Appellate Ruling on Cell Phone Data searches lowers odds of Supreme Court Review
5/7/2015 A panel of judges ruled 9-2 in the 11th District U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta that cell phone customers do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy concerning searches of phone...
View ArticleWill Legal Gay Marriage Cause Religious Colleges to Lose Their Tax-Exempt...
5/8/2015 One question during the recent oral arguments on legalizing gay marriage has caused quite the kerfuffle in the religious education community. Will legal gay marriage cause religious colleges...
View ArticleHow Supreme Court’s Iqbal vs. Ashcroft Decision created fundamental Imbalance...
5/19/2015 Many people were caught off-guard in 2010 by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United vs. FEC ruling that in many ways equated the amount of political speech one was able to express by the amount...
View ArticleWill Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption Survive the Supreme Court?
5/20/2015 Baseball is a game of eternal youth, and nothing may be more evident of that than listening to 95 year-old retired Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens talk passionately about the future...
View ArticleFranklin Graham Prays RBG’s ‘Eyes Would Be Opened To The Truth Of Scripture’
5/22/2015 Loud-mouthed evangelist Franklin Graham prays RBG’s ‘Eyes would be opened to the truth of Scripture’ regarding her supportive stance on gay marriage. The wing nut doesn’t fall far from the...
View ArticleRBG’s Shout-out to the U.S. Constitution
5/22/2015 In the same week that Idiotic RFG questioned Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s faith, the Notorious RBG’s shout-out to the U.S. Constitution was a fabulously shining moment during a gay wedding she...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules War is not Excuse for missed Whistleblower Deadlines
5/27/2015 In a decision that helps to define the statute of limitations for whistleblower cases, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday, May 26th that whistleblowers do not get extra time to file...
View ArticleSupreme Court Case Review may Limit Class-Action Lawsuits
6/10/2015 The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday, June 8th that it will be reviewing a federal appeals ruling in its next term, petitioned by Tyson Foods, challenging a $5.8 million judgment...
View ArticleThe Exodus Strategy
6/11/2015 “We need a Promised Land. We need an Exodus strategy. Are there any governors or legislatures out there among the 50 states willing to secede to offer a refuge for the God-fearing?” This is...
View ArticleSCOTUS Reverses Lower Court Decision on Elonis Facebook Threat Case
6/14/2015 SCOTUS reverses lower court decision on Elonis Facebook threat case. However, despite that fact, the Court didn’t give a lot of guidance on what the line is between protected speech and...
View ArticleVIOLENT ACTING OUT of “I hate you, you’re different” must stop now!
6/23/2015 Charleston. This kind of “I hate you, you’re different” bullcrap has to stop! I’ll amend that: This kind of VIOLENT ACTING OUT of “I hate you, you’re different” must stop now! I weep for the...
View ArticleMichigan Bill Requires Clergy Solemnize ALL Marriages
6/24/2015 We’re very close to the SCOTUS ruling that many believe will legalize gay marriage and bring us out of the Dark Ages. In a knee-jerk, fear-based reaction, a proposed Michigan bill requires...
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling: Obamacare Subsidies Stay
6/25/2015 The Supreme Court delivered the much-anticipated King vs. Burwell decision on Thursday not to strike down a key portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. The 6-3 decision means...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules against EPA on Mercury Emissions
6/29/2015 After a historic week in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to legalize gay marriage, as well as delivering a decision that will likely entrench Obamacare as the law of the land, the Court...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Defense Act Just More Anti-LGBTQ Legislation
7/14/2015 It’s no big surprise that cries of “Religious Freedom!” are ringing out across the land in the wake of the SCOTUS approval of marriage equality. Neither is it a surprise that House...
View ArticleDemocratic Support of the Supreme Court and Republican All-Time Low Approval...
7/17/2015 Republican support of the Supreme Court has sunk to a historical low. Overall however, more Americans currently approve of the Court’s actions, 49 percent, than oppose, 46 percent. In a...
View Article76 Percent want Cameras in the Supreme Court
7/22/2015 A recent poll conducted by Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) on behalf of C-SPAN shows that 76 percent of respondents believe that cameras should be allowed in the Supreme Court during oral...
View ArticleU.S. Prosecutors Ask Supreme Court to Review Newman Insider Trading Ruling
7/31/2015 New York-based U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara may be the greatest prosecutor who ever lived. From the Bernie Madoff scandal to Toyota, to a large portion of the New York state legislature; he...
View ArticleAppeals Court Rules Cell Phone Location Data Protected by Fourth Amendment,...
8/6/2015 On Wednesday, a three-judge panel from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia ruled that the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before...
View ArticleConnecticut High-Court Rules against Death Penalty
The Connecticut legislature voted in 2012 to abolish the death penalty, however, that measure only affected future crimes committed in the state. Calling it unconstitutional, Associate Justice Richard...
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