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 [...]
Religious College Group May Have to Admit Gays for Funding
The United States Supreme court is pondering if a College Christian group at a California Law School has to admit homosexuals and non-believers in order to gain campus status. The case was brought to the attention of the US Supreme court after a chapter of the Christian Legal Society at the University of California’s Hastings [...]
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 [...]
Justice O’Connor’s Husband Dies at age 79
The husband of retired United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, John J. O’Connor III died Wednesday from complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. The 79-year-old lawyer died in Phoenix Arizona after two decades of deterioration from the disease. Married in 1952, the O’Connor’s were a well known Washington couple who enjoyed the social scene [...]
Life in Prison Deemed Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Juveniles
The Supreme Court is examining the case of two Florida convicts who were given a life without parole sentence for non-homicide related crimes. The young men in question were both sent away to prison when they were in their teens. Attorneys fro the men argue that it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment to sentence [...]
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 [...]
Politics and the Supreme Court
On October 5, 2009, the first Monday of October as mandated by the Constitution, the United States Supreme Court will officially convene for its 2009-2010 session with a new Associate Justice, Sonia Marie Sotomayor. Sotomayor brings with her more judicial experience than any other new justice in years. Sotomayor is probably best known for her [...]
Anti-Abortionist Confesses to Killing Abortion Provider
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on November 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In the 1973 case of Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court recognized the right of a woman to abort a fetus. Whether you are morally opposed to abortion or not, the fact is that a woman’s right to get an abortion has been the law of the land for over 35 years, despite [...]
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