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 - Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - The impact of Prop 8 on my family...
 Nov 16, 12:08am  (4 reviews) liberties http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/13/th...- From the page: "The impact of Prop 8 on my family"
Excellent op-ed.
- ACLU Concerned After Students Told Not To Say Obama - Commitment 2008...
- Nov 9, 10:43am (43 reviews) liberties http://www.wapt.com/politics/17925627/de...
- From the page: "Pearl's school superintendent said no child will be punished for saying Obama, Barack Obama or President Obama.
Ladner said this is a part of our history now, and students will learn it.
The ACLU encouraged students and parents to contact the organization at 601-354-3408 if they were subjected to or witnessed any form of restrictions on speech, discipline or sanctions."
WTF
- American Civil Liberties Union : Legal Groups File Lawsuit Challenging...
- Nov 6, 9:51pm (20 reviews) liberties http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/3...
- "SAN FRANCISCO - The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a writ petition before the California Supreme Court today urging the court to invalidate Proposition 8 if it passes. The petition charges that Proposition 8 is invalid because the initiative process was improperly used in an attempt to undo the constitution's core commitment to equality for everyone by eliminating a fundamental right from just one group - lesbian and gay Californians. Proposition 8 also improperly attempts to prevent the courts from exercising their essential constitutional role of protecting the equal protection rights of minorities. According to the California Constitution, such radical changes to the organizing principles of state government cannot be made by simple majority vote through the initiative process, but instead must, at a minimum, go through the state legislature first."
In this case, more power to the ACLU.
Another example of Religious Fundamentalism interfering with secular society.
- Telecom Spying Amnesty Unconstitutional, EFF Tells Court | Threat Level...
- Nov 1, 9:28pm (2 reviews) liberties http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10...
- News: Many support ex-principal in gay rights case | davis, gay, students...
- Nov 1, 6:52pm (51 reviews) liberties http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/davis_1...
- Religion sucks
- American Civil Liberties Union : Surveillance Society Clock
- Oct 30, 10:38pm (18 reviews) liberties http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyo...
- Newsvine - RNC Beating by Police of 17 yr old Keith Smith
- Oct 20, 11:21pm (16 reviews) liberties http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10...
- Freedom Advocates - Fully Informed Jurors Need to Know of Jury Nullification...
- Oct 19, 9:46am (25 reviews) liberties http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles...
- "Juror nullification is integral to our judicial system. It is one of the "checks and balances" of justice required by a free society. An individual juror has the authority to stop an unjust prosecution by refusing to convict. No reason for the verdict is required. Most Grand and Petit Jurors do not know about their authority. This authority must be restored to protect us."
I had never heard of this - the vast majority of the time it's likely that, unless a judge informs a Jury of this 'authority', Jurors are not familiar with this facet of the judicial system.
A good thing or a bad thing? Juror Nullification can be used both ways, can't it? I can think of one instance in recent history where a jury "acquitted" what most of the nation had judged to be a blatant murderer ... and that was that. Whether it was called 'nullification' or 'acquittal', the results were the same.
- Proposition 8 Supporters Can #SuckIt
- Oct 18, 8:23pm (40 reviews) liberties http://queenofspainblog.com/2008/10/18/p...
- ‘Christian Nation’ Nonsense: Americans Need Lessons In History...
- Oct 15, 10:09am (34 reviews) liberties http://blog.au.org/2008/09/22/christian-...
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