Archive for the 'Supreme Court' Category

Supreme Court: No Religious Worship in Schools [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2011

…but when is a classroom not a classroom?

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“Mister Chief Justice, this is a big f****** deal” [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Nov 23rd 2011

The Supreme Court is asked to strike down all censorship — including the rules against the “Seven Dirty Words” — from broadcast television

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You Be the Tenth Justice: Is Sentencing a Minor to Life Without Parole ”Cruel and Unusual” [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Nov 14th 2011

Up until six years ago, remember, a murderer still in his teens could still be sentenced to death (though it could be a decade or more before he was executed)

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You Be the Tenth Justice: Texas Convict Claims Death Sentence Was Race-Based [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Nov 10th 2011

It seemed pretty straightforward, but…

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You Be the Tenth Justice [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Nov 9th 2011

Should police be allowed to track cars using GPS devices, without a warrant?

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You Be the Tenth Justice [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Oct 31st 2011

You can help the Supreme Court decide: If a defendant gets extraordinarily bad advice from his attorney, is he entitled to a new trial?

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The Great Whitebread Hope

Cidu Bill on May 11th 2010

As soon as Supreme Court Justice Stevens announced his retirement and it became apparent that his likely replacements were all either Jewish or Catholic, Ann Coulter wrote an article sounding the alarm there would no longer be any Protestants on the Supreme Court. At the time, I thought this was an odd thing to even notice, and I figured it was just Ann Coulter being Ann Coulter. After all, she’s been having a tough time of it lately — suddenly ignored by the media in favor of Sarah Palin, who’s prettier and not half as intelligent — so she has to make increasingly outrageous comments in order to get any attention.

But now the dearth of SCOTUS Protestantism is being offered up as news by organizations such as the Associated Press, so I have to wonder: Is this something American Protestants are really upset about, or is this a media-manufactured issue like “the War on Christmas”?

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