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Supreme Court Won't Hear Anti-Gay Student's Case

February 24, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 390 Views 0 Comments Kentucky, Boyd County School District, Anti-Harassment Training

The Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of a Kentucky High School student who wants to sue the school district for barring him from expressing opposition to homosexuality. Morrison, a senior at Boyd County High School, sued the Boyd County school district over a policy that required students to undergo anti-harassment training. He claimed the policy threatened him with punishment for expressing religious beliefs in opposition to homosexuality.

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Finally-A Judge Who Understands the Constitution

February 24, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 425 Views 0 Comments ATT, NSA, Immunity, Obama, Chenney, Wire-Tapping, Eric Holder, Judge Vaughn Walker, Bush, Attorney General

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that a Federal Judge is questioning the constitutionality of the law designed to give the telecommunications companies blanket immunity for their illegal wiretaps. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has asked President Obama’s Justice Department to present its views by Wednesday on whether the law gives the attorney general too much power to decide whether a company is immune from lawsuits.

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The Inaguration – My Take

January 20, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 427 Views 0 Comments Bush, john roberts, Barack Obama, Yo Yo Ma, Oath of Office, Inaguration

I took time out, as did a lot of Americans, and watched today’s ceremonies swearing in Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. As you might expect, I have some opinions on the ceremony and some of the participants. I’m a sucker for the ceremonies of state, and today’s was “high church.” Barack and Michele Obama, and his children, were just the height of grace and beauty, and it does give me some hope that maybe a new day has begun.

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The Day After – Gay Marriage

June 19, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 497 Views 0 Comments florida, fl, Constitution, California, Gay Marriage, Amendment 2, Florida Amendment 2, Full Faith and Credit Clause, Marriage, supreme court

Well, it’s the day after the first full day that gay marriage was legal in California, and gosh darn it, the sun came up, birds still sang, children were born, people died, there were even some heterosexual marriages, and I still had to go to work. In other words, if God is mad about it, he sure missed that wrath thing by taking it out on the mid-west. This raises a lot of questions, such as what happens next in California, what does this mean to Florida’s Amendment 2 initiative (and see a possible connection), and what does it mean for gay people around the country.

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The Real Importance of Telecom Immunity to the Cheney Administration

March 14, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 414 Views 0 Comments Telecom Amnesty, george bush, Alberto Gonzales, FISA, Andrew Card, James Comey, John Ashcroft, Marty Lederman

Well, the House seems to be sticking to their guns, and not passing a FISA bill that will grant immunity to the telecom industry for illegal spying. This is critically important, because it’s the last best hope to have the illegal surveillance activities of the current Cheney Administration see the light of day. During a press conference on February 28, George Bush finally went rogue on Dick, and accidentally told the truth about the reason for telecom immunity.

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News for the Week Ending July 22, 2007

July 29, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 369 Views 0 Comments Murder, California, 7-18-2, Bar Exam, Courts, Homosexual Marriage, Juveniles, Lawyers. Litigation, Long Beach, Massachusetts, mother

This post summarizes various smaller news items of interest that I found during the week of July 23, 2007.

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And Away Goes the Fifth Amendment

July 19, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 480 Views 1 Comment Fifth Amendment, Guardian, Secretary of The Treasury, Treasury Department, Terrorism, Terrorists

President Bush unveiled an executive order that allows the administration to block bank accounts and any other financial assets that might be found in this country belonging to people, companies or groups that the United States deems are working to threaten stability in Iraq.

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Restoration of Constitutional Rights

July 17, 2007September 29, 2018 1145 Views 0 Comments Thomas Jefferson, Habeas corpus, S 185, S 2022, U S Senate, Bill Nelson, Mel Martinez, Declaration of Independance

Dear Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson:

The history of the present King … [George] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

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A Little Habeas for Your Corpus

June 11, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 522 Views 0 Comments Paris Hilton, Robert Bork, Attorney General, Scooter Libby, Georgia, sexual offender, Ali al-Marri, Solicitor General, Archibald Cox, toilet paper, DWI, William Ruckelshaus, Elliot Richardson, Genarlow Wilson, Judge Reggie Walton, Nixon

Wow, the courts have sure been busy lately. They given us lots of fun stuff to cover. Let’s see what we have:

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The $54M Pants and Other News of The Week Ending June 5, 2007

June 11, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 400 Views 0 Comments Roy L Pearson, Same Sex Marriage, Silverbrook Research, USAToday, CA, California State Assembly, Dry Cleaners, Ink jet, Judge DC Superior Court, Memjet, printers

This is a wrap of smaller news items for the week ending June 10, 2007.

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Vermont: Leading the World in Sanity

April 21, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 530 Views 0 Comments Bush, Iraq, cheney, Impeachment, Vermont, Vermont House, Vermont Senate

Yes, it would seem that the good people of Vermont probably have the most intelligence. They’ve seen through the bull shit and their state senate voted 16-9 without debate to impeach Bush and Cheney.