Judge Says Silence OK
by From the Houston Chronicle: A mandatory moment of silence for Texas schoolchildren has a secular purpose of encouraging thoughtful contemplation and does not advance or …
Category: Law
Deadly Force
The question of when or if deadly force can be used is an open one in the minds of many Americans. Not so in the …
Runaway Juror
The case against the Holy Land Foundation was an open-and-shut one – the nominal charity was almost certainly guilty of funneling money to Hamas, an …
Just Say No
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that judges do have the discretion to override federal sentencing guidelines in their courtrooms: By a 7-2 vote, the …
Posted: No Sex Offenders
Determined to keep itself safe, an Amarillo subdivision is implementing deed restrictions that will bar sex offenders from owning or living in new homes built …
Parents, Kids, Guns
Judging from this article in the Boston Globe, the parenting situation in Beantown is worse than I could have imagined: Boston police are launching a …
Refusing Medical Care
In the U.K., Emma Gough, a young Jehovah’s Witness woman recently died after refusing to accept a blood transfusion that could have saved her life: …
Free Speech / Law / Religion
Lawsuit May Bankrupt Phelps’ "Church"
After members of Reverend Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church demonstrated at the funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder his father was justifiably upset. But Albert …
Genarlow Wilson to be Freed
As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, a uniquely stupid chapter in the story of the American legal system is drawing nearer to a close. The Georgia …
Progressives Hold Up FISA Modifications?
Earlier today the Huffington Post reported that the Democratic leadership in the House postponed announcing a new set of proposed changes to the Foreign Intelligence …