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Supreme Court Decision: Marbury v. Madison in 1803

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Living Democracy By Don Gillette Article III section 2 of the U.S. Constitution does not give the Supreme Court explicit authority to declare laws and governmental action unconstitutional. The Judiciary Act of 1789, passed by the first U.S. Congress, established the structure and jurisdiction of the federal court system. One specific part, Section 13, became the center of a legal challenge that ultimately defined the authority of the Supreme Court. Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 outlined the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction and its authority to hear cases. The act specified ...

A flood of reasons to act based on the science

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MOV Climate Corner Eric Engle Extreme and more frequent flooding and related calamities (e.g. landslides and mudslides) are some of the most dire immediate impacts of the anthropogenic (human-caused) global climate crisis in Central Appalachia. The West Virginia Legislature and gubernatorial administration are not taking these impacts or the threat of worse to come very seriously. While a House of Delegates committee substitute to Senate Bill 390 — “relating to altering conditions for disbursing funds from the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund to better enhance flood ...

Miracle on Ice transcended sports and captivated the nation

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The Way I See It Art Smith One of the biggest battles of the cold war with the Soviet Union occurred not on the battlefield but on the ice of a smallish hockey rink in the quiet village of Lake Placid, New York. Forty-six years ago, a group of young men, the youngest ever sent to the ...

Earthjustice and Buckeye Environmental Network want to end the mining industry

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Viewpoint Dan McKenzie Injection wells have been a hot topic in Marietta lately. Fear-mongering, misinformation, and straight-up lies have been vomited by environmental activist groups such as Earthjustice and Buckeye Environmental Network (BEN). They want you to believe that they are protecting the water, but deep down, they know that injection wells are too far away from drinking water supplies to pose any risk of contamination. The truth is, these environmental activists despise the mining industry, and they see injection wells as an opportunity to take down the whole operation. ...

The flag was still there

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Early Marietta David B. Baker I was struck by comments of the 2026 Winter Olympics gold medalists. Their greatest emotional reaction came not at the moment of victory, but upon hearing the National Anthem played at the medal ceremony. It’s then that Olympic medalists experience pride, ...

Worship that doesn’t begin in the heart isn’t acceptable

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By Mark Wilmoth On a cool July night in 2010, 3-year-old David Lew and some family members found themselves stranded on the bank of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming when their boat’s motor failed. Lew’s father and uncle radioed for help, but a storm blew in while the sheriff’s office was responding to their distress call. On the journey back to the marina, Deputy Jeff Sheaman noticed that little David had lost consciousness because he was so cold. Sheaman pulled the little boy onto his lap, opened his own coat and then wrapped David against his body for warmth. David was ...