A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.
The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has resigned in the wake of criminal charges for covering up sexual abuse of children.
A Federal Appeals Court In Washington has ruled that the military tribunal convictions of one group of Guantanamo Bay detainees was unconstitutional.
The Iowa Supreme Court strikes a blow for liberty.
A Judge in Cleveland has found that there is probable cause to charge a Cleveland Police Officer with murder in the death of Tamir Rice, but that is hardly the end of the matter.
Before the end of the month, the Supreme Court could issue a ruling that ends subsidies for the vast majority of people who bought insurance under the PPACA, and the political battles are already starting.
A new North Carolina law allows government employees to decline to perform their jobs by claiming it violates their “religious liberty.”
Jawbone is suing Fitbit for infringing a patent that should never have been granted.
The American people don’t believe that liberty should be sacrificed in the name of security, but their leaders largely don’t care.
So much for freedom of speech.
Kansas Republicans are threatening to cut off funding for the entire state judicial system if the state’s Supreme Court strikes down a law the legislature likes.
In a case that took seven months to decide, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Presidency’s broad authority in foreign affairs, and inserted itself just a little bit in the thorny politics of the Middle East.
In a setback for the gun rights movement, the Supreme Court has let stand a San Francisco law that places tough restrictions on handgun ownership.
Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.
The highest court in New York state has ruled that an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child can be admitted to practice law.
Being required to demonstrate competency in liberal arts to teach is racially discriminatory, a federal judge has ruled.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.
A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.
The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act
FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.
The agency that runs Washington D.C.’s mass transit has banned all political ads after Pamela Gellar attempted to run an advertisement featuring a drawing of Mohammed.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who was refused a job because of her hijab.
The Supreme Court has narrowed the means by which Federal prosecutors can prosecute someone for making statements online that could be perceived as threats.
Many provisions of the Patriot Act lapsed at midnight, but apparently the world hasn’t ended.
Starting tomorrow, we can expect to see the Supreme Court hand down decisions in some of its most high profile cases. Here’s a preview.
Martin O’Malley is running for President for some reason.
The Senate returns tomorrow to try to pass an extension of the PATRIOT Act before it expires, but it may not be able to do so.
The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.
Another step forward toward ending a U.S. policy regarding Cuba that was outdated twenty years ago.
If a Russian solider dies, it’s now a secret thanks to a new decree signed by the Russian President.
A new poll shows that nearly seven in ten Americans believe that people who are terminally ill should be allowed to end their lives with the help of a doctor.
A woman discharged from the Marine Corps for violating multiple direct orders is fighting to the highest military court.
Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.
Several of the top representatives of soccer’s governing body have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York.
The Cleveland Police Department has agreed to submit to significant monitoring in the wake of a damning Justice Department investigation.
The President’s plan to give deportation relief to millions of illegal immigrants has hit another legal snag.
The Supreme Court accepted a case that will require the Justices to decide just what it meant when it established the “one person, one vote” rule for drawing legislative districts.
Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.
A Cleveland police officer has been acquitted of manslaughter and other charges in a case that resulted in the death of two African-American individuals.
The six Baltimore cops charged in the April death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a Grand Jury.
Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.
A Second Amendment victory in the District of Columbia,
The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.
