Category Archives: Civil Law

Morning Open Thread – Verbatim: Follow the Chicken

Posted on April 22, 2016 by

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. From The New York Times: In this dramatization of transcripts … Continue reading →

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Plaintiffs in “Gay Conversion” Therapy Lawsuit Were Told to Blame Their Mothers for Their Homosexuality

Posted on June 10, 2015 by

By Elaine Magliaro David Porter of the Associated Press reported on an interesting New Jersey court case on Monday. According to Porter, four men sued Jersey City-based Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) “in 2012 under New Jersey’s consumer … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Law, Courts, Homosexual Rights, Judaism, Psychology, Religion, United States | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Stateside Indiana: Ridiculing and Speaking Out Against Bigotry

Posted on March 27, 2015 by

By Elaine Magliaro I’m am so happy to hear that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana “has come in for an extra heaping of scorn on social media” after signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Curtis M. Wong (Huffington Post) said that … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Democracy, Documentrary Films, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Justice, Political Science, Politics, Short Video, Society, States, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 15 Comments

NEWSFLASH: Mayor of Ferguson Claims Scathing DOJ Report ‘Not Proof’ of Widespread Abuses

Posted on March 7, 2015 by

By Elaine Magliaro Regarding the Justice Department’s investigation of Ferguson, Missouri, which found that “there was probable cause to believe the police and court routinely violate people’s civil rights” in that community: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III is not convinced “that widespread problems exist” despite the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Countries, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Government, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , | 29 Comments

Jon Stewart on the State of the State of Florida, Same-Sex Marriage, and some Oddball News Stories from the “Sunshine State”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by

By Elaine Magliaro On Tuesday night, Jon Stewart interviewed Senator Marco Rubio of Florida on The Daily Show. His lead-in to the interview with Rubio—who has sharply criticized court rulings that paved the way for same sex marriages in Florida—was … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Humor, Jurisprudence, Justice, Local Government, Media, Political Science, Politics, Short Video, United States | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

OJ Revisited (Introducing the FFS Guest Blogger Program)

Posted on January 11, 2015 by

Submitted By Blouise ED. NOTE: In Re the FFS Guest Blogger Program It is a great pleasure to announce the first publication under our Guest Blogger Program at FFS. The way this works is simple.  If you have an idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Law, Crime, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, FFS Update(s), Law Enforcement, Media, Murder | 96 Comments

Is the NYPD Work Slowdown a Bad Thing…Or a Good Thing?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by

By Elaine Magliaro On December 31, 2014, Matt Taibbi published an article at Rolling Stone titled The NYPD’s ‘Work Stoppage’ Is Surreal. The reason for the “virtual work stoppage”—or slowdown—is the anger that many NYPD officers feel toward the mayor … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Crime, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Local Government, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Should UNC Get The Real Death Penalty For Academic Fraud?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by

By Mark Esposito, FFS Contributor This coming Wednesday is a big day in the State of North Carolina. No, it’s not just the anniversary of the election of Gertrude McKee as the state’s first female state senator in 1931, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Law, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Education, FFS Update(s), Fraud, Government, Heroism, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Society, Sports, States, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

More Human Than Human?

Posted on December 22, 2014 by

by Gene Howington Normally if you called Sandra a “non-human person”, you might get slapped in the face. However, in this instance, Sandra is a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo.  What makes this more interesting is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Biology, Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Evolution, Exobiology, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Weird News | Tagged , , , | 21 Comments