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Romney Rep. Peter King: Kill List 'Constitutional'

Dan Johnson | Posted 12.28.2012 | Politics
Dan Johnson

Representative Peter King (R-NY) was questioned by Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change about the "Presidential Kill List" last week. His exact words? "Tot...

Does the US Constitution Apply to the 9/11 Trial? Maybe

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 12.18.2012 | World
Daphne Eviatar

Today, lawyers for the five alleged co-conspirators in the September 11th terrorist attacks asked the judge to please let them know: Are we operating under a Constitutional framework here or not? Exactly what Constitutional rights do our clients have?

Oklahoma Attorney Fights Law Prohibiting Sex Between Students, Teachers

Posted 09.07.2012 | Home

The attorney for a former Oklahoma high school basketball coach accused of raping a 16-year-old female student is challenging a state law that prohibi...

School Transfer Law Suffers Another Defeat In Court

Posted 08.27.2012 | Home

A judge ruled last week that a Missouri law that would have allowed students to transfer out of failing school districts to neighboring counties was u...

The Two Problems With the New Push for Vouchers

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 10.17.2012 | Home
Roy Speckhardt

When schoolchildren are taught religious dogma instead of a credible academic program, their ability to function in the real world and compete for jobs is drastically diminished.

Hair Braider Wins Weird Battle Against Utah

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 10.10.2012 | Business

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah woman who braids hair to supplement her family's income has won a federal lawsuit against the state over its licensing proces...

Laughable Online Censorship Attempt Won't Last a New York Minute

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.23.2012 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Republicans in the New York state government are attempting to pass a law that would ban anonymous comments online. Even if they actually passed the act, once it arrived in a federal court it would be tossed out in a "New York minute" (as they say).

The "Individual Mandate" Is a Great Advance for Freedom

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.02.2012 | Politics
Jesse Larner

Libertarians are fond of saying, "Your right to swing your fist ends where my chin begins." The idea is that the only legitimate limits on freedom of ...

Democrats Want Hardworking Americans to Pay for Everything! Now, the Internet?

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.26.2011 | Technology
The Relentless Conservative

While the Internet may be important, there's no reason why the rest of us paying customers should pay more so that the unemployed and chronic poor get a free ride.

Finally, A Win For Planned Parenthood

AP | CHARLES WILSON and DEANNA MARTIN | Posted 08.24.2011 | Politics

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is not allowed to cut off Planned Parenthood's public funding for general health services solely because the organization...

Laura Gottesdiener

Supreme Court: California Prison System Inmates Suffer From Cruel And Unusual Punishment

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 07.24.2011 | Los Angeles

A crumbling building called East Block, a section of California’s oldest jail, San Quentin State Prison, houses some of the state’s most dangerous...

Elise Foley

Arizona Sets Stage For Another Legal Showdown Over Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The lawmaker behind Arizona's infamous bill cracking down on undocumented immigrants has introduced additional anti-immigrant legislatio...

Why the Individual Mandate Is Doomed

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeff Norman

A majority of American taxpayers will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014 if the new healthcare law isn't overturned or revised. I predict it will be.

Obama Administration Should Answer the Broccoli Question About Health Insurance Mandate

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeff Norman

It's one thing for the federal government to believe it lacks authority to require us to buy broccoli, and another to assert that although it has such authority, it won't be exercised.

Colorado Campaign Finance Law Ruled Unconstitutional By 10th Circuit Court Of Appeals

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

DENVER — A federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that requiring small groups who promote ballot initiatives to file campaign finance reports is ...

Cartoon: Targeting Illegals Illegally

Shan Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Shan Wells

Arizona's GOP has made a huge mistake with their recent panicky blunder into immigration law. There are pressing problems with that state's border, but the new statute is a Jim Crow throwback.

Los Angeles City College "Sexual Harassment" Policy Preliminarily Enjoined on First Amendment Grounds

Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Eugene Volokh

The professor apparently called the student a "fascist bastard" in front of the class for having supported Prop. 8 and refused to let the student finish the presentation.

Obama's Law Professor Says DOMA Unconstitutional

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A campaign is underway to encourage the Department of Justice to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

Subcontracting the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Leslie Harris

The First Amendment doesn't allow the FCC to function as an Internet board of review. The real question is why would such a proposal even be put out for comment.