WASHINGTON — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind? Addressing two pivotal legal issues, one on affirmative…
The Supreme Court could finally put the question of same-sex marriage to rest next year. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in California’s Prop 8 case Hollingsworth v. Perry, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act also known as DOMA. Prop 8 was a voter-approved referendum to ban same-sex marriage despite state court rulings allowing […]
Via Fox Baltimore.com President Barack Obama is most pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold his health care overhaul. He says it is a “victory for people all over the country”. Read more here.
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will hear arguments next March about President Obama’s health-care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape as voters decide if Obama deserves a second term in office. The decision to hear arguments in the spring sets up an election-year showdown over the White House’s […]
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death. Defiant to the end, he told relatives of Mark MacPhail that […]
WASHINGTON — Christine Kwapnoski hasn’t done too badly in nearly 25 years in the Wal-Mart family, making more than $60,000 a year in a job she enjoys most days. ALSO READ: Is Drinking Cold Water Bad For Your Health? But Kwapnoski says she faced obstacles at Wal-Mart-owned Sam’s Club stores in both Missouri and California: […]
WASHINGTON D.C.- Lillian McEwen an ex-lover of Clarence Thomas has written a book about Thomas in which she describes his sexual preferences and tastes, including his love for threesomes. RELATED: Top 10 Religious Moments of the Decade Gawker reports: McEwen explains why she wrote a book about her decades-old tryst with the “easily aroused…national treasure,” […]
WASHINGTON — Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the third current female justice.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s choice to become the third woman on the U.S Supreme Court faces her first vote on the nomination before a Senate panel dominated by Democrats who are all but certain to support her. The only real question is whether she will get any Republican votes.
From CNN: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday the federal government has the power to keep some sex offenders behind bars indefinitely after they have served their sentences if officials determine those inmates may prove “sexually dangerous” in the future.
