On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will again enter the debate over curbing Internet porn. Continue reading “Supreme Court Takes Up Pornography Case”
Category: Constitutional Law
The Supreme Court has grant cert to hear the Exxon Valdez cse and to agree whether Exxon Mobil should have to pay any punitive damages for the 1989 disaster that fouled 1,200 miles of pristine Alaskan shoreline. Continue reading “Supreme Court to Hear Exxon Valdez Case”
The American Bar Association has called for a freeze on executions across the country. Continue reading “ABA Calls for Freeze on Executions”
Never a great defender of the constitutional rights as a senator, Sen. Craig will now raise an important challenge to the constitutionality of his arrest. Continue reading “Craig Will Argue Constitutional Argument”
The White House has issued a defense of Judge Mukasey’s presumably false testimony that he was unaware of the techniques used in waterboarding — the favorite form of torture employed by the CIA. Continue reading “White House Issues Implausible Defense of Mukasey’s Allegedly False Testimony”
The New York Times has qouted Majority Leader Harry Reid in an extraordinary statement and suggests that Democrats will not fight on the principle of torture — or another civil liberties issue in the last six years. Continue reading “Democratic Majority Leader Reid Says Torture is Just One Issue and Would Not Bar Mukasey”
The Missouri Highway Patrol is testing a new scanning device that can detect the presence of meth at the press of a button. Continue reading “Police Developing Meth Gun — And Raising Serious Privacy and Policy Questions”
The Geroge Supreme Court has found the 10-year sentence of Genarlow Wilson to be unconstitutional as cruel and unusual punishment. It is the final righting of a terrible wrong — brought about by a complete lack of prosecutorial discretion and logic. Continue reading “Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down Ten Year Sentence of Genarlow Wilson as Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
A trial is on the way to determine whether privacy or free speech will prevail in a torts actions against the Westboro Baptist church of Topeka, Kansas, whose members have taunted the families of dead soldiers at their funerals with signs like “Thank God for dead soldiers.” Continue reading “Westboro Church Case Pits Privacy Against Free Speech”
Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider in Kansas, has filed an interesting challenge to a grand jury investigating his activities. Kansas allows citizens to gather signatures to call a grand jury investigation. Continue reading “Abortion Doctor Challenges the Kansas Grand Jury System”
The attorney general nominee’s evasive remarks on ‘water-boarding’ should disqualify him from the job. Continue reading “Mukasey’s Confirmation: A Vote about Torture”
Oklahoma state Representative Rex Duncan is leading a campaign against the supply of copies of the Koran as part of a larger gift from the Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council. Continue reading “Oklahoma Legislator Objects to State-Supplied Koran — But Not the Bible”
In what should be considered an outrage, the White House told Congress that it would grant or deny access to key documents sought for oversight on whether the two houses included an immunity provision for the telecommunication companies. Continue reading “White House Conditions Access of Oversight Committees to Key Documents on their Granting Immunity to Corporations”
The federal District Court court in Dallas declared a mistrial Monday on almost all of the counts against the Holy Land Foundation, the Islamic charity accused of illegally funneling money to the militant Palestinian group Hamas. It is a major loss for the government and one that is likely to be heralded by civil libertarians concerned over the almost limitless definition of what constitutes material support for terrorists. Continue reading “Mistrial In Holy Land Case”
Disbarred Minnesota attorney and convicted pedophile Stephen Danforth is about to get an opportunity that few lawyers experience: to have a case argued before the Supreme Court. Continue reading “Disbarred Attorney and Convicted Pedophile is Given Hearing Before Supreme Court”