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Hey Techies!? Apple’s Taking Pre-Orders on iPad

Hey Techies!? Apple’s Taking Pre-Orders on iPad

For those looking to be the first in line for Apple’s new iPad, your wait is over.  Apple announced it will start take pre-orders “online at apple.com at 5:30am Pacific time on Friday, March 12.”
The first of Apple’s new tablet computer will be in stores April 3 and only connect to Wi-Fi networks at a [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Appeals Court Rules: “In God We Trust” Is Constituional

Appeals Court Rules: “In God We Trust” Is Constituional

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday on two separate cases that the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and our national motto, “In God We Trust,” do not violate the Constitution’s separation of church and state.
“The Pledge is constitutional,”  wrote Judge Carlos Bea for the majority in the 2-1 ruling by the 9th [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Chief Justice Roberts: Rebuke During State of Union “Very Troubling”

Chief Justice Roberts: Rebuke During State of Union “Very Troubling”

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts visited the University of Alabama Law School on Tuesday in which he said the President’s rebuke during the State of the Union was “very troubling.”
Justice Roberts addressed students at the law school about the history of the nations highest court and then took time to answer questions from members [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Judge Orders ACORN Gov’t Funding Resumed

Judge Orders ACORN Gov’t Funding Resumed

A New York federal judge said Congress’ move to cut funding to the activist and controversial group ACORN, is unconstitutional.
In a written ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon said ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) was punished by Congress without the enactment of administrative processes to decide if money had been handled [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Calif. Supreme Court Will Hear Felon Body Armor Case

Calif. Supreme Court Will Hear Felon Body Armor Case

California’s Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review a decision last year that overturned a law barring convicted felons from wearing body armor.
Last December the Second Appellate District Court of Appeal’s struck down the 1998  James Guelff Body Armor Act saying the law’s technical definition of body armor “failed to provide fair notice that his body vest was [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Two-Thirds of Danes Support Gay Church Weddings

Two-Thirds of Danes Support Gay Church Weddings

A Danish poll Wednesday reveals two-thirds of Danes support a call to allow gay and lesbian couples to be married in the church.
According to a poll published by the Christian daily Kristelig Dagbladet on Wednesday, 63 percent of the Danish population would be happy to see gay couples married at the altar.  The study says out [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Chief Justice Roberts Comments on State of the Union

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts recently addressed students at the Univ. of Alabama Law School in which he answers a law student’s question about his thoughts regarding President Obama’s rebuke of the Supreme Court during the Jan. 27 State of the Union address for their decision in Citizens United vs. FEC

March 9 2010 | Read More »

Liberty Counsel Files Brief Supporting Privacy for Signers of Marriage Petition

Liberty Counsel Files Brief Supporting Privacy for Signers of Marriage Petition

An Amicus Brief was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday seeking the court to protect the privacy rights of individuals who want to repeal a law that gives all the privileges of marriage to same-sex partners in Washington State.
Liberty Counsel, a “nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization,” filed the brief seeking the court to [...]

March 5 2010 | Read More »

Same-sex marriage legal in Washington, D.C.

Same-sex marriage legal in Washington, D.C.

Same-sex couples waited in line for hours Wednesday to apply for marriage licenses on the first day same-sex unions became legal in Washington D.C.
The nation’s capital is now the sixth place in the nation where gay marriages can legally take place. Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont also issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Because [...]

March 3 2010 | Read More »

N.C. County Will Appeal Ruling That Censors Prayer

N.C. County Will Appeal Ruling That Censors Prayer

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed an appeal Wednesday regarding a court decision that restricts a North Carolina county from opening public meetings with prayers calling on the name of a deity.
In the case, Joyner v. Forsyth County, federal judge James A. Beaty ruled on January 28 that Forsyth County’s invocation policy is unconstitutional.  [...]

February 26 2010 | Read More »