In an amazing act of defiance, the Bush Administration has ordered telecommunication companies to refuse to disclose to Congress whether they have revealed information to the government in the ongoing investigation of a secret program. Continue reading “Bush Administration Bars Telecoms from Speaking with Congress on Secret Program”
Category: Constitutional Law
Sen. Larry Craig filed an appeal Monday ater the court refused to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea. The chances are slim. The best case to challenge the charges was always the constitutionality of the underlying law. Effectively, the police are charging consenting adults with communicating an interest in sex as opposed to engaging in sex in a public place. The latter is clearly a justified criminal act. However, adults are allowed to discuss consensual sex and even signal such interest. For the full story on the appeal, click here
Adam M. Key, a Regent University law student, says sthat the school may discipline or expel him over a picture that he posted on the internet showing Regent’s chancellor and president Pat Reobertson making what appears to be an obscene gesture. Continue reading “Regent University Student Faces Expulsion over Posting Robertson Picture”
Bloggers have long been known for a fairly raw form of discussion. Now a defamation suit may serve as a warning to all bloggers that they are equally vulnerable to lawsuit. Continue reading “Blogger Sued for Defamation Case by Friend of Lindsay Lohan”
Leading attorneys in Texas has filed a rare complaint against a judge who refused to keep an office open for 20 minutes in a final death row appeal. Continue reading “Complaint Filed Against Judge After Locking Court Door in Blocking Death Row Appeal”
For years, the Houston crime lab has been notorious of shoddy work. Now, a man who has spent 12 years in prison for rape has been found innocent. Continue reading “Houston Crime Lab Blunder Leads to Prison for Innocent Man for 12 years”
In Orange County, Florida, the city elders do not like people feeding the homeless, so they made it a crime. Continue reading “Man Found Not Guilty of Feeding the Homeless”
The Senate appears ready to again yield to the President on the surveillance bill after democrats promised voters to fight on such issues. Continue reading “Senate to Give Into Demands From White House and Telecommunications Companies”
In an interesting test of the same-sex marriage barrier, a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts is seeking a divorce in Rhode Island, which does not expressly permit (or expressly bar) gay marriage. Continue reading “Lesbian Couple Seeks Divorce in Rhode Island”
Rights on the Rack: Alleged torture in terror war imperils U.S. standards of humanity Continue reading “U.S. Torture and the Loss of American Identity”
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of Khaled el-Masri, 44 who alleged that he was kidnapped by CIA agents in Europe, held in an Afghan prison for four months, and tortured. Continue reading “Supreme Court Refuses to Hear El-Masri Case”
With the start of the Detroit trial, the following column from the L.A. Times October 2003 may be of interest. Continue reading “Nuns, Sailor-Mongers and Terorrism”
The Democrats unveiled their new proposal for a surveillance bill today. It is a document that is far more about contemporary politics than constitutional principle. Continue reading “Some Dems Appear Ready to Cave on Surveillance Law — Again”
A North Carolina judge on Monday dismissed murder and robbery charges first filed in 1993 against a mentally retarded defendant without trial for murder and robbery. Continue reading “Judge Frees Man After 14 Years Without Trial”
A case out of the Third Circuit may help define the line between public education and religion. Continue reading “Appellate Court to Decide Role of Prayer in High School Football”