lund. “Chapter 7: A Musket to Defend These Rights.” The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Colorado, 2019, pp. 163.

[11] Kam, Dara. “Appeals Court Ruling: Florida Law Restricting under-21 Gun Purchases Is Constitutional.” Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee Democrat, 15 Mar. 2025.

[12] “Lara v. Evanchick: FPC 2A Challenge to PA Carry Ban on 18-20-Year-Old Adults.Firearms Policy Coalition, 27 Mar. 2024.

[13] Norton, Kit. “Bernie Sanders Has a Confounding Record on Gun Control. but He Was Mostly Right on Debate Night.” PolitiFact, 3 July 2019.

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[15] Kurtzman, Alex, et al. “Sleepy Hollow ‘Blood Moon.’” Season 1, episode 2, Fox, 23 Sept. 2013.

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[17] Jacobson, Louis. “Michele Bachmann Says Top 1 Percent Pay 40 Percent of All Federal Taxes.” PolitiFact, 13 Apr. 2011.

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[20] Sherman, Amy. “West Says Nearly Half of Americans Pay No Taxes.” PolitiFact, 28 Apr. 2010.

[21] “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.” Wikipedia, 25 June 2023.

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[24] Farley, Robert. “Cantor and Other Republicans Say Obama Promised Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment Rates below 8 Percent.” PolitiFact, 9 July 2009.

[25] Farley, Robert. “Will: Obama Said Stimulus Would Cap Unemployment at 8 Percent.” PolitiFact, 11 Jan. 2010.

[26] Farley, Robert, and Jacob Geiger. “George Allen Says Barack Obama Promised Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment below 8 Percent.” PolitiFact, 28 Feb. 2011.

[27] Feran, Tom. “Bob Latta Says Obama Promised the Stimulus Plan Would Have Unemployment at 6 Percent by Now.” PolitiFact, 17 May 2012.

[28] Feran, Tom. “John Boehner Says Obama Promised the Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment below 8 Percent.” PolitiFact, 7 Oct. 2011.

[29] Bowers, Becky. “Ad Says Barack Obama Promised the Jobless Rate Would Be 5.6% If Congress Passed the Stimulus.” PolitiFact, 9 Oct. 2012.

[30] Moorhead, Molly. “Ryan: Obama Promised Unemployment Would Not Exceed 8 Percent.” PolitiFact, 11 Oct. 2012.

[31] Kessler, Glenn. “Fact Checking Ryan and Bachmann.” The Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2011.

[32] Kessler, Glenn. “Mitt Romney’s Claim That Obama Said Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment below 8 Percent.” Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2012.

[33] Kessler, Glenn. “Fact Checking Ryan and Bachmann.” The Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2011.

[34] Associated Press. “Obama: Economy Needs ‘Dramatic Action.’” NBCNews.Com, 16 Jan. 2009.

[35] Knowlton, Brian. “Obama Presses for Action on the Economy.The New York Times, 8 Jan. 2009.

[36] Jacobson, Louis. “Obama Says Stimulus Is Responsible for 2 Million Jobs Saved or Created.” PolitiFact, 17 Feb. 2010.

[37] Riedl, Brian M. “White House Report Claims Stimulus Success-Despite 3.5 Million Job Losses.” The Heritage Foundation - Leadership for America, 14 Jan. 2010.

[38] Loeffler, Kelly. “The Modernizing Americans’ Health Care Plan: It Is Time to Put Patients First.” Kelly Loeffler U.S. Senator for Georgia, 18 Nov. 2020.

[39] Kertscher, Tom. “No Proof That Kelly Loeffler Will Ensure Protections for Preexisting Conditions.” PolitiFact, 30 Nov. 2020.

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[41] “Donor Lookup - Linda Blumberg.” OpenSecrets. Accessed 24 July 2023.

[42] “Donor Lookup - Levitt, Larry.” OpenSecrets. Accessed 24 July 2023.

[43] “Donor Lookup - Allison Hoffman.” OpenSecrets. Accessed 24 July 2023.

[44] “Donor Lookup - Wendy Netter Epstein.” OpenSecrets. Accessed 24 July 2023.

[45] Oberlander, Jonathan. “Rationing Medicine: The Oregon Health Plan and the Search for Justice in Health Policy.” The Greenwall Foundation. Accessed 24 July 2023.

[46] Holan, Angie Drobnic. “Obama’s Plan Expands Existing System.” PolitiFact, 9 Oct. 2008.

[47] Holan, Angie Drobnic. “PolitiFact - Barack Obama Promises You Can Keep Your Health Insurance, but There’s No Guarantee.” PolitiFact, 11 Aug. 2009.

[48] Obama, Barack, and Joe Biden. “Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs and Ensure Affordable, Accessible Health Coverage For All.” BarackObama.Com, 7 Oct. 2008.

[49] Obama, Barack, and Joe Biden. “Healthcare.” Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Health Care, 7 Oct. 2008.

[50] Holan, Angie Drobnic. “Savings Projection Is Best Case Scenario.” PolitiFact, 30 Oct. 2008.

[51] Henig, Jess, and Lori Robertson. “Obama’s Inflated Health ‘Savings.’” FactCheck.Org, 16 June 2008.

[52] Wogan, J.B. “Cut the Cost of a Typical Family’s Health Insurance Premium by up to $2,500 a Year.” PolitiFact, 31 Aug. 2012.

[53] Kilmeade, Brian. “Kilmeade Kondensed: Audio of @SenRonJohnson @RepPeteKing & How 2 Avoid #obamacare.” Fox News, 5 Dec. 2013.

[54] Kertscher, Tom. “Under Obamacare, Health Insurance Premiums Haven’t Gone down, They’ve Gone up, Ron Johnson Says.” PolitiFact, 15 Dec. 2013.

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