The Courts

Medical Marijuana Users Celebrate Well-Deserved Victory In The Ninth Circuit

Medical Marijuana Users Celebrate Well-Deserved Victory In The Ninth Circuit

Medical marijuana users and supporters celebrate a huge victory this week. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed medical marijuana users a huge victory this week in a ruling barring federal prosecutions. Slate reports that: “On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit handed medical marijuana patients a huge legal victory, barring […]

Clarence Thomas Argues Passionately In Defense Of Arming Domestic Abusers

Clarence Thomas Argues Passionately In Defense Of Arming Domestic Abusers

Likening domestic violence convictions to traffic offenses, Justice Thomas defends offenders easy access to guns. The Supreme Court handed down three opinions on Monday: one a landmark case handing pro-choice advocates the biggest Supreme Court victory on abortion in decades; another opinion overturning former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell’s public-corruption conviction and “imposing higher standards […]

Ultra-Conservative Website Demands Immediate Confirmation Of Merrick Garland

Ultra-Conservative Website Demands Immediate Confirmation Of Merrick Garland

Ultra-conservative website calls for immediate confirmation of Merrick Garland. The ultra-conservative website RedState published an article this week entitled: “Republicans Should Confirm Merrick Garland ASAP.” Garland is President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States – intended to replace Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly in February of this year. Republicans have […]

Dick Cheney Should, And Will, Be Prosecuted As War Criminal: Retired International Court Judge

Dick Cheney Should, And Will, Be Prosecuted As War Criminal: Retired International Court Judge

The world’s most distinguished living specialist in international human rights law predicts Dick Cheney will be tried as a war criminal at the Hague. Thomas Buergenthal, who served as a judge at the International Court of Justice at the Hague for ten years until his retirement in 2010, is considered by many the world’s most […]

5 Reasons We Should Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts

5 Reasons We Should Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts

Here are five reasons why we should impeach Chief Justice John Roberts. As President Barack Obama finishes up his last year in office, talk of impeachment, imposition of Sharia Law and declaration of martial law abound. A couple of years ago, William Greider of The Nation published an illuminating article suggesting that there is a […]

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