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• Mortgage Closing Costs | ArticlesBase.com

  
  Fisher Funding — Authority: 157
  There are numerous closing cost fees for your loan application. The lender is required to provide you by federal law a HUD-1 Settlement Statement, that will list out all the fees and associated costs. Continue reading here: Mortgage Closing Costs | ArticlesBase.com
  2 days ago

• links for 2009-12-23 « Marty Andrade

  
  Today's Review — Authority: 471
  Quote:”"The Nebraska compromise, which permanently exempts Nebraska from paying Medicaid costs that Texas and all other 49 states must pay, may violate the United States Constitution — as well as other provisions of federal law,” Texas … Continue reading from the original source: links for 2009-12-23 « ...
  4 days ago

• Obama Signs Anti-Arbitration Law

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 484
  Under a new defense spending bill signed by President Obama, military contractors will no longer be able to require employees to settle a broad range of disputes with the company via arbitration.  The issue gained national attention after Jamie Leigh Jones, an employee of KBR, claimed to have been raped by coworkers ...
  6 days ago

• Federal DP Bill Advances To US Senate Floor

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 137
  According to HRC Backstory , the United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, S.1102 , (also known as DPBO) by a vote of 10-6 (8-1 official in-person vote) to the Senate floor, with five Republicans and Democrat David Pryor ...
  1 week ago

• AT&T iPhone Number Portability Not Always So Portable - Gearlog

  
  Today's Review — Authority: 471
  By federal law, wireless carriers have to allow consumers to port their phone number when switching to a different carrier. That doesn’t mean they have to make it easy. Continue reading from the original source: AT&T iPhone Number Portability Not Always So Portable - Gearlog
  2 weeks ago

• Why Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional: Read The Olson-Boies Brief

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 137
  Intrepid lesbian reporter (and now blogger ) Karen Ocamb has made available the first plaintiffs brief in the Olson-Boies federal lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 , formally known as Perry v. Schwarzenegger at her website. I have used Scribd to make it available below : Olson Boies Brief ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee Examines Habeas Restrictions in Capital Cases

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 485
  Right now the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is holding a hearing to, " Consider the Impact of Federal Habeas Corpus Limitations on Death Penalty Appeals ."  Unfortunately, its not being webcast.  The Subcommittee is chaired by Jerrold Nadler of New York. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 485
  " No Decrease In Death Penalty Approval Rate ," is the title of Ari Shapiros NPR report.  The title refers to capital prosecutions approved by President George W. Bushs final Attorney General, Michael Mukasey and the current AG, Eric Holder. During the Bush administration, opponents of capital punishmentcriticized ...
  3 weeks ago

• DC Council Votes 11-2 To Enact Marriage Equality

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 137
  The long march towards full equality continues. The City Council of the District of Columbia voted 11-2 on Tuesday to enact marriage equality legislation. The United States Congress now has 30 legislative days to overturn the decision. It is unlikely to do so. From The Washington Post : If the bill survives ...
  3 weeks ago

• Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part L): A sheriff on both sides of the law

  
  Legal Ruralism — Authority: 428
  A front-page headline in the November 19, 2009 issue of the Newton County Times reads, "Former sheriff sentenced," and it reports that 60-year-old Jerry Lynn Jones, formerly the county sheriff, will serve eight months in a federal prison for receiving disability benefits while failing to disclose earnings from ...
  4 weeks ago

• No to Obamacare!

  
  Defense Mechanism — Authority: 112
  It is now the eleventh hour in the struggle to stop the Democrat drive to socialize medicine. There are two versions of Obamacare,  a house bill and a senate bill, both about 2,000 pages. In my opinion, there is no reason to write a 2,000-page bill unless you want to hide a lot of objectionable provisions. This ...
  5 weeks ago

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