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Did the Supreme Court get it right?
by Carol
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Arizona could not pre-empt the federal voter form by piling on additional requirements beyond those already needed to be an eligible voter: one’s age, residency, citizenship, and legal standing (not being a felon or jud...
Supreme Court Invalidates Arizona Voter Registration Law Requiring Proof of Citiz...
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REUTERS.COM reports: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that required people registering to vote in federal elections to show proof of citizenship, a victory for activists who
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The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the ...31 votes9 hours ago
t still boggles my mind that no journalist has looked further into the strong possibility that Cuccinelli intervened last spring in an attempt at the University of Virginia to re-hire Michael Mann. Most people in Vir...0 opinions15 hours ago
Let's say you know of a man named Andrew Timmons. People know him as Andrew Thomas Timmons as well as Andrew Tom Timmons. Which documents would be the correct documents to verify which name "Thomas" or "Tom" is his bir...4 opinions2 days ago
On June 13, 2013, Judge Lamberth Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia gave leave of court to file 74 pages of motions and exhibits submitted by Attorney Orly Taitz in case 11-cv-402 Taitz...3 opinions4 days ago
More from: Politicoid Yes, that's right. The Supreme Court has decided that if you do not first invoke your right to remain silent while being arrested, then it doesn't apply. As if we needed another piece of evidence to ...44 opinions2 days ago
the supreme court decided ... unanimously... that part of your body cannot be patented- seems like a no brainer- yet the patent office has already allowed this- the deciding factors in the case... seem to miss the mark ...77 opinions6 days ago
If you have not read Dan Bubalo yet on The Daily Rant, today would be the day to start. Dear NSA: My Gun Is Cleaned And Loaded by Dan Bubalo on June 17, 2013 in Dan Bubalo, Politics ...0 opinions2 days ago-
Justice David Friedman said the city appeared to be asking for unprecedented authority to regulate all sorts of portion sizes, including ‘the number of doughnuts a person could eat, the number of scoops of ice cream’ and n...0 opinions7 days ago
The political advocacy group Freedom Watch says it plans taking the class-action lawsuits it has filed over disclosures that Americans' phone and email records are being mined by the government all the way to the Supreme C...6 opinions6 days ago
Posted: 06/12/2013 4:36 pm One would think the Departments of Justice and Education would be mindful of citizens' constitutional rights. Unfortunately, recent developments fly in the face of that assumption: N...13 opinions4 days ago
Will you continue to use Google, or any service that works with an agency that opposes the Bill of Rights? These programs, whose participants are known as trusted partners, extend far beyond what was revealed by Edward S...1 opinion4 days ago-
An appeals court in northwestern Germany has decided a contentious divorce case based on Islamic Sharia law. The ruling is the latest in a growing number of court cases in Germany in which judges refer or defer to Islami...2 opinions5 days ago
DUBLIN (AP) — A miscarrying woman who died in an Irish hospital should have had her blood poisoning detected much sooner and been offered an abortion to improve her odds of survival, an experts' report concluded Thursday i...3 opinions4 days ago
“I expect consequences,” Obama said at a press conference in early May that came just as the Pentagon released a report detailing rising incidences of sexual assaults in 2012. “So I don’t just want more speeches or awarene...22 opinions5 days ago
Two United States citizens can’t sue the federal government and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for being subjected to torture while detained by US force during the Iraq War, the Supreme Court decided Monday. The...12 opinions2013/06/11 15:24:57
Got some friends and some time on your hands? Looking for things to do as life moves on? Do you have a "Bucket List" of 'activities' you want to experience? Well .. Two females .. friends .. are now experiencing t...4 votes7 days ago
As you will see here, the federal court order to make Plan B One-Step contraceptive pills available to women and girls of ANY age without a prescription . See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/oba...67 opinions2013/06/12 00:19:00