Category Archives: Jurisprudence

Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process? Part II: David Boies, Star Lawyer and School Reformer

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In Part I, I focused on Campbell Brown. Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process?, PART I In Part … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Education, Education Policy, Liberals, Media, Politics, Propaganda, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 17 Comments

“SCROTUS”: A Song by Roy Zimmerman

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I want to thank OroLee for posting the following Roy Zimmerman video in the comments on my column titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Constitutional Law, Fundamentalism, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Roman Catholic Church, SCOTUS, United States | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process?, PART I

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Who the F*ck Is Campbell Brown and What Has She Been Up to Lately? Earlier this week, Charles Pierce posed a question in a post he wrote for his Politics Blog at Esquire: To paraphrase from my … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitutional Law, Education, Politics, Propaganda, United States | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

City in Michigan Being Sued by ACLU and Two Other Groups for Violating First Amendment Rights of an Atheist

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In July, the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan and two other groups filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against the Detroit suburb of Warren because it banned an atheist booth from being set up in … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Constitutional Law, Courts, Free Speech, Local Government, Religion, United States | 9 Comments

Are Religious Discrimination Lawsuits the Religious Right’s “New Front” in the Birth Control War?

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Earlier this week, I published a post about Sara Hellwege, the pro-life nurse-midwife who is suing Tampa Family Health Centers (TFHC). TFHC refused to hire Hellwege because she said that she would not prescribe hormonal contraceptives to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Fundamentalism, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, United States | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Of Winters Court, Milhous, And Me

Posted on July 30, 2014 by James Knauer

by James Knauer Overture “For everything, there is a first time, Mr. Saavik.” – Captain Spock. These matters concern my real life experiences as a television addict during the years 1973 to 1977. The location of these events took place at … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Constitutional Law, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Politics, Presidents, Richard Nixon, United States | 9 Comments

The Devil Is in the Details: Satanists, Religion, and the Hobby Lobby Ruling

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In her “blistering” dissent in the Hobby Lobby ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, “The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield.” In addition to venturing into a minefield, SCOTUS may have also cracked open the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Science, Conception, SCOTUS, Corporate Personhood, and Some Facts about the Four Contraceptives at the Center of the Hobby Lobby Case…with a Mark Fiore Video

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Hobby Lobby’s Corporate Commandments Back in March of this year—during oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby case—Sahil Kapur (Talking Points Memo) said he thought that the conservative Supreme Court Justices “appeared broadly ready to rule against the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Fundamentalism, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Science, SCOTUS, Uncategorized, United States | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

SCOTUS, The Hobby Lobby Case, and The Three Amigos of TV Comedy News Programs

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I have been enjoying Last Week Tonight, John Oliver’s new comedy show, which airs on HBO on Sunday evenings. Last week, Oliver did a funny segment on the Hobby Lobby case prior to the Supreme Court’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitutional Law, Courts, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Jurisprudence, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States | Tagged , , | 46 Comments

Louisiana, Moving Forward In Reverse

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON If the war against women’s rights concerns you, avoid Louisiana. In yet another strike against the rights of women, a bill came before Gov. Bobby Jindal this week that is truly horrifying. Of course, he is expected … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Estate Law, Fundamentalism, Health Care, Hospitals, Jurisprudence, Local Government, Louisiana, Reproductive Rights | 25 Comments