A murder or assault conviction is no guarantee an immigrant will be deported or even remain in detention, an internal Department of Homeland Security document reveals. According to the document, obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies and shared with
Lesbian Alabama partners Kim McKeand and Cari Searcy are challenging Alabama’s laws, suing to have their California marriage legitimized in their home state to facilitate Searcy’s adoption of McKeand’s child. The two women won a contest to travel to California
Police charged a Chicopee, Massachusetts, woman with “wiretapping” for daring to record her own arrest on her smartphone, a new report reveals. On May 11 Springfield police confronted Karen Dziewit, 24, for drunk and disorderly conduct near 140 Chestnut Street
Greece’s Supreme Court has allowed neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn to participate in upcoming European parliament elections, a party lawyer said on Sunday. “We expected this decision. We have faith in Greek justice,” lawyer Pavlos Sarakis told AFP. The authorisation came
Adam Liptak’s article – “Sotomayor Finds Her Voice Among Justices” – in Wednesday’s NewYork Times is the latest paean for Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent two weeks ago froma Supreme Court decision upholding a Michigan ballot initiative’s ban on racial preferencesin
An appeals court ruled on May 9 that Texas strip clubs will be forced to pay a “pole tax,” according to the Texas Tribune. More specifically, strip club owners must pay millions of dollars that Comptroller Susan Combs insisted they owe
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Two women were married on a sidewalk outside a county courthouse in Arkansas on Saturday, breaking a barrier that state voters put in place with a constitutional amendment 10 years ago. A day after Pulaski
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A judge on Friday struck down Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriage, saying the state has “no rational reason” for preventing gay couples from marrying. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza ruled that the 2004 voter-approved
Open Secrets reports that outside groups, generally political parties, corporations and unions, have independently spent $88,868,421 so far in 2014 on the upcoming mid-term elections according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The figures do not require complete or immediate
Houston Mayor Annise Parker has been facing political heat for proposing what she and city officials have titled an “equal rights ordinance.” The Chairman of the Harris County Republican Party has dubbed the ordinance “Mayor Parker’s Sexual Predator Protection Act.”
On Thursday, President Barack Obama’s administration issued new guidance to schools, emphasizing that they cannot discourage illegal immigrant students from enrolling by requiring proof of legal status. As Politico reported, the Obama administration noted that schools “can violate federal law
The House voted Wednesday to hold disgraced IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the tax agency’s targeting of conservative non-profit groups. While most Republicans said the act was largely symbolic, the chamber technically
Unless Congress acts soon, a federal moratorium on taxing internet access will expire before the end of the year, allowing states and localities to tax consumers online access. The ban, the Internet Tax Freedom Act, was passed in 1998, during
As conservative media grows, the head of the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) is warning that he thinks liberals will look for ways to regulate conservative news outlets just like they do political PACs. Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee E. Goodman is
(Reuters) – A New Hampshire man has the right to drive around the New England state with a license plate reading “COPSLIE,” the state’s top court ruled on Wednesday. The state Supreme Court upheld a challenge to Department of Motor
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Reid Report” during a discussion about yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling protecting public prayer as a constitutional right, Georgia State University Law Professor Eric Segall argued public prayer is not inclusive and Americans should only have moments of
On Monday, religious and traditionally-minded Americans celebrated as the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that public town halls could open their meetings with prayers. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the Court, found: The town of Greece does not
Just like the media made sure sitting Democrat Congressman Bennie Thompson paid no political price for calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom,” so too will the media give sitting Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) a pass for posting
Just like the media made sure sitting Democrat Congressman Bennie Thompson paid no political price for calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom,” so too will the media give sitting Democrat Congressman Scott Peters a pass for posting
Since Governor Rick Perry signed a major anti-abortion law in 2013, half of the Lone Star State’s abortion clinics have permanently shut down. Although that law may eventually be ruled on by the Supreme Court, it has already had such a
When the Supreme Court refused to hear Drake v. Jerejian – a case focused on the scope of the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense – Gun Owners Of America (GOA) said winning the Senate in November is now imperative. Breitbart News
In what is arguably the the biggest legal victory for religious liberty in 31 years, the Supreme Court Monday ruled 5-4 that a town’s practice of starting legislative sessions with a brief prayer does not violate the First Amendment. The
Officials at Broward County Public Schools banned a fifth grader from reading the Bible during “free reading” time, according to lawyers from the Liberty Institute who are threatening to sue the school for violating the First Amendment. Giovanni Rubeo is
Some illegal immigrants will soon be able to practice law in Florida. On Friday, the Sunshine State’s House and Senate approved legislation that would enable illegal immigrants who have “been brought to the country as minors, have lived in the
Thousands of Irish men and women poured into the centre of Dublin yesterday [Saturday] in a “National Vigil for Life,” the first step in a pro-life campaign to dismantle Ireland’s year-old abortion legislation, as reported by the Irish Times. David
