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Choque en la Corte Suprema por las gestiones de Louisiana para eliminar un distrito congresional de mayoría negra

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Por John Fritze, CNN

La Corte Suprema despejó el camino el lunes para que Louisiana redibuje un mapa congresional intensamente disputado que el tribunal había dictaminado días antes que era una manipulación racial inconstitucional de distritos, una decisión altamente técnica que, sin embargo, desencadenó una serie de idas y venidas entre tres conservadores y un miembro del ala progresista del tribunal.

La breve orden abordó una cuestión sobre cuándo entró en vigor en Louisiana la decisión histórica del Tribunal Supremo que desmanteló la Ley de Derecho al Voto. El estado se está preparando rápidamente para redibujar sus mapas de cara a las elecciones intermedias de este año y suspendió sus primarias para la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. tras el fallo del alto tribunal del miércoles.

Más notable que la decisión en sí, que era ampliamente esperada, fue la tensión que se expuso en breves escritos del juez Samuel Alito, un conservador, y de la jueza Ketanji Brown Jackson, una progresista.

Al escribir en disenso, Jackson dijo que los “acontecimientos posteriores a la decisión tienen un fuerte trasfondo político”. Y sugirió que el tribunal debería haberse mantenido al margen “para evitar la apariencia de parcialidad”.

“No satisfecho con haber decidido la ley”, escribió Jackson sobre la mayoría, “ahora da pasos para influir en su implementación”. La decisión del tribunal de “apartarse de nuestra práctica habitual”, añadió, “equivale a una aprobación de la prisa de Louisiana por pausar la elección en curso con el fin de aprobar un nuevo mapa”.

Alito respondió bruscamente al disenso de Jackson, describiendo sus puntos como “triviales en el mejor de los casos” e “infundados e insultantes”.

“El disenso continúa afirmando que nuestra decisión representa un uso de poder sin principios”, escribió Alito en una breve concurrencia a la que se sumaron los jueces conservadores Clarence Thomas y Neil Gorsuch. “Esa es una acusación infundada y totalmente irresponsable”.

Jackson fue la única jueza en señalar un disenso.

La crudeza del escrito fue sorprendente dado lo que, en última instancia, estaba en juego. Por lo general, el Tribunal Supremo emite su “sentencia” 32 días después de dictar una decisión. Una vez emitida la sentencia, el tribunal inferior recupera el control del caso y puede avanzar —en este caso, fijando los próximos pasos para la redistribución de distritos en Louisiana.

Ese breve retraso da tiempo para que la parte perdedora solicite una reconsideración, algo que casi nunca ocurre. Pero las reglas del tribunal también permiten que los jueces aceleren la emisión de la sentencia, y esa es la cuestión con la que el tribunal ha estado lidiando desde la semana pasada.

En una avalancha de escritos posteriores al fallo de la semana pasada, el estado y dos grupos de votantes que impugnaron diversas versiones del mapa se enfrentaron sobre qué tan rápido se finalizaría esa decisión.

Horas después de que una mayoría de 6-3 anulara el mapa de Louisiana, un grupo de votantes blancos que inicialmente lo impugnó presentó una apelación de emergencia pidiendo al tribunal que acelerara ese proceso para darle al estado todo el tiempo necesario para redibujar. Un grupo de votantes negros que defendió el mapa se opuso a esa propuesta el jueves, instando al tribunal, en cambio, a aplazar la finalización de su decisión hasta las elecciones generales de noviembre —una solicitud con pocas probabilidades de prosperar.

En medio de esas idas y venidas, la propia Louisiana presentó un escrito afirmando que no importaba cómo manejara la Corte Suprema la cuestión técnica de su “sentencia” porque los legisladores estatales estaban preparados

Pascucci Italian Restaurant prepares for new name and concept

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Pascucci, a staple Italian Restaurant in Santa Barbara, will soon have a new name and a new concept.

After 33 years, owner Laura Knight said Pascucci will bid "Ciao" to Santa Barbara.

She sais moving her liquor license from lower State Street to it 1230 State Street location near the Granada Theatre is slow going.

The owner of her old location had new plans for the building.

Now Knight plans to change the name of her business and cater to the Theatre District.

"We are going to be open for another month plus we are n the process of transferring our liquor license to this location it has been a challenging year and we just made the decision around the holidays to try something new," said Knight."

Customers can still count on Pascucci's on this Mother's Day.

"We are opening this weekend on Mother's Day and I'll be baking homemade cookies and we will have chocolate covered strawberries for all of our guest to celebrate the mom's that we love"

Knight said they will be open as Pascucci's for at least another month or so.

Then they hope to reopen and serve up items customers may want after going to the theatre.

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Secret Service shoots man who fired at agents near Washington Monument

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US Secret Service responds after a person was shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument in Washington

By Brian Todd, Josh Campbell, Kit Maher, CNN

(CNN) — The US Secret Service says its officers shot an armed man Monday afternoon near the Washington Monument after he fired at agents and wounded a juvenile bystander.

Moments before the gunfire, Secret Service officers and agents who patrol the outer perimeter of the White House complex noticed “a suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,” USSS Deputy Director Matt Quinn told reporters during a press conference.

The man ran when uniformed Secret Service police approached him and he fired towards the officers, Quinn said. The officers returned fire, striking and wounding the man.

Authorities are investigating whether the alleged gunman may have attempted to access a White House entry-point earlier Monday, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.

Based on a preliminary investigation, the suspect is believed to be a 45-year-old White man with past residency in both Maryland and Texas, the source said.

He was shot in the torso and is currently listed in stable condition in a local hospital, according to the source.

The juvenile bystander who was struck by the suspect was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Quinn said. A spokesperson for DC Police said the juvenile suffered a “graze wound.”

No Secret Service employees were injured.

Shortly before the shooting, Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade drove through the area where it happened — several blocks south of the White House complex — but the motorcade was not impacted, Quinn said. A source said Vance’s motorcade diverted from its intended destination out of an abundance of caution while his security team assessed the situation.

President Donald Trump spoke at an event in the East Room of the White House shortly after initial reports of the gunfire.

“President Trump was not in any danger, and there currently is no known nexus between the incident and the White House,” Quinn said in a statement to CNN.

The Secret Service briefly evacuated the White House press corps from the North Lawn where reporters do live shots, directing them into the briefing room. They were allowed to return about five minutes later.

The incident comes less than two weeks after Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old from California, was accused of opening fire at the DC hotel where the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was being held. Allen has not yet entered a plea after being charged with attempting to assassinate Trump.

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The Santa Barbara Waterfront is Cleaner After Weekend Efforts

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The collaboration of many volunteers and groups have helped to take out bags of trash and discarded items in the Santa Barbara waterfront.

The annual "Operation Clean Sweep" took place in the Santa Barbara Harbor over the weekend.

Those participating from the waterfront staff, environmental groups and volunteers pulled out many items that were discarded into the ocean and sank to the bottom o the harbor.

The focus was in the Marina 4 area and also near the sport fishing docks.

The area is known for items that have fallen off of boats and also trash that has blown into the harbor and swirls into corners where docks are located.

There was also a united clean up nearby involving the non-profit Tidy Seas, Mountain Air Sports and Teva shoes made by Deckers.

Volunteers came to the pop-ups at Mountain Air on lower State Street, grabbed gloves and a picker and took a bucket as they went on their search for debris. Teva offered shoes to try out during the project work.

Filled buckets came back in and were dumped in trash bags.

Tidy Seas offered those participating some coffee from Starbucks, burritos from Mony's and the Solis drink from Sunstone.

The combination effort covered an area from the Funk Zone and Stearns Wharf to the eastern end of the harbor.

The Tidy Seas volunteers have also been along the beaches and in the near shore waters cleaning up leftover lobster tracks.

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