Rape is rape, right? Evidently not, according to an existing 19th century barbaric law in California. A Los Angeles appeals court argued that the measure, penned in 1872, does not protect single women against rape as it does for married women. California appellate judges pushed legislators to update the egregious law because of a recent […]
Republican Sen. Graham is pushing the idea now that it is inappropriate for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on cases regarding marriage equality, specifically same-sex marriages. In an interview conducted by Piers Morgan with Republican Senators Graham, McCain and Independent Lieberman, Morgan asked if America could “really stand for freedom and genuine equality if […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was confronted by a student Monday over his prior claims that homosexuality is similar to bestiality. Speaking at Princeton University, a gay student questioned the conservative justice about a 2003 dissenting decision written by Scalia in support of anti-sodomy laws. The student, Duncan Hosie, who identified as gay, questioned […]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Just a day after Washington became the latest state to allow gay couples to marry, the U.S. Supreme Court will take a serious look at same-sex marriage for the first time ever. NBC’s Pete Williams reports in the video above.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case on the constitutionality of recording police officers while they do their job. This means the court leaves in place a lower-court ruling, which found placing limits on taping police in public spaces unconstitutional. The ACLU of Illinois brought the a suit against Cook County State’s […]