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Picture of the Day for June 26, 2015: On the Subject of Same-Sex Marriage and Justice Antonin Scalia
Posted by Elaine Magliaro I couldn’t resist posting this picture today.
Quote of the Day for June 26, 2016: Justice Kennedy’s Beautiful Closing Paragraph of the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Jordan Weissmann of Slate said that Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States, “is sometimes made fun of for his notoriously purple prose.” He said that today, … Continue reading
Supreme Court: Same Sex Marriage Legal (Breaking News)
By Chuck Stanley The Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, ruling same sex marriage legal in the entire United States. Today’s ruling overturns bans in 14 states which had enacted … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Courts, Equal Rights, Justice, SCOTUS
Tagged Same-Sex Marriage
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Injustice in America: Regarding Texas’s Restrictive and Racist Voter ID Law and the Innocent Citizens It Disenfranchises (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro Patrick Svitek of The Texas Tribune reported yesterday that presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would use her speech today in Houston “to call for expanded early voting across the country and criticize states … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Political Science, Politics, Racism, RNC, SCOTUS, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Campaign Legal Center, GOP, Justice Ginsburg, Paul Weyrich, Republican Party, Republicans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Texas, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter ID Laws, Voter Suppression, Voting, Voting Rights
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US Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Halt Probe into Scott Walker’s Gubernatorial Campaign Finances
By Elaine Magliaro Last month, I wrote a post about the “John Doe” criminal investigation into the alleged coordination between Friends of Scott Walker and “independent” groups during the tumultuous 2011-2012 recall elections. Excerpt from my post: Prosecutors have alleged … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Courts, Democracy, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Politics, SCOTUS, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Dark Money, Governor Scott Walker, Money in Politics, Scott Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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On the Subject of Freddie Gray’s Knife and Giving Police “Fair Leeway” to Make Mistakes in Their Enforcement of the Law
By Elaine Magliaro Patrik Jonsson has an interesting article over at Yahoo News that I think is worth read. Titled What Freddie Gray’s Knife Says About Police Power in America, the article touches on the legality/illegality of Freddie Gray’s knife; police … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Crime, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Police, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Freddie Gray, Stop and Frisk
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Picture of the Day for May 10, 2015: On the Subject of Corporations Having Religious Beliefs
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Picture of the Day
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The State of South Carolina Files Amicus Brief with SCOTUS…Claims It Is Legal to Discriminate Against Women–So Why Not Against Gays?
By Elaine Magliaro Mark Joseph Stern posted an interesting article titled South Carolina to SCOTUS: We Can Discriminate Against Women, So Why Not Gays? over at Slate on Thursday. In his piece, Stern said that a major problem with the … Continue reading
“One Day When the Glory Comes”: The March from Selma Continues (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Fifty years ago today, Alabama State Troopers attacked voting-rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. In commemoration of that historic event, I’m posting a video of the Academy-Award-Winning song Glory from the movie Selma. … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, American History, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Countries, Courts, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Free Speech, Government, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Movies, Music, Poetry, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Racism, SCOTUS, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Che Smith, Chief Justice John Roberts, Common, Glory, John Legend, Selma, Voting Rights
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John Oliver Explains How to Use Animal Visuals to Make Listening to Supreme Court Audios More Entertaining
By Elaine Magliaro I love Last Week Tonight with John Oliver! Here’s a video clip from last night’s program on the subject of no television cameras being allowed to film Supreme Court proceedings and how to make listening to SCOTUS … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, Humor, SCOTUS, Short Video, United States
Tagged John Oliver, Last Week Tonight
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