Constitutional Law - News
- Is News Sentinel "violating" First Amendment rights?
Knoxville News Sentinel, TN
Commenters on our Web sites like to accuse the News Sentinel of violating their First Amendment rights whenever their comments are deleted, as several were on a recent story about a gay-rights demonstration. ."...it seems that it's just not the ...
(April 23, 2009)
Lez Get Real
Second Amendment Rights in the Wild West
Town Hall, DC
by Meredith Turney It may seem utterly impossible, but a fairly decent ruling regarding the Second Amendment came from a California court this week. The San Francisco-based Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals actually ruled that private citizens can ...
California Gun Decision Muddies 2nd Amendment Waters Atlanta Journal Constitution
Lawsuit Could Lead to Gay Marriage in Louisiana Lez Get Real
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(April 23, 2009)
KYW1060.com
Federal judge weighs Philadelphia tour guide law
The Associated Press
But none of those regulations has been challenged on First Amendment grounds, said McNamara, who works for the Arlington, Va.-based Institute for Justice. McNamara suggested a voluntary certification program would not infringe free speech rights, ...
Philly Tour Guides Go To Court Over Licensing CBS 3
Federal judge weighs Philadelphia tour guide law Delaware County Daily Times
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(April 23, 2009)
Journal-Advocate
The Second Amendment and the sport of revisionism
Journal-Advocate, CO
People too young or too mentally limited to know the basic purpose of the second amendment have used this glorious new electronic communication device to expound at great length on everything remotely concerned with firearms. ...
(April 23, 2009)- Lenders Reject Jarden's First Amendment Proposal
Credit Investment, NY
Lenders did not approve an amendment proposal for Jarden Corp. by the commitment deadline last Thursday. The amendment, launched out of Deutsche Bank, sparked controversy as the company said it planned to repurchase its debt at a discount using a ...
(April 23, 2009) - At the White House, Lobbyists Complain of Restrictions
Washington Post, United States
Wenhold's group has threatened to sue the administration on First Amendment grounds if the rules are not modified. "Through the US Constitution granting citizens the right to petition government, lobbyists help citizens communicate factual information ...
(April 23, 2009)
ABC News
Talking Points -- Coleman gets voters' ire but feels appeal is ...
Morris Sun Tribune, MN
Coleman said he's heard those voices, but at the same time he's heard from those who are urging him to fight on, especially since he contends that the Supreme Court could be the first time forum in which the equal protection of the law principal will ...
Minnesota to Be without 2nd Senator at Least through June 1st CafeSentido.com
Minnesota Court to Hear Coleman Appeal June 1 CQPolitics.com
Supreme Court to hear Senate arguments on June 1 Minnesota Daily
Hot Air - The Weekly Standardall 267 news articles
(April 23, 2009)- Translating Policy Into Practice
Malaysia Today, Malaysia
... administration to deal with issues that have for some time now been studiously avoided, a state of affairs that had prompted the establishment of the coalition of NGOs calling itself “Article 11†and its “Equal Protection For All†campaign in 2006. ...
(April 23, 2009)
E! Online
When opportunity knocks, beauty and the blogger take it
Los Angeles Times, CA
Serious civil rights activists fighting for equal protection under the law can't possibly want this guy fronting their righteous cause. If he's not hissing that Prejean is a "dumb bitch," he's decorating her picture on his website with a drawing of a ...
Perez Hilton: The foul face of 'gay' activism OneNewsNow
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(April 23, 2009)- Second Amendment Makes Gun Control Unconstitutional, Period
U.S. News & World Report, DC
By John Aloysius Farrell, Thomas Jefferson Street blog My editors would like me to take a nuanced, clever stance on the Second Amendment. That doesn't mean that the government cannot tax a newspaper. Or make a rabbi register his car. ...
(April 22, 2009) - Supreme Court May Hear Fifth Amendment Case
U.S. News & World Report, DC
The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Sumner that the ordinance did not violate the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment, but the McClungs appealed. Stay tuned to see if the Supreme Court takes the case.
(April 22, 2009) - Franken-Coleman case: Thinking out loud about 'equal protection ...
MinnPost.com, MN
We pick up our story from the 1868 ratification of the 14th Amendment, which includes the "Equal Protection" clause.) The path from the addition of "equal protection" to the Constitution in 1868, to the absentee ballot issue that Norm Coleman now wants ...
(April 22, 2009)
WND.com
‘Where exactly does the Second Amendment apply?‘
American Daily, OH
Heller, which held that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to keep and bear arms, many overlooked a possible huge exception: whether the amendment restricts only national laws (including ordinances passed by the District of Columbia), ...
9th Circuit Incorporates 2nd Amendment as part of the 14th Amendment Right Pundits
Incorporation of Second Amendment within sight Examiner.com
EDITORIAL: States and the Second The News Herald
Metropolitan News-Enterprise - Liberty Papersall 35 news articles
(April 21, 2009)
ABC News
History or hijacking: Iowa and gay marriage
Daily Times Herald, IA
It's all about equal protection under the law, pure and simple, Kende said. "Actually the reason was very narrow and moderate," Kende said. Added Offenburger, "Equal protection under the law, that's at the heart of it." Offenburger noted that Iowans ...
Decorah celebrates gay marriage ruling Luther College Chips
Court's ruling tells state to keep out of Marriage Northwest Missourian
Pelosi: No DOMA repeal in near future Bay Windows
NJ.comall 116 news articles
(April 21, 2009)- Court halts California Medicaid rate cuts
CCH
Under the Supremacy Clause of the United States constitution, the federal law preempted the state law. The district court ruled that the statute had been violated. The court of appeals noted that the violation was established in earlier decisions ...
(April 21, 2009) - Coleman/Franken case: Thinking out loud about 'equal protection ...
MinnPost.com, MN
The Coleman argument is that these deviations from uniformity constitute an equal protection violation of sufficient magnitude that one of three unprecedented and serious adjustment must be made -- up to the possibility of throwing out the whole ...
California AG calls amendment banning affirmative action ... JURIST
In Fairness to the Founders MinnPost.com
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(April 20, 2009) - Coleman lawyer in ‘06: GOP not into ‘whole notion of equal protection'
Minnesota Independent, MN
By Chris Steller 4/21/09 11:57 AM Republican attorney Ben Ginsberg is helping usher Norm Coleman's equal-protection claims to a high court (Minnesota's), just as he did with another client, George W. Bush, and another high court (the United States') ...
(April 20, 2009)
ABC News
Coleman Appeals To State Supreme Court
CBS News, NY
"And, I believe that the voices of 4400 Minnesotans hang in the balance, and with it, their rights to due process and equal protection." Said Coleman's legal spokesman, Ben Ginsburg: “The foundation of our case is that the three judge panel's decision ...
Coleman's election complaints don't hold up to scrutiny Tower Timberjay News
Another Legal Bout Begins in Minnesota CQPolitics.com
Coleman Appeals To Minnesota Supreme Court As Rival Makes First ... AHN
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Republican Eagleall 847 news articles
(April 19, 2009)
BBC News
Court to Weigh Legality Of Animal Abuse Videos
Washington Post, United States
The justices said they would review, at the request of the federal government, an appeals court decision that said Congress's broad attempt to discourage animal cruelty by outlawing its depiction violates the First Amendment. ...
Video: Supreme Court Debates School Strip Searches The Associated Press
Supreme Court hears case of strip-searched schoolgirl Christian Science Monitor
Supreme Court to Hear Animal Cruelty Case FOXNews
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Kansas City Starall 1,241 news articles
(April 19, 2009)
Examiner.com
Marriage: 'From Racial protection to Equal protection, under the ...
Examiner.com
While the 1967 ‘Warren Court' gave its opinion, based solely off the decision that this law was unconstitutional, based on its violation of both the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14 th amendment, one must wonder if today's court would ...
Why the Right Should Support Gay Marriage-the Arrival of an Equal ... OpEdNews
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(April 12, 2009)