US Sailor Gets Shot At On Freeway But Still Makes It To Deployment On Time
An unidentified serviceman was heading to the USS Boxer for training at the San Diego Naval Base Tuesday morning when someone in a Chevrolet Silverado pulled up beside him.From ABC 10 News:He said...
View ArticleProsecutor: A Psychologist Who Testified For Jodi Arias Had 'Feelings' For Her
Jodi Arias, a 32-year-old Mormon convert, is on trial for allegedly murdering her motivational speaker lover in June 2008.Arias says she killed Travis Alexander in self-defense but that she can't...
View ArticleWhy Amanda Knox Is Completely Innocent And The Italian Justice System Is...
Most people know that Amanda Knox— "Foxy Knoxy" — is the pretty American student who was arrested and found guilty of the stabbing death of her British roommate in Italy, during a "sex game" gone...
View ArticleConservatives Promise 'DEFCON 6' If The Supreme Court Overturns California's...
As the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, advocates on both sides of the issue are looking to the justices' ruling to determine whether...
View ArticleThe 'LeBron James Of Law' Is Arguing For The Defense Of Marriage Act
Proponents of the federal Defense of Marriage Act -- which gay rights advocates argue is discriminatory -- have the country's most powerful constitutional lawyer in their corner when the case comes...
View ArticleBILL O'REILLY: Gay Marriage Opponents' Only Argument Is 'Thumping The Bible'
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said on his show Tuesday night that gay marriage advocates have a "compelling argument," adding that all the issue's opponents have been able to do is "thump the...
View ArticleThe Ideal Gay Marriage Case Goes Before The Supreme Court Today
An 83-year-old widow with a huge tax bill is the perfect person to bring down an anti-gay law Bill Clinton signed in 1996.Edith Windsor started her own crusade to bring down the Defense of Marriage...
View ArticleMeet The Democrats Who Voted For DOMA Back When It Was Popular
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has its day in the Supreme Court Wednesday in what has been described as the "ideal" case for gay rights activists. DOMA, which forbids the U.S. government from...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius' Big Brother Is On Trial For 'Culpable Homicide' Over A Car...
The older brother of South African star sprinter Oscar Pistorius went on trial Wednesday over a deadly road crash five years ago.Carl Pistorius, 28, faces charges of culpable homicide after a 2008 road...
View ArticleToday's Gay Marriage Case Just Became A Lot More Important
Now that it looks like the U.S. Supreme Court may not issue a ruling on California's gay marriage ban, the fight over an anti-gay federal law is more important than ever.On Tuesday, the court heard...
View ArticleA Prisoner Who Filed A Handwritten Brief Just Won His Supreme Court Battle
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision today that will let a prisoner sue the government because a prison guard allegedly forced him to perform oral sex.The case is unusual because that...
View ArticleJUSTICE KENNEDY: Obama's Actions On DOMA Have Been 'Very Troubling'
Conservative Supreme Court justices said they were troubled by the Obama administration tiptoeing around the federal Defense of Marriage Act during oral arguments Wednesday morning at the high...
View ArticleJohn Boehner Committed Six Times As Much Government Money As He Originally...
Costs to defend the Defense of Marriage Act have spiraled out of control over the past two years, as the case wound its way to the Supreme Court. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is...
View ArticleANALYST: 80 Percent Chance The Supreme Court Strikes Down The Defense Of...
SCOTUSblog predicts that the Supreme Court is "80 percent likely" to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, based on oral arguments before the Supreme Court Wednesday morning.CNN legal...
View ArticleAn Oregon College Student Made This Brilliant Anti-Date Rape Video In...
An Oregon college student's date rape video made in response to the Steubenville, Ohio case is going viral, The New York Daily News reports.The video, "A Needed Response," shows exactly how a guy...
View ArticleAt A Meeting Next Month, Republican Leaders Are Going To Have A Very...
As moderate Republicans push the party to put social issues on the backburner, conservative activists are pushing the GOP to affirm its opposition to same-sex marriage.The issue will likely come to a...
View ArticleHere's Where You Can Find The Full Defense Of Marriage Act Transcript
The Supreme Court heard a huge case on the Defense of Marriage Act today. Many legal watchers are predicting the demise of the 1996 law that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex...
View ArticleJohn Roberts Hints Gays Are So Powerful They Don't Need Protection
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a huge case today involving the Defense of Marriage Act, and a key issue in the case will be whether the law deserves so-called "heightened scrutiny."That doctrine makes...
View ArticleDOMA LAWYER: The Defense Of Marriage Act Is Valid Because The Government...
Paul Clement, the attorney defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act, said during oral arguments before the Supreme Court Wednesday that there is precedent for defining marriage on a federal level...
View ArticleJustice Ginsburg: Defense Of Marriage Act Gives Gays A 'Skim Milk Marriage'
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today over the Defense of Marriage Act, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other justices suggested the law is pretty unfair to gay couples.Under the 1996 law, the...
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