Tagged: Law

Hate to say it, but AOC is right about this one

Via: bob-nelson • Op/Ed • 6 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day... so I guess we can accept that a conservative commentator is right once in a while. This is another example of the Sun's balancing act.

Trump's Hush-Money Trial: Hope Hick Cries on the Witness Stand

Via: • NEWSMucks • 27 Comments • 11 months ago

Trump Lawyers Don't Want Jurors Asked If the 2020 Election Was Stolen

Via: • NEWSMucks • 9 Comments • last year

Oklahoma approves first religious charter school in the nation

Via: • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 225 Comments • 2 years ago

Is there a logical or rational argument against abortion?

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 419 Comments • 2 years ago

When Roe v. Wade was decided back in 1973, abortion was allowed in all states while both sides of the abortion debate continued to battle it out. Abortion rights opponents wanted to restrict or...

Embattled U.S. Rep. George Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, associates say | Reuters

Via: • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 29 Comments • 2 years ago

looks like his townhall meetings won't be taking place at any libraries or elementary schools...

Abortion is good.

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 184 Comments • 3 years ago

Abortion has always been a hot button topic, with advocates on both sides of the debate making various arguments. Many arguments tend to devolve into emotional rants or become very narrow in...

WA high court expands protections against racism in civil cases | Northwest | lmtribune.com

Via: • Today's America • 12 Comments • 3 years ago

Oberlin College Defamation Suit Appeal Rejected by Ohio Supreme Court

Via: texan1211 • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 3 years ago

Merrick Garland Isn't Being "Impartial"—He's Helping Trump | The Nation

Via: revillug • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 3 years ago

Garland’s memo isn’t just boilerplate banality. It also cites another memo, from February 2020, by former Attorney General William Barr. That memo said that any criminal or counterintelligence...

Democrats would abolish Supreme Court, elect judges, let United Nations decide | Washington Examiner

Via: texan1211 • News & Politics • 46 Comments • 3 years ago

Liberal protest group offers 'bounties' for info on where conservative justices are located | Washington Examiner

Via: texan1211 • News & Politics • 49 Comments • 3 years ago

Black Lives Matter's financial transparency matters | Washington Examiner

Via: texan1211 • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 3 years ago

Woman faces murder charge over 'self-induced abortion': Texas official

Via: tacos • News & Politics • 80 Comments • 3 years ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson, Guantanamo and the Role of Defense Attorneys - Lawfare

Via: steve-ott • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 years ago

The American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients is at least as old as John Adams’s representation of the British soldiers charged in the Boston massacre. People come to serve...

Medical marijuana patients cannot purchase firearms or ammunition, says federal law

Via: ender • News & Politics • 57 Comments • 3 years ago

Donald Trump Is Above the Law. Period - Raman Media Network

Via: • Doubting Thomas' Lazaretto • 60 Comments • 3 years ago

WHY? Why is this permitted in congress, in court, in American society? Effectively, Donald J. Trump 'waylaids' a pandemic to the tune of initially thousands of deaths and has not offered a basic...

The "Pro Abortion" Argument

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 208 Comments • 4 years ago

Let me make it clear from the start, I am not "pro-abortion." In other words, I am not advocating women should or must have an abortion. Anyone who has read my posts on the subject of abortion...

Why abortion must remain legal and safe

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 134 Comments • 4 years ago

Abortion has been a hot topic ever since the Supreme Court's landmark ruling Roe v. Wade (1973). The abortion issue has polarized the American people for nearly 50 years now, with both sides of...

Texas Lawmaker Files Resolution to Make the Bible the "Official State Book" | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

Via: • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 36 Comments • 4 years ago

Which Bible will it be? English Standard Version. ... King James Version. ... New American Standard Bible. ... New English Bible. ... New International Version. ... New King James Version. ... New...

Federal appeals court upholds Texas ban on standard abortion procedure

Via: • Religious and not News Chat • 67 Comments • 4 years ago

Coming Supreme Court decision in major LGBT rights case seen as bellwether of conservative court

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 38 Comments • 4 years ago

Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Case

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 102 Comments • 4 years ago

Audit of Maricopa voting equipment comes up clean

Via: • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 4 years ago

TN GOP Bill Would Give Fathers (Including Rapists) Veto Power Over Abortions | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

Via: jbb • News & Politics • 190 Comments • 4 years ago

William Barr: 'One Standard of Justice'

Via: • We the People • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

Judge says there's no evidence of fraud in election count

Via: • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

One more time: Arizona voted for Biden! One more time: Arizona voted for Kelly!

Barrett Should Reject the Democrats' Recusal Gambit | National Review

Via: • We the People • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

Hate crime charges announced for women arrested in connection to MAGA hat theft outside Wilmington DNC

Via: • We the People • 107 Comments • 5 years ago

Karma is SUCH a bitch. Was it worth it "ladies"? And justice is a fickle little thing

'Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness': Ted Cruz takes heat in call to ban abortion pill

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 16 Comments • 5 years ago

Supreme Court rejects Nevada church plea to allow larger congregation

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 25 Comments • 5 years ago

The Roger Stone Commutation Is Even More Corrupt Than It Seems - Lawfare

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 5 years ago

UN expert urges global ban on gay 'conversion therapy'

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 5 years ago

El Salvador's total abortion ban – the lives impacted

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 18 Comments • 5 years ago

Why the Flynn Interview Was Predicated

Via: thomas • News & Politics • 75 Comments • 5 years ago

The Justice Department's Faulty Arguments in the Flynn Case - Lawfare

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 5 years ago

Mississippi's six-week abortion ban struck down

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 125 Comments • 5 years ago

Planned Parenthood: Alaska law restricts abortion access

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 28 Comments • 6 years ago

Sidestepping Texas Law, Austin Becomes First U.S. City To Fund Abortion Support Services

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 6 years ago

As Texas continues to enact laws making it harder for women to obtain abortions — and impossible for towns and cities to provide funding for abortion care — a liberal stronghold city is...

Doctor acquitted in landmark Netherlands euthanasia case

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 6 years ago

A nursing home doctor has been acquitted of the murder of an elderly woman with severe dementia following a closely watched euthanasia trial in the Netherlands. The court in The Hague concluded...

Over 40 Prosecutors Refuse To Enforce New Anti-Abortion Laws

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 6 years ago

Dozens of state and local prosecutors released a statement Friday vowing not to enforce extreme anti-abortion restrictions recently passed in their states. “As elected prosecutors with charging...

Judge's order means Missouri clinic can keep doing abortions

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 73 Comments • 6 years ago

A judge issued an order Friday ensuring Missouri's only abortion clinic can continue providing abortions, acting just hours before the St. Louis Planned Parenthood facility's license was set to...

Online supplier of abortion pills defies FDA order to stop providing them in US

Via: • Religious and not News Chat • 46 Comments • 6 years ago

As abortion becomes increasingly inaccessible in parts of this country, a Dutch physician is defying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s order to quit providing abortion pills using the...

Alabama Lawmakers Vote to Effectively Ban Abortion in the State

Via: • Religious and not News Chat • 26 Comments • 6 years ago

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate approved a measure on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, setting up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the case that recognized a...

Stricter abortion bans are conservative-led states' gambit to overturn Roe vs. Wade

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 288 Comments • 6 years ago

ATLANTA - When Republican lawmakers in Alabama weighed a stringent new bill that would outlaw almost all abortions, they did not pretend that it complied with federal law or that it would go into...

A Serious Question: How is abortion anyone's business?

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 205 Comments • 6 years ago

Over the last several months, there have been news reports of certain states trying to prohibit or severely restrict abortion rights, impose legal penalties for women seeking abortion, and even...

A Texas bill would make it possible to put women to death for having abortions

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 59 Comments • 6 years ago

Men and women, young and old, native Texans and immigrants, they rose to ask lawmakers to protect life, describing a “genocide” and foreseeing the arrival of “God’s wrath.” The act of public...

Judge Blocks Kentucky Fetal Heartbeat Law That Bans Abortion After 6 Weeks

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 6 years ago

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Kentucky law that prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which typically happens around six weeks into pregnancy, before many women...

Alabama judge allows teen to sue on behalf of aborted fetus

Via: gordy327 • Op/Ed • 123 Comments • 6 years ago

A teenager in Alabama is suing an abortion clinic for terminating the life of his unborn child against his wishes. On Tuesday, an Alabama county court recognized the aborted fetus, "Baby Roe," as...

Supreme Court seems inclined to retain cross on public land

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 299 Comments • 6 years ago

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to rule that a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland is constitutional, but shy away from a sweeping ruling. The case...

'Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act' seeks to strip gay marriage rights

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 88 Comments • 6 years ago

Nearly four years after the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal throughout the U.S. in its landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are attempting to turn...

Misconceptions about New York's "Abortion Law"

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 62 Comments • 6 years ago

With the signing of Senate Bill S2796 , otherwise known as the "abortion bill," into law by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, there have been some misconceptions about what the law actually...

Judge declares Iowa fetal heartbeat law unconstitutional

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 33 Comments • 6 years ago

DES MOINES, Iowa — A state judge has struck down Iowa's restrictive "fetal heartbeat" abortion law.Judge Michael Huppert on Tuesday found the law unconstitutional. He concluded that the Iowa...

Author of Ohio abortion bill believes Supreme Court will welcome it 'with open arms'

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 7 years ago

A bill that would ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected was approved this week by the Ohio Senate, the first step in what the bill's author says is the controversial legislation's path...

Supreme Court asked to review abortion law signed by Pence

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 141 Comments • 7 years ago

Indiana is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over a law that bars women from having abortions based on gender, race or disability. Vice President Mike Pence signed the law in 2016...

Texas family fighting for 9-year-old daughter declared brain dead

Via: gordy327 • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 7 years ago

From CBS News: FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas couple has 10 days to find a hospital willing to keep their young daughter on life support. But doctors in Fort Worth say 9-year-old Payton Summons is...

America was NOT founded on christian principles

By: • Religious and not News Chat • 8 Comments • 7 years ago

NOTE: I've posted this article a while back and I thought it might be nice to revisit. Enjoy. I've have on occasion been engaged in articles and with individuals who proclaim that America was...

Argentine group says 3,000 Catholics quit church over abortion

Via: gordy327 • World News • 5 Comments • 7 years ago

Thousands of Argentine Catholics on Friday renounced their membership in the church to protest its opposition to a bill that would have legalized abortion in Pope Francis's homeland, a group...

Woman says she was fired via text message with manager saying it's "not a good time" for her maternity leave

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 37 Comments • 7 years ago

From CBS news: A pregnant Washington state woman said she was fired via text message from a sub shop where worked, with a store manager telling her "it's not a good time to have somebody who is...

‘I’m Doing It for the Babies’: Inside the Ground Game to Reverse Roe v. Wade

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 379 Comments • 7 years ago

From MSN News: AVON, Ind. — Armed with sunscreen, doorknob fliers and a mission 50 years in the making, the team of activists sporting blue “I Vote Pro-Life” T-shirts fanned out into a web of...

Most Americans want Roe v Wade to stand

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 432 Comments • 7 years ago

From NBC news: Most Americans support Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion rights, a new survey shows. The Kaiser Family Foundation poll of 1,492 Americans found that 67...

Supreme Court change sparks birth control discussions

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

From CNN: The news of Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement prompted some women to turn to Twitter to encourage others to get an IUD. An intrauterine device can prevent pregnancy for up to 12...

Judge agrees to halt fetal heartbeat abortion law in Iowa

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 18 Comments • 7 years ago

DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge agreed Friday to temporarily block the most restrictive abortion law in the country from taking effect in Iowa next month under an agreement between lawyers for the...

U.S. top court rejects challenge to strict Arkansas abortion law

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 7 years ago

From MSN News: In a setback to abortion rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for Republican-backed restrictions on medication-induced abortions to take effect in...

Abortion stigma is gone, says Irish PM after vote

Via: gordy327 • World News • 48 Comments • 7 years ago

From MSN News: Ireland on Saturday voted to erase the stigma and burden of shame from hundreds of thousands of women who secretly had abortions, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said. Speaking after...

Ireland abortion referendum: Country votes in landmark ballot

Via: gordy327 • World News • 18 Comments • 7 years ago

From MSN: Voters in Ireland are casting their ballots in a landmark referendum to decide whether to remove a constitutional amendment that bans abortion in almost all circumstances.Polling...

Judge overturns California's doctor-assisted suicide law

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 21 Comments • 7 years ago

From NBCNews : LOS ANGELES — A state judge overturned California's doctor-assisted suicide law on Tuesday, saying the legislation opening the door to life-ending drugs for the terminally ill...

Anti-Abortion Violence on the Rise, New Study Says

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 271 Comments • 7 years ago

From MSN News : Before Laura Laursen drives to work at a women’s health clinic in southern Illinois, where she provides abortions about once a month when she isn’t performing them as an OBGYN...

The Latest: Judge temporarily blocks 15-week abortion ban

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 159 Comments • 7 years ago

From Associated Press : JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks' gestation — the most restrictive abortion...

Satanic Temple challenges Missouri’s abortion law on religious grounds

Via: gordy327 • News & Politics • 22 Comments • 7 years ago

From NBCNEWS : There will be a showdown with Satan on Tuesday in the Missouri Supreme Court. Not with Lucifer himself, but with a group called the Satanic Temple that is going to bat for a...

Latin American human rights court urges same-sex marriage legalization

Via: gordy327 • World News • 1 Comments • 7 years ago

From NBCNEWS : A Latin American human rights court said on Tuesday that countries in the region should legalize same-sex unions, endorsing a growing push for marriage equality despite...

Germany Celebrates First Same-Sex Weddings After Law Change

Via: gordy327 • World News • 4 Comments • 8 years ago

From NBCNEWS : BERLIN — Germany celebrated its first same-sex weddings Sunday, after a new law came into force putting gay and lesbian couples on an equal legal footing with heterosexual...

Australian Leader Says Gay Marriage Could Be Law This Year

Via: gordy327 • World News • 1 Comments • 8 years ago

By Associated press CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's prime minister said Tuesday that Parliament could legalize gay marriage this year if the nation's voters endorse it in a rare nonbinding...