Political articles/news from local authors
Next week, the Senate will take on the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill extending the funding for military operations. The bill will include a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office confirmed the matter. There are statements on either side of the issue, some saying that enough votes are […]
From the L.A. Times… A federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional Thursday, saying the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy violates the 1st Amendment rights of lesbians and gay men. U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips said the policy banning gays did not preserve military readiness,
This video has more than enough proof that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is…let’s face it, crazy. The problem with Arizona’s Governor, Jan Brewer, is not that she supported and endorsed the recent, radical new laws in the state which give more power to authorities to profile citizens in the hopes of corralling the rash of
Senator Barbara Boxer to visit Fresno TOMORRROW! Location: Ramada University 324 East Shaw Fresno, CA 93710 US Located on the north side of Shaw just west of Fresno Street and just east of FWY 41 Cost: $35 and up, RSVP to Democrats in Action [email protected] Time: TOMORROW, Monday, August 23rd, as per below, arrive EARLY,
No same sex marriages in California for now. So don’t rush off to the County Clerk’s Office this Thursday. The court has issued a ruling to have the appeal in this case heard quickly, with the hearing scheduled for the week of December 6th. The ruling is below… I read an interesting theory on this
My headache is back. Not because the final court filing by Protect Marriage to keep the marriage stay in place until an appeal holds any water, but because it goes over the same landscape as before, with some new twists. They start off by saying that it simply isn’t true that proponents of traditional marriage
Target just keeps getting deeper and deeper…This is just the beginning of what may backfire for a lot of corporations as a result of the January ruling by the Supreme Court which insidiously granted corporations the rights of citizens, allowing them to make unlimited donations in the political arena. This "ruling" by the Supreme Court
Shortly after the appeal in the Prop 8 case was filed by the proponents of the law, the plaintiffs filed their own brief with the Ninth Circuit Court, countering the appeal for a stay with their own take on the matter. They’ve stated that the defendants plea "does not come close to showing they have
Well, the appeal has been filed in the Prop 8 case, and it’s something to read. Facts? They don’t need to refute the facts in Judge Walker’s case, since they will do enough just by telling you how his opinion runs contradictory to so many court opinions before him. (Way before him). They offer
