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Supreme Court affirms Rumsfeld’s immunity from torture lawsuits
U.S. military officials who engaged in ordering or carrying out the torture of individuals in custody can now rely upon an across-the-board legal defense that protects them from being sued for committing what amounts to an international crime, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling on Monday. The court affirmed an…
Sotomayor reflects on her unlikely rise to the top: ‘It’s like being struck by lightning’
From behind an imposing wood desk in her office at the US Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor reflects on her unlikely but very American rise from the Bronx to the highest court in the land. “To be a justice, that was a fantasy, not even a dream because it’s so rare,”…
Supreme Court sanctions warrantless DNA collection from arrestees
Police in states that collect DNA evidence from everyone arrested for felony crimes may continue to do so, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a 5-4 decision (PDF) that saw arch conservative Justice Antonin Scalia side with the nation’s three reliably liberal justices, the court upheld a ruling out…
Christian radio host: Marriage equality means ‘bull-rushing Gomorrah at warp speed’
Christian radio host and Director of Issues Analysis for the American Family Association Bryan Fischer worn on his program on Thursday that the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling that may overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) means that “we will not be slouching toward Gomorrah, we will be bull-rushing…
El Salvador’s Supreme Court denies life-saving abortion to woman
El Salvador’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against allowing a 22-year-old woman to terminate her pregnancy to save her life, according to the Associated Press. In a 4-1 vote, the judges upheld the country’s strict abortion laws even though the woman’s fetus is missing most of its brain due to a…
Louisiana lawmakers kill repeal of unconstitutional creationism law
The Louisiana House Education Committee killed a measure to repeal a 1981 creationism law on Wednesday, even though the Supreme Court had ruled it was unconstitutional. “There’s no good reason to keep an unconstitutional law on the books,” Josh Rosenau, programs and policy director at the National Center for Science…
America’s top Catholic calls for renewed wave of anti-LGBT sentiment
In a bulletin insert delivered to parishioners around the nation, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops warned that the Supreme Court could be preparing to affirm marriage equality, and urged an outpouring of anti-LGBT sentiment and sermons to push back against the potential change. “A broad negative ruling could redefine…
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…
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