Social Issues

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Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, speaks in support of Proposition 61 in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Proposition 61, if approved by voters Tuesday, would prohibit state agencies from paying more for prescription drugs than the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this Thursday, March 17, 2016, file photo, actress Meghan Markle participates in AOL's BUILD Speaker Series to discuss her role on the television show, "Suits," in New York. Britain's Prince Harry has condemned racist abuse and harassment of his girlfriend Ms. Markle in the media, issuing a highly unusual statement Tuesday Nov. 8, 2016, that confirmed the relationship and expressed concern for her safety. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Illustration on the Humane Society ballot measures by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, soccer referee Ammar Sahar, right, a 27-year-old refugee from Syria directs a match of the amateur soccer league Berlin Liga in Berlin, Germany. Almost one year into his new life in Germany, Syrian refugee Sahar is well on his way to realizing his dream of becoming a Bundesliga referee. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber).

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Eddie Hawa, a Muslim immigrant, has completely rebranded his Texas restaurant to honor Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. (CW39)

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FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, frequently reminds voters that his Democratic opponent, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, voted for Obamacare in 2010, as Arizonans see their premiums spike by an average of 116 percent. (Associated Press)

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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has taken a beating from critics over a law dictating which restrooms transgender people can use, pointing it its economic harm and the declining reputation of the state. (Associated Press)

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In this picture taken on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, Syrian citizens attend a sit-in against the forced displacement in Syria, in front the United Nations headquarters, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Syrian opposition figures and refugees point to an array of obstacles facing the displaced who want to return home, saying that the government is machinating to discourage potentially restive populations from returning to areas they fled during the war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Screen capture from the Daily Targum, taken Nov. 5, 2016. The Rutgers student newspaper fired a conservative columnist after he fought with editors over changes to his columns, including one addressing illegal immigration.

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, Juana Alvarez, 39, an undocumented Mexican housekeeper and immigrant rights community activist, talks about the upcoming presidential election at the Make the Road New York's Brooklyn offices in New York. Guatemalan immigrant Mauricio Pelaez-Alvarez, 33, (no relation), a day laborer and construction worker, listens, right rear. The estimated 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally are watching this potentially crucial election mostly from the sidelines. They can’t vote, so their future in this country depends on the choices other people make.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Douglas Shine Jr., front center, stands with attorneys as a verdict is read in his trial Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in Cleveland. Shine, accused of killing three people at a barbershop outside Cleveland, was found guilty on Friday of aggravated murder and other charges and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Mark Gillispie)

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2015 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. An Alabama death row inmate may be alive today because a transgender Virginia high school student was denied the use of the bathroom of his choice this year. The two seemingly unrelated cases have one thing in common: In each, a Supreme Court justice switched sides to provide a needed fifth vote to preserve the status quo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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FILE- In this March 25, 2015 file photo, State Rep. Wendell Willard, R - Sandy Springs, looks over a bill during a House subcommittee in Atlanta. Georgia's judicial watchdog has removed more than five dozen judges over the past decade for such transgressions as sexual assault, writing racist notes and pointing a gun at people in court. While few would disagree that those judges needed to go, voters will decide Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 whether the watchdog itself needs watching. Willard, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, thinks it does. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, shows the HealthCare.gov 2017 website home page on a laptop in Washington. Health insurance costs will be on the rise again in 2017, just like they have been for several years now. Experts say we should get used to these annual rises, unless we’re ready to accept significant changes in how we consume health care. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Safety jackets are thrown to migrants on a rubber dinghy rescued by the vessel Responder, run by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and the Italian Red Cross, in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. According to MOAS 147 people, of which 20 women, were rescued. (Francesco Malavolta/MOAS via AP)

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Officials at Jericho Elementary School in Centereach, New York, have canceled its traditional mock presidential election after kids chanted "Trump" and repeated "negative rhetoric about minorities," according to the school principal. (WABC)

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A police officer, front, points a taser as a protester jumps on a door, whole police officers try to keep out protesters against the former Ku Klux Klan leader and current senate candidate David Duke, before a debate for Louisiana candidates for the U.S. Senate, at Dillard University in New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. The top five candidates, including Duke, who are running for Louisiana's soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat are meeting for their last debate ahead of next week's election, at the historically black university. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Kauai Community Correctional Center Warden Neal Wagatsuma, left, uses a cellphone while walking out of U.S. District Court in Honolulu on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, with Hawaii Deputy Attorney General Nelson Nabeta. Trial has started in a lawsuit that alleges Wagatsuma subjected female inmates to sexual humiliation and discrimination. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye reshuffled her Cabinet on Wednesday in what critics say is an attempt to divert public attention away from a snowballing corruption scandal involving a longtime friend, who is now in police custody. (Associated Press)