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The case seems to have accomplished at least some of its goals, though: A top official with the National Labor Relations Board announced on Friday that the agency was dropping its politically charged case against Boeing, in which the agency had accused the company of violating federal labor law by opening a new aircraft production [...]
A disturbing flashback to 2007′s massacre is taking place in Blacksburg, Virginia right now: A Virginia Tech police officer was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop on the Blacksburg campus and a second person was found slain in a nearby parking lot after the gunman fled, the university reports. The shooter is still at [...]
Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested for a second time this morning at his home after two new men accused him of having abused them when they took part in the Second Mile program: The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office has filed new charges against Jerry Sandusky, 67, as part of an investigation [...]
A Virginia man has been exonerated after 27 years after it was determined that the eyewitness identifications that convicted him were faulty: RICHMOND — A Virginia appeals court declared Thomas Haynesworth an innocent man Tuesday, clearing his name and acknowledging that he spent 27 years behind bars for rapes he did not commit. It is [...]
A new ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals raises a host of questions.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 authorizes the President the authority to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil, without trial because they allegedly support the enemy.
New head-scratching revelations in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.
A short clip, submitted for your consideration here: Christie isn’t really talking about legalization or decriminalization here, of course, and it took him awhile after he became Governor to get on board with New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. Nonetheless, he’s making a good point here. Since the Nixon Administration, the response to drug use has [...]
The inanity that is Black Friday took a new turn in California last night: Matthew Lopez went to the Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch on Thursday night for the Black Friday sale but instead was caught in a pepper-spray attack by a woman who authorities said was “competitive shopping.” Lopez described a chaotic scene in the [...]
Just when you thought the Penn State child rape scandal couldn’t reveal anything worse about human nature, it does: Victim One, the first known alleged victim of abuse by former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, had to leave his school in the middle of his senior year because of bullying, his counselor said Sunday. Officials [...]
Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.
Just breaking now, an arrest in the shooting incident near the White House: The Secret Service says the suspect from Friday’s shooting near the White House has been taken into custody. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez was arrested at a hotel in Pennsylvania. Good Update: More details via The Washington Post A 21-year-old man suspected of firing [...]
Late Friday night, the local news in Washington D.C., as well as Twitter, lit up briefly when it was reported that gun shots had been fired out of a moving vehicle proceeding down Constitution Avenue near the White House: A gun — possibly an AK-47 — was recovered Friday night after reports of gunfire and [...]
Joe Paterno recently sold his share of their house to his wife for $1, presumably to shield it from legal settlements.
Is the star witness in the Penn State case changing his story, or just trying to protect his reputation?
C-Span has formally petitioned the Supreme Court for permission to televise the 5 1/2 hour oral argument on the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act: Ruling on the health reform law is sure to be one of the most important Supreme Court cases of this generation and the court has budgeted more than 5 hours [...]
Gary Johnson is right to be upset that he’s been excluded from debates, but he shouldn’t get the government involved.
Questions have been raised about whether it is proper for Elena Kagan to hear the Affordable Care Act lawsuit.
The Supreme Court will decide on the Constitutionality of the President’s health care law by June 2012.
The Occupy movement is starting to face the reality that they really aren’t engaging in protected speech.
Some of America’s largest and well-known businesses have gotten together and filed an amicus curaie brief in a pending lawsuit seeking to have the Defense Of Marriage Act declared unconstitutional: Microsoft and Starbucks are among 70 corporations, financial institutions, medical centers, and other major organizations that have signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in support [...]
A Federal Judge has blocked a new FDA rule that would have placed these labels on cigarette packaging.
Like some other Republicans, Rick Santorum has an odd view of the judiciary.
Perversely, highly qualified nominees for the courts are more likely to be rejected by Congress.
If true, Joe Paterno’s actions in response to charges of child abuse by a coach are indefensible.
If Occupy protestors getting hit by cars in two cities is the beginning of a trend, so is a second Iraq War veteran being seriously injured by police during the Occupy Oakland protestors.
Jerry Sandusky, the longtime defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, is being charged with eight counts of child sex abuse.
This may be one of the stranger lawsuits I’ve seen in awhile: Of all the many things that make up a wedding, few are more important than the photographs. Long after the last of the cake has grown stale and the tossed bouquet has wilted, the photos endure, stirring memories and providing vivid proof that [...]
Sustaining a ruling that it had reached three years ago, but which the Supreme Court had ordered it to reexamine in the light of later precedent, a Federal Appeals Court has once again ruled that the FCC should not have find CBS Television for the 2004 incident in which Janet Jackson’s breast was momentarily exposed [...]
I believe this fits under the very definition of frivolous lawsuit: A federal court is being asked to grant constitutional rights to five killer whales who perform at marine parks — an unprecedented and perhaps quixotic legal action that is nonetheless likely to stoke an ongoing, intense debate at America’s law schools over expansion of [...]
A new patent granted to Apple raises once again the question of how far patent protections should extend.
Lyle Denniston reports that the Supreme Court is set to take its first look at the challenges to the Affordable Care Act in a private conference on November 10th: The Supreme Court will take its first look at the challenges to the new federal health care law at its Conference on Thursday, November 10. Five [...]
A case from the U.K. demonstrates why it’s a good thing to have a strong, written, Bill Of Rights.
Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.
In Louisiana, that cash in your pocket is now worthless if you want to buy used goods.
Dwayne Kennedy will spend 5 more years in prison for using a cell phone to call his family to tell them he’d been paroled.
A Virginia television station is reporting a rather improbable theft: NBC12 has uncovered one of those stories that makes you think: “How in the world does that happen?!” A truck filled with President Obama’s podiums and audio equipment was stolen in Henrico just days before his visit to Chesterfield. We confirmed an investigation with the [...]
In Scotland, posting stupid things on Facebook is a “hate crime” punishable by serious jail time.
The Supreme Court will have another interesting First Amendment case on its docket this Term.
California’s Governor has vetoed a bill that would have reversed a very misguided decision by that state’s Supreme Court.
You think you’ve got it bad at work? Meet Trudy Nycole Anderson.
Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.
The Pentagon announced yesterday that military chaplains based in states where same-sex marriage is legal will be permitted to officiate at such weddings: Military chaplains may perform same-sex marriages, even on military bases, in states where such ceremonies are allowed but will not be forced to do so, the Pentagon said Friday. The decision — [...]
