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Child Rape Tests Limits Of Death Penalty

Posted on April 14, 2008
But on Wednesday the court will consider whether a person who rapes a child is different. Louisiana prosecutors will argue that the same societal mores that have persuaded justices to spare certain categories of criminals lead in the opposite direction when it comes to child rapists, demanding an expansion of capital punishment, not a retrenchment ...

New study says more women accepting of porn

Posted on April 14, 2008
According to the study, 65% of college men, 48% of college women, 36% of fathers, and 20% of mothers agreed that pornography was an acceptable way for someone to express their sexuality.

Federal agency fines porn ?spammers?

Posted on April 14, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently fined an adult Web site more than $410,000 for sending obscene e-mails to unsuspecting recipients.

Polygamist Compound Removal Cases to Test Texas Civil Justice System

Posted on April 14, 2008
The potential for freedom-of-religion claims in the removal cases makes Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for the Plano, Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute, shudder.

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Senate Confirms 5th Circuit Nominee, Four District Judges

Posted on April 14, 2008
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Catharina Haynes, a Baker Botts partner in Dallas, to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She is the first federal appeals court nominee to be approved by the full Senate this year and the seventh in the 110th Congress.

2nd Circuit Clarifies Civil Rights Fee Award Scheme

Posted on April 14, 2008
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has made a second attempt to clear up confusion about the awarding of fees in civil rights cases created by a 2007 decision.

Supreme Court Justices Turn to Ex-Clerks for Unusual Role

Posted on April 14, 2008
Tony Mauro reports on the Legal Times: On Jan. 7, Jay Jorgensen took an unusual call from his former boss, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Alito’s request: Would Jorgensen have time to argue a Supreme Court case in April — a case Jorgensen had never heard of — for free? ...

How to Judge a Would-Be Justice

Posted on April 14, 2008
A new study supports our fears: Supreme Court nominees present themselves one way at confirmation hearings but act differently on the court. That makes it difficult for senators to cast informed votes or for the public to pla

Indecency cases stuck in legal limbo at FCC

Posted on April 14, 2008
Thousands of viewer and listener complaints about programs are backed up at the Federal Communications Commission, where officials acknowledge the legal limbo has tied their hands.

?Catholic? University Helps Deny Genocide

Posted on April 14, 2008
Not many students know that 512 of every 1000 black pregnancies end in abortion. Nor do many know that 37% of all aborted babies are black. This is despite the fact that blacks comprise only 12% of the population.

ADF protects Alabama student?s right to sing religious song

Posted on April 14, 2008
A Christian student told he could not sing a religious song at a high school talent show was permitted to perform Friday, after ADF attorneys representing the student sent a letter to Baldwin County Public Schools officials on his behalf.

?Now we have the technology that can make a cloned child?

Posted on April 14, 2008
Unlike the Dolly technique, however, the procedure is so simple and efficient that it has raised fears that it will be seized on by IVF doctors to help infertile couples who are eager to have their own biological children . . .

Why China is the real master of the world

Posted on April 12, 2008
And not just China. The world's second most populous country, India, is industrialising at a historically unprecedented pace. Their economies are growing on a long-term basis about four times the speed of the UK's and that of the United States. Goldman Sachs, the bank, recently predicted that by 2050, China and India would have overtaken the U...

Schwarzenegger: Marriage Amendment is waste of time, vows to fight it

Posted on April 12, 2008
Schwarzenegger said Friday he is opposed to amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. "I will always be there to fight against that," the governor said . . .

Pa. lawmakers hear marriage amendment testimony

Posted on April 11, 2008
State lawmakers heard testimony Thursday on a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman exclusively.

Connecticut: Out-of-State Same-Sex ?Marriage? Bill Still Dead

Posted on April 11, 2008
Testimony by the public policy arm of the state?s bishops and by the Family Institute of Connecticut helped to kill a bill that would have required the state to recognize legal unions of same-sex couples from out of state?

Florida Bishop Fires Priests?Attacked Homosexual Leaders Blame

Posted on April 11, 2008
The news came in a single letter over the letterhead of the DIOCESE OF FLORIDA. Twenty- two priests, the largest single group of clerics in the history of The Episcopal Church, had been formally deposed

Gary Bauer: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender?Whatever

Posted on April 11, 2008
In a healthy society, we would be compassionately seeking counseling for people who cannot come to terms with their sex.

DOJ: Hartford, Conn. Man Sentenced for Role in Trafficking Ring

Posted on April 11, 2008
Brian Forbes found and enticed young females, including minors, from states adjacent to Connecticut, and used a variety of threats to force the young women into providing sexual services to the ring?s clients in and around Hartford, Conn . . .

Pro-Life Legislation Passes Oklahoma Senate

Posted on April 11, 2008
Maressa Treat, AUL?s liaison in Oklahoma, has worked with a coalition of pro-life groups and individuals to pass Senate Bill 1878, a sweeping piece of pro-life legislation.

Saudi financed Islamic terrorists target Catholic churches in Bosnia

Posted on April 11, 2008
Federation Anti-Terror Unit and the State Prosecutor's Office have strong evidence that Rustempasic's group was planning attacks on Catholic Churches and international forces within the country during the Easter holidays." . . .

Feminists ask Europe to help legalize abortion in Latin America

Posted on April 11, 2008
The pseudo-Catholic organization Catholics for a Free Choice, together with other feminist groups, has asked the European Parliament to ?encourage? Latin American countries to legalize abortion, reports Catholic News Agency.

New Malaysia Rule on Islamic Conversion

Posted on April 11, 2008
Malaysia will soon require non-Muslims to inform their family before converting to Islam, a move welcomed Friday by minority religious groups who said it will help ease ethnic and interfaith tensions.

Mass. High Court: No nude dancing in Harvard square to protest Christmas

Posted on April 11, 2008
Massachusetts' highest court has stripped a Cambridge woman of her ability to express herself by dancing naked in Harvard Square.

Albert Mohler: ?Would You be Okay with a Gay Kid??

Posted on April 11, 2008
They want to be okay with their sons and homosexuality -- they just can't.

Michigan Porn shop owner sues Garfield Township

Posted on April 11, 2008
Traverse City resident Brad Vannatter believes the U.S. Constitution guarantees him the right to peddle porn in Garfield Township, and he's taking the municipality to court to prove his point.

Emory Law Hosts Symposium on Lawrence v. Texas, April 11

Posted on April 11, 2008
Emory Law, the Emory American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) Student Chapter and Emory Gay and Lesbian Advocates (EGALA) present a symposium on the fifth anniversary of Lawrence v. Texas, April 11, from noon to 7:30 p.m., in Tull Auditorium.