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Gay Marriage and the Constitution
Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life —
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I am a firm believer that once religious based bigotry is stripped away from the issue of same sex marriage, there remains no legitimate reason under the U.S. Constitution for the disparate treatment of same sex couples under the CIVIL marriage laws. Both the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the ...1 day ago -
HR4408 - The “Live within our means budget” Act
C.O.P.S. —
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Unlike the current HC fiasco, some think the Fed.Gov. should not run a deficit. H. R. 4408 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. This Act may be ...2 days ago -
HR4412 - The “Punish Wall Street” Act
C.O.P.S. —
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Obama and the liberals just don’t like capitalism. H. R. 4412 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 50 percent tax on bonuses paid by TARP recipients. This Act may be cited as the `Wall Street Bonus Tax Act. In the case of any payment of compensation during 2010 in the nature of a bonus by a TARP ...2 days ago -
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Railway Labor Act Pre-Arbitration Conference Requirement
Disputing —
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This month, the United States Supreme Court handed down Union Pacific v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers , 558 U.S. ___(Dec. 8, 2009). Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. The Railway Labor Act (RLA) as amended, provides for arbitration of “minor disputes” of railroad ...4 days ago -
Granholm: ‘I was vetted for the Supreme Court’
Michigan Messenger —
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LANSING — During her annual year-end press conference, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she was vetted for a post on the U.S. Supreme Court. “I know that I was vetted for the Supreme Court,” Granholm said when asked about persistent rumors earlier this year that she was being eyed for spots in President Obama ...4 days ago -
Another Look At Gay Marriage And The Constitution
The New Civil Rights Movement —
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Does It Or Doesn’t It? Back in July, on the 141st anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment, after Maine voted for marriage equality, but before the voters repealed the law, I looked at where we were in the struggle to achieve civil marriage for all. I looked to our Constitution to see what we could glean from it, ...4 days ago -
January 28, 1916
ABA Journal —
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A League of Their Own
ABA Journal —
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Usually winners in lawsuits count up their take and go home. They don’t ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look.4 days ago -
Taking Techs to Trial
ABA Journal —
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It’s one thing to demand that the prosecutor produce a technician to testify on the lab report at a criminal trial. It’s quite another to shift the burden to the defendant to find and bring in the lab tech.4 days ago -
Supreme Court Clerks Congregate in Law Firms with Like-Minded Practice Groups
ABA Journal —
Authority: 677
Supreme Court law clerks are increasingly landing jobs in law firms filled with clerks of like-minded ideologies, a new study has found. Clerks who worked for liberal justices tend to end up Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Jenner & Block and OMelveny & Myers, while those who worked for conservatives ...4 days ago -
NYT Supports Nadler Legislation to Restore Court Access
The Washington Independent Blog —
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The New York Times’ editorial board weighs in today in favor of Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) proposed legislation to effectively overturn two recent Supreme Court cases that significantly narrowed the ability of many victims to have their day in court. Congress has held two hearings already on the cases ...4 days ago -
Mich. AG Likens Carp to ‘Nuclear Bombs,’ Asks High Court to Stop Lake Entry
ABA Journal —
Authority: 677
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force Illinois to close shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. In an effort to resolve the case quickly, Cox is asking the high court to reopen three separate 1929 complaints by Wisconsin, Michigan and New York that ...4 days ago -
Most transparent WH: Do you know anything about 17 WH parties or 11 open houses
C.O.P.S. —
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Nice to include 50,000 in WH holiday events but how secure is the White House? The Obamas’ first Christmas in the White House looked set to be a white one after Washington woke up yesterday to its biggest snowfall in years, leading the mayor to declare a state of emergency. It will also prove gruelling for the ...5 days ago -
Hope? Change? Dems hope they can ram socialized HC thru B4 XMAS
C.O.P.S. —
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No change in Dems buying votes so they don’t have to talk to their constituency about Obamacare. Legislators in the US senate have passed a highly contentious healthcare reform bill that could lead to significant changes in the countrys medical system. Democrats unanimously backed the bill in a vote that began at ...5 days ago -
New Study Adds to the Debate Surrounding Ideological Divides and the United States Supreme Court
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog —
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The New York Times published an article detailing the results of a new study regarding the career paths of former United States Supreme Court clerks. The study finds that “former clerks have started to take jobs that reflect the ideologies of the justices for whom they worked.” The data collected show a ...5 days ago -
Is Supreme Court’s Lab Testimony Ruling at Risk?
ABA Journal —
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On Jan. 11, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider when and how lab analysts must testify to satisfy a June ruling that holds crime lab evidence can’t be used at trial unless the analysts are subject to cross-examination. The issue in Briscoe v. Virginia is whether Virginia’s procedure meets the requirements of the ...5 days ago -
Sotomayor Dislikes Commercialization of ‘Wise Latina’ Quote
ABA Journal —
Authority: 677
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she has had to adjust to a “hurricane” of public attention since her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, but she has been touched by the support from so many well-wishers. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Puerto Rico, Sotomayor said she is happy that others are inspired by ...6 days ago -
News Story Beware of Comcasts Growing Power
Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com —
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I write a lot of about the battle among large technology corporations in this space and the importance of competitive checks and balances. Yet Comcast seems to be growing into a super power with control over the very pipes that provide many of us with internet access, but without any real competition and often with ...6 days ago -
Milestone in stem cell research for heart attack recovery
C.O.P.S. —
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But they are adult stem cells not embryonic stem cells. If youve just had your first heart attack, doctors may one day be able to reverse the damage done with stem cell therapy. An intravenous method of injecting stem cells into patients who had experienced heart attacks within the previous 10 days suggested that ...1 week ago -
Obama’s love of AF1 vs. thrifty Queen of England
C.O.P.S. —
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Queen took the regular train for her Christmas trip. She did use 1st class section of the train. There was a buzz at King’s Cross this morning as platform 11b began crawling with police. Could it be a drug bust, the crowd wondered? Or was a rock star about to board a train? Then a small lady in a headscarf ...1 week ago
