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NFL Redskins keep their name
A group of native Americans have lost their bid to force the Washington Redskins to change its name because they consider it to be a racial slur. Last week, the US Supreme Court refused to take up the case. The action lets...
Judge puts stay on Eyman request
Signer Privacy: U.S. Supreme Court has similar case BRAD SHANNON; The Olympian | • Published November 21, 2009 Tim Eyman lost a round in court Friday over his effort to make state elections officials answer questions about...
Seeds of Truth
What better weapon is there to use against starving populations than food? A closer look at the article revealed it wasn't a Norm Coleman ploy to get folks in Minnesota to quit eating burgers and fries, nor a menu for the...
Keyes: Allowing states to make abortion decision not an option
Allowing states to decide the legality of abortion is not an option for the pro-life movement, Dr. Alan Keyes told a crowd of more than 100 who attended a Madison County Right to Life rally Thursday evening at Church on the Rock.
9th circuit tells neocon homophobes to take a hike.
From Jurist: A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's denial of a conservative advocacy group's motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition 8, California's...
Justices: Utah tax on escorts unconstitutional
The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that a state tax imposed on strip clubs is constitutional. In a ruling issued Friday, Associate Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant wrote that the state's Sexually Explicit Business and Escort...
Deceased witness debated
By SANDRA K. REABUCK The Tribune-Democrat EBENSBURG — Defense attorneys repeatedly asked Judge Timothy Creany on Friday to bar the testimony of the prosecution’s now-deceased star witness at the retrial of convicted murderer...
Eric Holder To GOP Senators: I am the DECIDER and Grow a Pair
For those of you who missed Attorney General Holder's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee it was an interesting exchange. Republican Senators Sessions, Kyle, and Graham were the most vocal in their opposition...
Ex-Pa. Judges in 'Kids for Cash' Scandal Win Partial Civil Immunity
Two former Luzerne County, Pa., judges who are facing federal criminal charges have been granted partial immunity in a civil suit brought by a class of juveniles who claim their rights were violated in the wake of the Luzerne...
Scalia defends originalist stance
By John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER The day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to burn the American flag, Justice Antonin Scalia, part of the majority, wanted his breakfast. “I don't need that,” said Scalia, a...
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