Category Archives: Supreme Court

20 Week Abortion Ban Struck Down

Good news — Arizona’s unconstitutional 20-week abortion ban has been struck down. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court … Continue reading
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Conspiracy Theory

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the Supreme Court ruled today that foreigners cannot file lawsuits in the United States to challenge abuse that occurred abroad. Because we’re the land of the free. Free to commit human rights abuses … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to New York Gun Laws

The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge, supported by 20 other sates, to New York’s new gun control laws. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now. The justices … Continue reading
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The Perils of Gay Marriage

I can’t stress how hilarious and poignant this was. Regarding the notion that same-sex couples should not be allowed to adopt children, lawyer extraordinaire Paul Clement pivoted on that idea and argued that marriage as an institution was created to … Continue reading
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Till Death Do You Part

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the state of Wisconsin reportedly sank to 44th in the nation for private-sector job growth in 2012. State Republicans recently announced that they will take up emergency job-creating legislation to rectify the problem … Continue reading
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The Seven Worst Things Scalia Has Said About Marriage Equality

Adam Serwer has the list. Here are some highlights of the awfulness: “Flagpole Sitting” What’s a little frat-boy humor between justices? In 2003, during oral arguments in Lawrence v. Texas, the case challenging a Texas law that criminalized homosexual sex, … Continue reading
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Literalists

Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, at a town hall meeting held yesterday in Arizona, Senator John McCain said he won’t stop calling them “illegal immigrants” even if you find that to be an offensive term. “Someone who crosses … Continue reading
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Two Holy Fathers

Both men dressed in papacy white for the occasion(someone say, “awkward!”), but that didn’t matter. The only thing that mattered was the love between two very well-dressed and invariably sweet-smelling men who were meeting for the first time in public … Continue reading
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Audio: Justice Scalia on the Voting Rights Act

via TPM I’ve listened to this several times now and it appears to me that Justice Antonin Scalia’s argument has nothing to with the legality of the Voting Rights Act. He seems to be making the argument that the act … Continue reading
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Very Serious Question

With the passage of VAWA yesterday, I wonder if Scalia thinks it’s a “gender entitlement?” Someone should ask him. Continue reading
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