Anti-Fraud Laws Revisited for Validity

A law that was written in response to the Enron Scandal and other corporate trust violators is being challenged in Supreme Court by a company that claims it violates their constitution rights as well as the separation of powers.  Courts heard arguments on Monday from a small Nevada accounting firm and an anti-tax group who argues [...]

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Gay Couples can Recieve Benefits Declares NY Judge

Legally married same sex couples in New York can receive benefits an Albany NY  court judge ruled. The judgment came after a Christian legal  group challenged a ruling that allowed homosexual couples  to receive government benefits.  To that end, the court came just shy of indicating whether or not same sex spouses were privy to [...]

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Supreme Court Rejects Case Involving Religious Speech Delivered at Shcool

A student who complained that her constitutional right to free speech was violated when a school turned her microphone off during her graduation speech, will not be able to bring her case to the Supreme Court. A federal  appeals court  had already ruled against valedictorian Brittany McComb of Henderson, Nev. who challenged the actions of [...]

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Free Speech Ain’t Free #$%*@

On Tuesday, October 7, 2009, lawyers for both sides argued before the United States Supreme Court whether Congress can outlaw videos showing dogs fighting or other small animals being tortured and killed. The law in question made it a crime to sell videos with scenes of animal cruelty, and was intended to apply only to [...]

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