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As Supreme Court considers gay marriage, abortion comparisons rise
Are gay marriage and abortion culturally equivalent? As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up one of the great civil rights issues of our day, many people wonder whether the court might move cautiously so as to avoid the social upheaval and...
Tags: Minority Groups, Family, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Will women have to sign up for the (nonexistent) draft?
When Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that he was rescinding restrictions on women in combat, he dropped this provocative comment: “Our nation was built on the premise of the citizen soldier. In our democracy, I believe it is the...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life
The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a...
Tags: Strom Thurmond, Alan Greenspan, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Robert Byrd
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Notebook: Litmus tests await votes in SD Legislature
It would seem highly unlikely Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg pay attention to the South Dakota House of Representatives. Those three...Tags: Ron Paul, John G. Roberts, Jr., Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Sonia Sotomayor
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Disdain all around
WASHINGTON — While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of "disdain for democracy," Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Stanford law professor is, however, less talented at her chosen task of...Tags: George Will, Voting, John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC
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Allan Powell: Why such resistance to the right of privacy?
To no one’s surprise, the right of privacy came into question by diehards of the right in the recent election cycle. Conservative politicians have promised to undo Roe v. Wade, which is grounded on this right. Ever since Roe v. Wade became law,...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Moores honored for leadership qualities
news@jessaminejournal.comJessamine County resident, Barbara Jane “Janey” Moores, founder, president and CEO of BJM and Associates, Inc., was the recipient of the fifth annual Central Kentucky Athena Leadership Award presented by Distinguished Young Women of Kentucky...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court
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Defending the insanity defense
The Supreme Court refused this week to review the murder conviction of an Idaho man who was prevented by state law from offering an insanity defense. The court's abdication of its responsibility encourages other states to dismantle a central principle...
Tags: Prosecution, Sonia Sotomayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Defendants
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What I’m Thankful For: A Supreme Court in Obama’s Favor
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelDuring President Obama’s first term, the highest court in the land ruled on Arizona’s immigration law as well as President Obama’s signature Healthcare bill. In the next four years, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on Affirmative... -
Here's one prediction you can take to the bank: In 2016, Focus on the Family will still be spewing paranoid nonsense
Change of SubjectIn advance of the 2008 election, Focus on the Family released "Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America," warning their followers what life would be like in the fall of 2012 were Barack Obama to be elected. It's both frightening and...... -
Dog day at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has a Lemon Test (for church-and-state separation), a Miller Test (obscenity) and a Smith Test (religious freedom), not to mention the late Justice Potter Stewart's pornography test: He knew it when he saw it. To this...
Tags: Allergies, Sonia Sotomayor, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer
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Voice: HHS mandate and the Catholic Church
El CentroIn a recent article a writer gave as his view that “the contraceptives covered by the (Health and Human Services) mandate are designed to prevent pregnancies, not terminate them. But abortion will be continually linked to this issue because it...Tags: Abortion Issue, Justice and Rights, Roman Catholicism, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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