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Supreme Court to rule on Christian prayers at government meetings
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday announced that it would decide whether government meetings can include prayers from Christian clergy. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the town of Greece, N.Y. had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by using Christian…
Rangel to IRS official: Citizens United was ‘invitation… for abuse’ of the tax code
The outgoing acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner on Friday told Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) that applications for 501(c)4 groups had doubled since the Supreme Court’s Citizen United ruling, which opened the floodgates for unlimited political spending by corporations. “The applications for this type of corporation increased dramatically, did it not?”…
Rep. Cramer blames legalized abortion for school shootings
A Republican congressman from North Dakota suggested to the graduating class at University of Mary earlier this month that the Boston Marathon bombings, the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks and multiple school shootings were all connected to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973. In a…
New Zealand Supreme Court to hear Kim Dotcom appeal
New Zealand’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted Kim Dotcom leave to appeal a ruling that US authorities do not have to disclose all of the evidence they have against the Megaupload founder. The Court of Appeal in March had overturned a decision ordering US prosecutors to hand over the evidence…
Top Brazilian court rules that there is no legal reason to deny same sex couples marriage licenses
A top judicial panel cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil Tuesday, ruling that gay couples could not be denied marriage licenses. The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, said government offices that issue…
Is smoking in public park a constitutional right? Supreme Court refuses to hear case
The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case testing whether smokers have a constitutional right to light up in a public park. The high court… …
States begin passing pre-Civil War ‘nullification’ laws to fight gun safety laws
By Lois Beckett, ProPublica In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. Kansas’ “Second Amendment Protection Act” backs…
Justice Stephen Breyer recovering after shoulder injury
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was recovering from shoulder surgery Saturday after injuring himself in a bicycle fall, court officials said. Breyer, 74, suffered a fractured shoulder following an accident in Washington on Friday during which he fell from his bike, a statement said. “The surgery was successful and…
Supreme Court rules immigrants cannot be deported for minor drug offenses
In a decision issued Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that immigrants living in the U.S. cannot be deported for minor drug crimes absent the presence of a large quantity of a controlled substance or direct evidence of a sale. “We must decide whether this category includes a state…
SEC may force Wall Street to disclose all corporate political donations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering a rule that could stem the tide of shadowy corporate money into political advocacy groups, plugging a hole in campaign finance law blown open by the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The rule, supported by a…
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