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On AlterNet: courts

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "courts"

Myths About Gay Marriage

Myths About Gay Marriage

Peter Montgomery, People For the American Way Foundation. June 17, 2008.
It's important to correct these misrepresentations and get back to celebrating.

How Our Sexuality Is Being Restricted One Bad Law at a Time

How Our Sexuality Is Being Restricted One Bad Law at a Time

Dr. Marty Klein, AlterNet. June 4, 2008.
Sexuality is considered a public health menace, and many people want tough (albeit illegal) laws to battle the epidemic.

Courts Rule in Favor of Deception

Courts Rule in Favor of Deception

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. May 12, 2008.
Anti-gay crusaders are deceiving voters about their strategies and intentions -- and the courts are playing along.

Our Great 'Secretocracy'

Our Great 'Secretocracy'

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. May 6, 2008.
Government secrecy does not make us safer; it undermines the Constitution.

Ohio Judge: Bro Wasn't Tased

Ohio Judge: Bro Wasn't Tased

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. May 5, 2008.
A Summit County judge ordered the county medical examiner to delete any reference that Tasers contributed to the deaths of three Ohio men.

Courts Endow Corporations with Unalienable Rights

Courts Endow Corporations with Unalienable Rights

Jeffrey Kaplan, ReclaimDemocracy.org. February 12, 2008.
Corporations are increasingly accorded the rights of legal persons -- if only Guantanamo detainees could be so lucky.

Bush and Congress Are Heading for Courtroom Clash on 'Executive Privilege'

Bush and Congress Are Heading for Courtroom Clash on 'Executive Privilege'

Brian Beutler, Media Consortium. July 21, 2007.
The fight over the attorney scandal escalated when former White House Counsel Harriet Miers failed to show at a House Judiciary hearing which she had been subpoenaed for to give testimony -- and may be heading for the courts.

Global Warming Challenges Environmental Law

Global Warming Challenges Environmental Law

Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. April 16, 2007.
We need a new approach to environmental law that would bypass the debate over property rights vs. the environment and replace the discretion to regulate with the obligation to protect.