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Chuck Darwin

The latest poll shows ♦️70 percent of Republicans ♦️support a #binding #code #of #conduct for justices that would
🔸require disclosure of gifts,
🔸prohibit involvement in political activity, and
🔸mandate recusal from cases involving conflicts of interest for themselves or their spouses.

Slimmer majorities of Republicans support the #constitutional #amendment proposal (54 percent) and the #term #limits proposal (51 percent).

Total support among respondents for the ⭐️code of conduct is 76 percent,
including 89 percent of Democrats and 75 percent of independents.

For the ⭐️constitutional amendment, overall support is at 70 percent, with 89 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of independents supporting the reform.

For ⭐️term limits, 63 percent of total respondents support the reform, including 83 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of independents.

When respondents were asked whether they support the reforms, 👉they were not told Biden proposed them.👈

Chuck Darwin

Most REPUBLICANS support the policy proposals in President #Biden’s plan
to ⭐️reform the Supreme Court,⭐️ according to a new USA Today/Ipsos poll.

Biden outlined a three-pronged approach to reforming the high court in a speech last month,
calling for a #binding #code #of #conduct,
18-year #term #limits for Supreme Court justices,
and a Constitutional amendment declaring no one — not even the president — is #above #the #law.

thehill.com/regulation/court-b

Giuseppe Michieli

#Receptor #Binding Specificity of a #Bovine #H5N1 #Influenza Virus, BioRxIV: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

We found that A/bovine/OH/B24OSU-432/2024 preferentially binds to #avian type #receptors (alpha2,3-sialosides). Sequence alignments showed that A/bovine has maintained aa in its HA associated with alpha2,3-sialoside (avian) specificity. We conclude that while we find no evidence that A/bovine has acquired human virus RB specificity, ongoing efforts must be placed on monitoring for this trait.

bioRxiv · Receptor Binding Specificity of a Bovine A(H5N1) Influenza VirusOutbreaks in the US of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in dairy cows have been occurring for months creating new possibilities for direct contact between the virus and humans. Eisfeld et al. examined the pathogenicity and transmissibility of a bovine HPAI H5N1 virus isolated from New Mexico in a series of in vitro and in vivo assays. They found the virus has a dual human- and avian virus-like receptor-binding specificity as measured in a solid phase glycan binding assay. Here, we examined the receptor specificity of a bovine HPAI H5N1 virus (A/bovine/OH/B24OSU-432/2024, H5N1, clade 2.3.4.4b) employing four different assays including glycan array technology, bio-layer interferometry (BLI), a solid phase capture assay and hemagglutination of glycan remodeled erythrocytes. As controls, well characterized avian (A/Vietnam/1203/2004, H5N1, clade 1) and human (A/CA/04/2009, H1N1) IAVs were included that bind alpha2,3- and alpha2,6-sialosides, respectively. We found that A/bovine/OH/B24OSU-432/2024 preferentially binds to avian type receptors (alpha2,3-sialosides). Furthermore, sequence alignments showed that A/bovine has maintained amino acids in its HA associated with alpha2,3-sialoside (avian) receptor specificity. We conclude that while we find no evidence that A/bovine has acquired human virus receptor binding specificity, ongoing efforts must be placed on monitoring for this trait. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
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