“After months of hearing from conservatives and fundamentalists about how they were going to secede, leave the country, or burn themselves in effigy over same-sex marriage1,” the day arrived on June 26, 2015 when the United States Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marriage would be the law of the land nationwide. A […]
Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), has a habit of setting himself up for some of the best smack downs ever. The ultra-conservative website Forbes has smacked him around, not once, but two times. The first time was over his lies about Christian persecution in the United States, the second […]
The Supreme Court will deliver their ruling on Marriage Equality very soon and it appears Democrats, liberals, every member of the LGBT community (and those who love them) will see another progressive victory. While the GOP is still reeling from the Obamacare victory, the party will be slammed once again when the Supreme Court grants […]
Early on the morning of October 6, 1976, police officers of the City of Los Angeles stopped Adolph Lyons for a traffic code violation. Although Lyons offered no resistance, the officers, without provocation, seized Lyons and applied a chokehold. The hold rendered Lyons unconscious and damaged his larynx. Along with damages against the officers, Lyons […]
William Greider posted an interesting question in an article for The Nation on Wednesday: Should We Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts? Grieder points out that with all the talk floating around about impeaching President Obama, why not consider using the process for a “far more deserving candidate for impeachment—Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme […]