The Boy Scouts appeared successfully to have “split the baby” when they changed Boy Scout policy to allow open and avowed homosexuality on the part of their youth members but still disallow it among adult leaders. However, the opprobrium began
Judicial Watch is preparing a strong defense against a sweeping subpoena “witch hunt” filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against dozens of conservative organizations and individuals. The subpoenas were issued in an ACLU challenge to immigration enforcement law
Mainstream media outlets like ABC News and McClatchy tried to frame the Supreme Court as “divided” after its 6-2 ruling–with which even liberal Justice Stephen Breyer concurred–that upheld Michigan’s constitutional amendment banning affirmative action. Just in: Divided Supreme Court upholds
On Apr. 22 in Schuette v. BAMN, the Supreme Court of the United States held 6-to-2 that a Michigan constitutional amendment ending racial preferences in many aspects of state government does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
Aereo’s Day of Reckoning In the Supreme Court What are the stakes today as the Supreme Court hears arguments about Aereo TV today? Other than the very survival of Aereo TV, we’re going to learn if our society is still
On Apr. 22 in Schuette v. BAMN, the Supreme Court of the United States held 6-to-2 that a Michigan constitutional amendment ending racial preferences in many aspects of state government does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling Tuesday that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution to prohibit
In an interview about his new book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution” with PBS’s “NewsHour” host Judy Woodruff, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed the Second Amendment and how he thought it should
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal by Florida Gov. Rick Scott on his 2011 executive order that would have required random drug tests for as many as 85,000 state workers. The ruling lets
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Susan B. Anthony List v. Steve Driehaus. SBA List is petitioning the high court to allow its First Amendment challenge to Ohio’s “false statement”
American citizens born in Jerusalem have the legal right to have “Israel,” listed on their passports as their place of birth, according to a law Congress enacted in 2002. The Obama administration–and the Bush administration before it–refused to implement that provision,
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–Halliburton says it was profitable in the first-quarter after reporting a loss for the period a year ago. Its latest results topped Wall Street expectations, and its shares edged up in premarket trading Monday. Halliburton sells services to
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Given their druthers, some Kansas high school students and their parents said they would rather keep their graduation day just a family affair instead of expanding the guest list to include first lady Michelle Obama. The
The lawyer who defended California’s Proposition 8, the 2008 referendum defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, is now planning his daughter’s lesbian wedding, the Associated Press’s Julie Pace reports. “My daughter Ashley’s path in life has
Just outside the west Texas town of Eldorado, Schleicher County Sheriff’s Deputies (SCSO) and officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) met this week with members of the Yearning for Zion Ranch and began the process of confiscation
Amidst the general gloom about Republican electoral fortunes in California, past and present, came some good news last week: Pete Peterson, director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at Pepperdine University, is leading the race for Secretary
Even though the number of illegal immigrants who have been deported through the courts has dropped by 43% since President Barack Obama took office, the Obama administration may enact administrative changes to allow bond hearings for detained illegal immigrants. According
The state of California is one of the most pluralistic societies in the world. Our people come in all colors, religious beliefs, ethnic backgrounds and other characteristics imaginable. “Diversity” is not just a word in California; it is a reality.
Coach Dabo Swinney and his Clemson football program face a blitz again. This time it’s not South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney seeking to slam their quarterback into the turf, or even a lighthearted sound-byte from Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier aiming to
Alabama State Rep. Alvin Holmes (D) who said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is an “Uncle Tom” for being married to a white woman believes men should be allowed to marry mules. As Yellowhammer News, a go-to site for Alabama politics,
MPs should unpick EU laws, declare the UK Supreme Court to be the country’s highest authority, and challenge Brussels to “do its worst”, the head of the Civitas think tank has urged in a new report. In his report, The
AUSTIN, TEXAS–The role of the federal government in education was the main focus when former George W. Bush Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and California congressman George Miller (D-Concord) sat down for a chat with moderator Bob Scheiffer, CBS-TV “Face the Nation” fixture on
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is set to release a new book in which he argues that the phrase “when serving in the militia” should be added to the Second Amendment. The book is titled, “Six Amendments: How
The federal Department of Justice took the surprising decision of siding with advocates of the Mount Soledad cross, arguing that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should hear the case en banc, in front of a full 11-judge panel. A
At the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Civil Rights Act former President Bill Clinton slammed voter identification laws by saying requiring a photo ID at the polling place is a way “of restricting the franchise after 50 years
