A federal judge ruled that a Baltimore City judge must yield to the mandatory judicial retirement provisions of the state and step down off the bench. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Charles G. Bernstein, who turned 70 on Dec. 27, is so far losing his battle on what he calls “constitutional senility.” Bernstein filed a federal [...]
An 86-year-old Indian politician was forced to resign Sunday after a television news channel broadcast footage that allegedly showed him in bed with three women. Narayan Dutt Tiwari, governor of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh a Congress Party official insists that the video was fabricated, reports the Times of London, but Congress leaders demanded [...]
A Vermont judge denied a stay pending appeal to a biological mother and said the “sole physical and legal custody” of her 7-year-old biological daughter must be transferred to her former lesbian partner, with the judge adding that the mother and daughter’s current whereabouts are “unknown.” The mother, Lisa Miller, and her former partner, Janet [...]
![Dawn BarbouRoske, second from left, of Iowa City leans towards her partner, Jen BarbouRoske, after learning of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling Friday in favor of legalizing gay marriage. Between them is their daughter Bre, 6. Their other daughter, 11-year-old McKinley, left, reacts to the ruling. [CHRISTOPHER GANNON/AP]](http://www.christianlawjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Iowa_Gay_Marriage_Supreme_Court-90x65.jpg "Iowa_Gay_Marriage_Supreme_Court")
The Iowa Family Policy Center’s Action committee launched a campaign Monday to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. The legislative initiative is being called “Two Days For Marriage” and is in conjunction the Let Us Vote Iowa (LUV) Campaign. The goal of the group is to begin a process that would allow Iowans the [...]
Senate Democrats passed the controversial but landmark 2,000-page health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that will most likely define President Barack Obama’s legacy. “We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the American people,” said Obama, [...]
A Colorado judge sentenced ‘Balloon Boy’ father Richard Heene Wednesday to 90 days in jail and four years probation and from making any profits from his lie. Although David Lane, attorney for Richard Heene, pleaded for leniency saying that the couple “have learned a lesson they will never forget for the rest of their lives,” [...]
The University of California’s Hastings College of the Law announced Wednesday it has selected law professor Frank Wu as its new chancellor and dean. Wu, 42, will assume his new position on July 1, 2010, and will have a salary of $350,000., He is currently teaching legal history, immigration law, business law and evidence at [...]
The Ohio girl who converted from Islam to Christianity is receiving Christmas cards despite attempts by her parents to keep them away from her. Rifqa Bary, the teenage girl who ran away to Florida because she said she feared her father would kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity — only to be sent [...]