On December 12, Breitbart News reported that a federal judge had ordered the removal of the Latin cross atop the Mt. Soledad Veterans War Memorial. Although this is a federal war memorial, the Obama-Holder Justice Department has not attempted to
Many people ask, “How does gay marriage negatively impact me?” New Jersey lawmakers just proved it’s a lie to say all same-sex marriage advocates merely want a “live and let live” legal environment. Legislators pulled their pending bill to legalize
MADRID, Dec. 18 (UPI) —A Spanish court ordered a Barcelona policeman who blew off a suspect’s testicles with a stun grenade to spend one year in prison and pay the victim $231,000. Spain’s Supreme Court also ruled on Tuesday that
(AP) Argentine court reverses sex slavery verdictAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaA court in Argentina has overturned the acquittals of 10 people in a notorious sex slavery trial. Ten of the 13 original defendants now stand convicted in the kidnapping and disappearance
(AP) Judge’s word on NSA program won’t be the lastBy FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA federal judge made headlines Monday by declaring that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records is likely unconstitutional. But even he
(AP) Snowden: NSA’s indiscriminate spying ‘collapsing’By BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated PressRIO DE JANEIRONational Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in a lengthy “open letter to the people of Brazil” that he’s been inspired by the global debate ignited by his release of
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a legal opinion last week confirming that the state does not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, allowing a man married to another man to come to North Dakota and marry a woman without divorcing
Wouldn’t it be nice if American citizens could depend on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to actually enforce the law? It really doesn’t seem like much to ask of the nation’s top law enforcement agency. And yet, when it comes
In a game-changer for the legal fight over same-sex marriage that gives credence to opponents’ “slippery slope” arguments, a federal judge has now ruled that the legal reasoning for same-sex marriage means that laws against polygamy are likewise unconstitutional. In
Saying a decision by a federal court to remove the famous Mt. Soledad Cross from a Southern California veterans memorial on Thursday was the latest skirmish in the war against religion and faith, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said not even
A panel discussion sponsored by John Podesta’s Center for American Progress (CAP) on Thursday came to the conclusion that Christian conservatives use religion as a justification for their discriminatory behavior. Americans, they argue, will never enjoy full religious freedom until
After 24 years of litigation, a federal court revealed in an emotional hearing that it has ordered the famous Mount Soledad Cross removed from a veterans memorial, holding it is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Since 1913, a cross has
(AP) Top court says gay sex remains a crime in IndiaBy NIRMALA GEORGEAssociated PressNEW DELHIA colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality will remain in effect in India, a top court said Wednesday, dealing a blow to gay activists who have fought for
The U.S. Senate confirmed Patricia Millett, along partisan lines, to be a judge on the extremely powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Conservatives are outraged, as this is the first confirmation since Senate Majority Leader
Sen. Ted Cruz, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, released a report, Monday morning, accusing the Obama Administration of unilaterally rewriting parts of the Affordable Care Act, citing the law’s multiple statutory and constitutional problems currently under review
As Obama administration supporters struggle to cast religious opponents of Obamacare’s HHS Mandate as waging a war on women ahead of the Supreme Court deciding that controversy next year, polls show Americans support the rights of conscience for business owners
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell–and fell sharply. According to the report, the “firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide” rate was
“The power to tax involves the power to destroy,” the Supreme Court wrote in 1819, shortly after America began. Now in 2013, President Barack Obama is launching a frightening attack on free speech, using one of the most feared agencies
Campaign finance experts are criticizing new regulations by the IRS and the Treasury Department that they say are an effort to administratively restrict the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and to limit free speech. The new rules governing non-profit
The Supreme Court has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to respond to the Home School Legal Defense Association’s (HSLDA) petition on behalf of the Romeike family, a German family who sought legal asylum in the United States to escape persecution
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney released a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case of Hobby Lobby, a Christian-owned company that does not want to cover health insurance services that violate its religious
Hondurans went to the polls last weekend and elected a conservative candidate who created a military police to fight rampant gang warfare. His opponent–wife of deposed Chavez ally Manuel Zelaya–is now calling for mass upheaval to protest what the election tribunal calls
Winning a battle that costs you a war is no victory. The silver lining from President Obama’s and Senate Democrats’ unprecedented power grab last week is that now a conservative Republican president can appoint a Supreme Court that will restore
(AP) Supreme Court will take up new health law disputeBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama’s health care law: whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to take two cases where Obamacare collides with religious liberty and is sure to capture national attention. The Affordable Care Act requires most employers to provide “preventive care.” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a
