The US government is not the only entity who, with judicial approval, is amassing massive amounts of personal information against their so-called enemies. A federal judge has ruled to allow Chevron, through a subpoena to Microsoft, to collect the IP usage records and identity information for email accounts owned by over 100 environmental activists, journalists […]
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), a leading opponent of gay marriage rights, appeared on Meet the Press this past Sunday to share his viewpoint on marriage equality with NBC host David Gregory. Gregory challenged Huelskamp to explain why it was so important for children to have opposite-sex parents and the Republican congressman insisted research had proven that children […]
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., reacts to the Supreme Court’s decisions on Prop 8 and DOMA Wednesday. The Minnesota Congresswoman released a statement condemning the Supreme Court in their decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act: Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision […]
On June 9, 2013 the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. released a new video highlighting the racial discrimination in the Texas death penalty system and the shocking case of death-sentenced prisoner, Duane Buck. Mr. Buck was sentenced to death in Harris County (Houston), Texas, after his trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist […]
A Texas man on death row is asking for a new sentencing hearing and has many supporters, but not because he’s innocent. Duane Buck was sentenced in Harris County, Texas (Houston) to die at his 1997 capital sentencing hearing. During the hearing the trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist, Dr. Walter Quijano, indicating that African Americans, are […]