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Supreme Court restricts unwarranted police use of drug-sniffing dogs
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot intrude onto private property and use drug-sniffing dogs to obtain probable cause for a more thorough search, in an untypical ruling that saw Justice Antonin Scalia side with the court’s liberal wing to swing the 5-4 decision. The case, Florida v.…
Why Is Gay Marriage Different Than Abortion?
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about DOMA and Prop 8 today, and there’s a lot of anticipation now, especially since they could truly use this opportunity to not only strike down these laws but also to make same-sex marriage a right held by all Americans. Unsurprisingly, same-sex marriage opponents…
Supporters and foes of same sex marriage to rally at Supreme Court
Supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are prepared to turn out in force in Washington on Tuesday, when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a landmark case. Over two days, lawyers from both sides of the emotionally-charged debate over marriage equality will put their cases before the nine…
Lesbian pundit smacks down ‘pro-family activist’: Procreation is ‘not the point of marriage!’
In a heated confrontation on Sunday, lesbian Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen shot down Faith and Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed after he argued that the primary purpose of marriage was procreation. During a NBC panel discussion about the Supreme Court’s decision to consider the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act…
Groups opposed to same sex marriage deny that homophobia determines their position
For opponents of same-sex marriage in the United States, it’s the welfare of children that is at stake when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the hot button issue next week. “Children do best with a mother and father, and marriage is the most important social institution we…
Octogenarian widow becomes the face of the legal fight for same sex marriage
An 83-year-old widow will carry the hopes of America’s gay community on her frail shoulders when she takes her landmark same-sex marriage case before the US Supreme Court next week. Edie Windsor, a lesbian who married in Canada, is seeking to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which has…
Queue already forming for Monday’s Supreme Court hearing on same-sex marriage
With Thermos bottles, sleeping bags and a few good books, about a dozen people lined up Friday to be among the first to attend oral arguments at the US Supreme Court on gay marriage. Never mind that the hearings don’t begin until next Tuesday. They said they were determined to…
Supreme Court rules ‘first sale doctrine’ applies to lawful copies of a copyrighted work
The US Supreme Court sided Tuesday with a former Thai student who made $90,000 reselling text books bought abroad and sparked a copyright row with a publisher. Supap Kirtsaeng, who arrived in the United States in 1997 to study math at the University of Southern California on a scholarship, had…
Philippine Supreme Court suspends law requiring free condoms and sex ed
The Philippines’ highest court suspended on Tuesday a controversial birth control law that had met fierce opposition from the powerful Catholic Church. Voting 10-5, the Supreme Court issued a four-month freeze against the law, which requires government health centres to hand out free condoms and schools to teach sex education,…
Supreme Court upholds $220,000 fine for music piracy
The US Supreme Court refused Monday to take up the case of a woman ordered to pay a $220,000 fine for illegally downloading music off the internet. The country’s top court upheld without comment the verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset in the long-running, high-profile digital piracy case. Thomas-Rasset, a mother of…
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