October 2006
Jersey same-sex ruling may energize conservatives
by jasontrommRepublican prospects in November's elections are decidedly brighter today as result of the ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court on same-sex marriage.
The court ruled that same sex partners must be granted the same rights and benefits afforded opposite-sex couples under New Jersey's civil marriage statues, but deferred to the state legislature the decision on whether the same sex arrangement should be called marriage. So the court essentially said that same sex partnership walks like a duck, looks like a duck and should be granted all the rights and benefits of a duck, but concluded it didn't have the authority to call it a duck.
August 2006
Lawyers in Murder Appeal Use Cigarette-Break Defense
by jasontromm (via)Lawyers for a man convicted of beating a former girlfriend to death with a lead pipe argued before the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday that their client should be spared the death penalty, partly because jurors were not allowed to smoke while deliberating.
()() Talk about a broken judicial system. This should be titled "Defense Lawyers Gone Wild!"
March 2006
Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law
by jasontromm (via)The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.
January 2006
New England Liberals Lead Charge Against Alito
by jasontrommLiberal Democrats waged an eleventh-hour attempt Monday to block Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation, arguing that he would tilt the high court further to the right.
Supreme Court Upholds Parental Notification Law
by jasontrommThe U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a lower court was wrong to strike down New Hampshire's parental notification law.
In a unanimous decision written by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the justices let the abortion restriction stand.
October 2005
Protecting the Presidential Seal. No Joke.
by jasontromm (via)You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the C.I.A. leak investigation. But it found time to add another item to its agenda - stopping The Onion, the satirical newspaper, from using the presidential seal.
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