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1Daily Grind: Equal Justice--or Hypocrisy as Usual? 1 Citation Editorial: Equal Justice?Or Hypocrisy as Usual Tom Coburn thinks that if tobacco is to be regulated by the FDA, so should medical marijuana. Full Faith and Credit? When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Chinese students at Peking University that "Chinese assets are very safe," they had the common sense to laugh in his face. The Same Old Game Michael Steele might be able to learn a thing or two from former Senator Fred Thompson. American capitalism gone with a whimp, technorati.com
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Legal Same-Sex Marriage is a Civil Rights Issue 1 Citation There is good news this week on the same-sex marriage front. New Hampshire is the 6th state to legalize gay marriage. The NH legislation was signed into law on June 3, 2009. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy The 6 states that perform legal same-sex marriages are: Massachusetts Connecticut Iowa Vermont (as of 9/1/2009) Maine (as of 9/14/2009 New Hampshire (as of 1/1/2010) Washington D.C. and New York recognize same-sex marria, technorati.com
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Sonia Sotomayor: Endorsed by The Badge Worshippers and Law Enforcement Bootlickers of America 1 Citation Those who are of the badge worshipping and law enforcement bootlicking persuasion might assume that Judge Sonia Sotomayor may not have much to offer them as a Supreme Court Justice until they take a look at her record on the 2nd Circuit. As it turns out, Sotomayor has quite an authoritarian streak. It seems that when the powers that be are challenged by an ordinary individual, Sotomayor?s empathy seems to be with those who are employed by the government (and the facts of the circumstance be, technorati.com
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Backlash to lenient sentence in gay bashing case 1 Citation A group of local activists have planned a rally June 18 outside the Edward Brooke Courthouse to protest the sentence of Fabio Brandao, a 29-year-old Framingham man who pleaded guilty to taking part in a brutal gay bashing in the South End on Aug. 24. Boston District Court Judge Thomas C. Horgan imposed a two-year suspended sentence and mandatory completion of an anger management program on Brandao, but the Anti- Violence Project and the grassroots LGBT group Join The Impac, technorati.com
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NetRIght Daily: Say NO To Big Government 1 Citation Just Say No to Big Government : Frustrated with Gov. Mark Sanford's refusal to accept $700 million in federal stimulus dollars and his opposition to the state budget, S.C. Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell addressed the governor in an open letter this month, writing, "Time and again, you have failed to address problems in a constructive manner and proactively work with the Legislature to find solutions." NBC's Brian Williams Bows to Obama : In a special that aired last night, NBC n, technorati.com
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Peaceful protest in a mad world 1 Citation Marriage equality proponents have suffered setbacks here in California, but they?re not giving up the fight for equal treatment under the law as the US and California Constitutions promise. Here are clips of a peaceful protest yesterday in San Diego:, technorati.com
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"The equal protection clause is therefore, by its nature, inherently countermajoritarian. As a..." 1 Citation ?The equal protection clause is therefore, by its nature, inherently countermajoritarian. As a..., technorati.com
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Gay rights advocates rip suit to undo Prop. 8 1 Citation Gay rights advocates Wednesday blasted two veteran attorneys for filing a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8, California?s voter-approved same- sex marriage ban, saying the move is premature and could be disastrous for the marriage movement. While they knew of the objections , attorneys Theodore B. Olson and David Boies - who opposed each other during the 2000 Bush v. Gore presidential election case - filed the suit Friday in San Francisco on behalf of two, technorati.com
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Is President Obama lying about opposing gay marriage? 1 Citation hose of us who view gay marriage as a slam -dunk, open& amp ;shut equal-protection issue don?t need to rely on any precedent. The 14th amendment says that ?no state shall ? deny to any person under its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws ?. If there is a man whom my sister can marry but I can?t, then we are not equally protected, so the state?s treating us that way is unconstitutional. END of discussion. Or at least it ought to be. Couples as opposed to individuals, technorati.com
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Taxpayers Sideswiped by CalTrans New Racial Quota Program 1 Citation Click here to view the embedded video. Technorati Tags: affirmative action , brandon martin , caltrans , conservative , equal protection , libertarian , pacific legal foundations , racial quotas, technorati.com
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