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Law firm donates $17M of pro bono defending terror suspects

Posted on June 25, 2008
The ABA Journal reports on WilmerHale’s $17M donation and on other large pro bono donations by law firms to defend terror suspects. Visit Site » Share This

Austin R. Nimocks on the J.D. Hayworth Show: The NY Governor?s unilateral effort to redefine marriage and the AZ marriage amendment

Posted on June 25, 2008
ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the J.D. Hayworth Show on KFYI show to discuss the NY Governor’s unilateral efforts to redefine marriage. They also discuss Arizona’s proposed marriage amendment pending before the state legislature...

Study: Catholic Voters Favor Democrats, Could Help Pro-Abortion Obama

Posted on June 25, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “The Georgetown University study found that Catholics who are more likely to attend church services regularly are more pro-life and more likely [...]

Barack Obama May Throw Bone to Pro-Lifers With Abortion ?Reduction? Plank

Posted on June 25, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: . . . This is going to be a big Denver conversation,” [Rev. Jim] Wallis told the television station. “You don’t have to call for criminalizing anyone. [...]

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Idaho to pay ACLU $66,000 in legal fees from abortion lawsuit, more than $400K paid in last 10 years

Posted on June 25, 2008
That boosts the extra costs of years of failed attempts at parental consent legislation to more than $400,000 over the past decade, all of which has gone to cover attorney fees for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood . . .

Religion and Its Role Are in Dispute at the Service Academies

Posted on June 25, 2008
BlueRidgeNow.com reports: “Three years after a scandal at the Air Force Academy over the evangelizing of cadets by Christian staff and faculty members, students and staff at West Point and the Naval Academy are complaining that their schools, too, have pushed religion on cadets and midshipmen...

Michael Medved: ?Missing Ingredient For Gay Marriage: Women, Not Weddings?

Posted on June 25, 2008
Michael Medved has this commentary on Townhall in which he criticizes this recent WSJ article by Jonathan Rauch that argues in favor of marriage redefinition as a means of bringing stability to homosexual relationships. Medved concludes: The problem with the Jonathan Rauch prescription is that he seeks to heal the ills of gay male culture and relationships [...

Wisconsin: Prayer doesn?t belong on short list of problems facing Assembly

Posted on June 25, 2008
The Dunn County News carries this opinion piece criticizing recent attacks by the Freedom from Religion Foundation on prayer in the legislature. Visit Site » Share This

Supreme Court: Thursday?s the Final Day

Posted on June 25, 2008
Tony Mauro has this post on the Blog of Legal Times discussing the opinions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent days and discussing those that remain. He begins: “Four decisions down, three left to go ? including the D.C. gun case ? before the Supreme Court adjourns for the summer on Thursday...

Justice Scalia: Constitutional Text versus ?Values Behind? approach to Constitutional interpretation

Posted on June 25, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post discussing some of Justice Scalia’s comments on constitutional interpretation that are contained in today’s 6th Amendment ruling in Giles v. California, No. 07-6053 (U.S. June 25, 2008). Visit Site » Share This

Justice Breyer: Use of Foreign Materials Is ?Going to Happen?

Posted on June 25, 2008
Despite criticism from those who argue that turning to foreign courts for guidance impinges on the sovereignty of the U.S. Supreme Court, Breyer says that the use of international materials is going to occur regardless of complaints.

IN: Judge strikes down sex registry law

Posted on June 24, 2008
A federal judge has struck down a new state law that would allow police to search the computers of convicted sex offenders long after their sentences had been served.

ADF advises officials in OH, WI regarding constitutionality of invocations

Posted on June 24, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent letters to public officials in two states Friday, advising leaders of both bodies regarding the constitutionality of allowing public meetings to open with prayer. Both the Greenfield City Council and the Wisconsin State Assembly have received legal threats from anti-religious organizations.

Lesbian to sue Miami hospital for not recognizing ?family

Posted on June 24, 2008
365Gay.com reports: “A lawsuit will be filed in Miami Wednesday against a hospital that refused to allow the partner of a dying lesbian to see because they were not considered family.” Visit Site » Share This

High Court to Take Up Pregnancy Leave Case

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Washington Post: “The case centers on whether women who took pregnancy leave before 1979, when the Pregnancy Discrimination Act went into effect, should be entitled to the benefits the law provides. AT&T has argued that it is not required to credit retroactively the time women spent on maternity leave before the legislation’s enactment...

Federal Judge to Decide Fate of Vegas Strip Club?s Liquor License

Posted on June 24, 2008
Las Vegas Now reports: “A federal judge is deciding whether or not the troubled Crazy Horse Too Strip Club should be granted a liquor license or not. Last week, the Las Vegas City Council denied a liquor license for the closed topless club.” Visit Site » Share This

Schwarzenegger to skip annual prayer breakfast to attend McCain enviro event

Posted on June 24, 2008
The AP reports: “The governor’s office said Schwarzenegger will skip a planned address to the 47th annual Capital Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday to appear with Republican presidential hopeful John McCain at an environmentally themed campaign event in Santa Barbara...

Gerard V. Bradley: Religion at a Public University

Posted on June 24, 2008
But was forging a ?compromise? the right way to deal with the Wren Chapel display and the issues it raised?

Erwin Chemerinsky: Why Church and State should be Separate

Posted on June 24, 2008
Why Church and State should be Separate Erwin Chemerinsky, 49 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 2193 (2008) What underlies the debate, whether it is over the Ten Commandments at the Texas State Capitol grounds or the cross in the chapel at William & Mary, is the profound question of whether to have a secular government or whether [...

Claremont Review of Books on Justice Thomas

Posted on June 24, 2008
Thomas has said that the Justice's job of protecting the Constitution and the principles that underlie it "is not a game of cute phrases and glib remarks in important documents" but rather is a "deadly serious business."

Internet Providers Block Child Pornography

Posted on June 24, 2008
CBS reports: Last week, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown jointly called on California Internet service providers to “follow the lead of Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint by “removing child pornography from existing servers and blocking channels that disseminate the illegal material...

25 Christians Abducted by Islamic Militants in Pakistan

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Christian Post reports: “Despite the Pakistan government’s tall claims of enhanced protection to the minorities, a group of over 20 Christians were kidnapped and savagely beaten by armed Islamic militants on Saturday.” Visit Site » Share This

Sichuan Church Faces Government Persecution; 20 Arrested, 7 Detained, 2 Sentenced to Education Through Labor

Posted on June 24, 2008
China Aid Association reports on the Christian Newswire about increased persecution of Christian House Churches in China. Several recent examples are cited. Visit Site » Share This

The Age of Strict Construction

Posted on June 24, 2008
Gerard V. Bradley has this post on the National Review Bench Memos Blog. He writes about a new book by Peter Zavodnyik titled The Age of Strict Constructionism. Visit Site » Share This

Heinz pulls ad that pushes marriage redefinition and homosexual behavior

Posted on June 24, 2008
AFA has posted a YouTube link to a Heinz commercial running in England that features a "homosexual family."

?Government Report Raps DOJ Over Political Hiring?

Posted on June 24, 2008
The ACS Blog reports: “The U.S. Justice Department?s inspector general office and the U.S. Office of Professional Responsibility issued a report today revealing that top officials in the Department of Justice used political and ideological considerations in staffing its honors and summer intern programs ...

Eyewitness Confession: Live Infant Stabbed to Death by Tiller Abortionist Shelley Sella

Posted on June 24, 2008
Operation Rescue reports on the Christian Newswire: “A murder investigation has been opened involving Shelley Sella, a California abortionist employed by George Tiller, who is reported to have intentionally stabbed to death an infant born alive during an abortion at Tiller’s Women’s Health Care Services abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas...

Colorado: Brush eyes adult business regulations

Posted on June 24, 2008
http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/jun/24/brush-eyes-adult-business-regulations/ The Fort Morgan Times reports: Current Brush zoning regulations would allow sexually oriented businesses to set up shop in any commercial area, but that may soon change...

Is it electioneering if a pastor preaches that a politician is working on the side of Satan?

Posted on June 24, 2008
Time-blog has this post that begins: Bill Keller is a publicity-savvy televangelist with a penchant for politics who works out of the back room of a used car lot. Last year, he caused some controversy by announcing that “A vote for Romney is a vote for Satan” on his nationwide email list, called LivePrayer...

12 Year Old charged with distributing nude photo of classmate

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Boston Globe reports: “A 12-year-old Westport girl has been charged with distributing a nude photo of a classmate to fellow students.” There are rising concerns nationwide about this phenomena of minors distributing nude photos of themselves and others...

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