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Potential juror exposed as #Trayvon militant dismissed – returns to court in outrage

Posted by: ST on June 15, 2013 at 12:16 pm » 10 Comments

The New York Daily News reported earlier this week that a potential juror in the upcoming George Zimmerman trial lied when he claimed he had not yet formed an opinion on the case: A member of a pro-Travyon Martin group was unmasked Wednesday as he tried to get on the Florida jury in George Zimmerman’s [...]

 

#Gosnell: Guilty. Should he get the death penalty?

Posted by: ST on May 13, 2013 at 8:23 pm » 10 Comments

At last, justice for some of the many babies “Dr.” Gosnell murdered – and for his adult victim as well. Via Life News: The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell returned a verdict and found him guilty on three of the four first-degree murder charges he faced. Gosnell was found guilty [...]

 

Great news: Indiana Supreme Court upholds school voucher system

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2013 at 7:43 pm » 4 Comments

While most Americans are transfixed by the gay marriage arguments being made before the SCOTUS this week, other issues of national importance involving courts (lower, in this case) are taking place: INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the nation’s broadest school voucher program in a ruling supporters say could set a national [...]

 

NY State Supreme Court judge ices Bloomberg’s #BigGulp ban

Posted by: ST on March 11, 2013 at 5:43 pm » 6 Comments

Hooray! A state judge today stopped City Hall from banning New York City restaurants and other venues from selling large sugary drinks — a bubble-bursting defeat for Mayor Bloomberg who has made public health a cornerstone of his tenure. Before the earth-shaking ruling by New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling, restaurants, movie theaters, sports [...]

 

Victory for Domino’s founder against ObamaCare’s contraception mandate

Posted by: ST on January 3, 2013 at 12:32 pm » 2 Comments

Great news: Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) founder Tom Monaghan sued the federal government in December on behalf of his Michigan office park, Domino’s Farms, to avoid providing the mandatory contraception coverage in the nation’s health care law — also known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. On Sunday, a district court judge in Michigan granted [...]

 

NC Roman Catholic college wins in court over ObamaCare contraceptive mandate

Posted by: ST on December 20, 2012 at 10:38 am » 6 Comments

Victory is sweet: WASHINGTON A three-judge U.S. District Court panel has sided with Belmont Abbey College in its case against the Obama administration over the requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that employers must provide free contraceptives in employee insurance plans. In a decision announced Tuesday, the judges ordered administration officials to [...]

 

Gabby Giffords, husband address Jared Lee Loughner in court

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2012 at 10:00 pm » 2 Comments

Good for them: Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband confronted the man who nearly took her life at an emotional court session on Thursday in Arizona. Giffords’s husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, directly addressed Jared Lee Loughner about his actions in the shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded 13 others. “By [...]

 

Federal Court: Political appointees to DOJ interfered in New Black Panthers case

Posted by: ST on July 30, 2012 at 6:02 pm » 4 Comments

I’m sure the mainstream media will be all over this in 3, 2, … Increasing attention is being paid to irregularities at the polls, and the legitimacy of efforts to minimize them.  A federal judge just issued a ruling that will become part of this debate.  As reported by Conn Carroll of the Washington Examiner, U.S. District [...]

 

Bad news for #Trayvon militants: FBI finds no evidence of #Zimmerman racism

Posted by: ST on July 14, 2012 at 11:13 am » 5 Comments

Yet another week goes by in which militant liberal supporters of the state’s case against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin have to be disappointed. This time it’s over statements collected by the FBI in which they tried to determine whether or not there was evidence in existence that proved Zimmerman had [...]

 

#BrettKimberlin update: @AaronWorthing wins free speech rights back! :-) (UPDATE: WORTHING SWATTED)

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2012 at 5:39 pm » 6 Comments

YEEEHAW! Read all about it here in a post by Walker (online name @AaronWorthing) himself. While it’s important to note Aaron’s First Amendment rights have been restored (and a little over a week before July 4, no less!), it’s also important to note this (from Aaron’s post): I have accused some people, particularly Brett Kimberlin [...]