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Harvard Law removes GPA scale from transcripts, cites student complaints

Posted on October 21, 2010
Harvard Law Record: "Harvard Law School has shifted its grade publication policy again, according to Student Government representatives who met with Dean Martha Minow last week. The new 5.0 GPA scale that the Law School will use to calculate Latin Honors will no longer appear on the reverse side of current students' official transcripts...

Matt Bowman on the Janet Mefferd Show: The 14th Victim at Ft. Hood

Posted on October 21, 2010
ADF attorney Matt Bowman appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss the lack of justice for the 14th victim at Ft. Hood.| MP3 audio 18:50 mins

TN: Prayer at school events silenced

Posted on October 21, 2010
Chattanooga Times Free Press: "After receiving a letter of complaint from the Freedom from Religion Foundation this week on behalf of students from Soddy-Daisy High School, Scales sent an e-mail to all local principals on Tuesday, saying the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled prayer before football games and graduation ceremonies to be unconstitutional and that the practices should be stopped...

The 2nd Circuit wrongly holds that public-school officials can constitutionally prohibit a student?s attempt to clear his name

Posted on October 21, 2010
Julie Hilden writing at FindLaw: "The case was DeFabio v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist., and the student, Daniel DeFabio, had sued the school and individual school officials -- including the Principal and Superintendent -- under a federal statute that allows civil suits to be brought for damages caused by violations of constitutional rights (including First Amendment rights) ...

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Islamic law in U.S. courts

Posted on October 21, 2010
Eugene Volokh writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "I just came across an interesting case, Rahman v. Hossain (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), which was apparently handed down June 17, but which just appeared on Westlaw. An ex-husband was demanding the return of a $12,500 'mahr' payment that was made at the time of the marriage...

NYU Law School: OUTLaw protests JAG recruiters on law campus

Posted on October 21, 2010
Washington Square Newspaper (NYU): "Three panelists spoke yesterday at NYU Law School on the recent advances made against the U.S. military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. Organized by OUTLaw, an LGBT advocacy group for NYU Law students, the event was timed to coincide with the arrival of U...

European Court of Human Rights fines Russia for banning ?gay parades?

Posted on October 21, 2010
"The Strasbourg-based court ruled that Russia had violated rights of assembly and had discriminated on grounds of sexual orientation. It ordered Russia to pay 29,510 euros ($41,090) to Alexeyev in damages and for legal fees."

May courts interpret contracts under religious law?

Posted on October 21, 2010
Eugene Volokh writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "In a long line of cases (such as Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church (1969)), the Supreme Court held that secular courts may not resolve religious questions, such as which rival church group most closely follows orthodox church teachings...

DeMint threatens to leave GOP if agenda is not limited government

Posted on October 21, 2010
Real Clear Politics has video.

Why US lawyers fight for law on ?gays? Obama opposes

Posted on October 21, 2010
Associated Press writer Mark Sherman: "President Barack Obama opposes the Pentagon's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on gays in the military, so why are Obama administration lawyers in court fighting to save it?"

Tea Party metaphysics: Economics and first principles

Posted on October 21, 2010
"They marshal evidence that the underlying relationship between economic conservatism and social conservatism is changing. I think they?re right, and I think the Tea Party represents this on the popular level in the same way the new fusionism emerging among conservative intellectuals represents it on the elite level...

Chinese woman forced to abort 8-month-old fetus

Posted on October 21, 2010
Associated Press: "A pregnant woman in south China was detained, beaten and forced to have an abortion just a month before her due date because the baby would have violated the country's one-child limit, her husband said Thursday."

Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee blast NPR over Juan Williams firing

Posted on October 21, 2010
Politico: "Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee rushed to the defense of political commentator Juan Williams on Thursday after he was fired by NPR for comments about Muslims."

Clashes, protests in French tensions over pensions

Posted on October 21, 2010
Associated Press: "Protesters blockaded Marseille's airport, Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris and rioting youths attacked police in Lyon on Thursday ahead of a tense Senate vote on raising the retirement age."

Pentagon reworking military guidance on homosexual behavior again

Posted on October 21, 2010
Associated Press: "The Pentagon says it's working to come up with new guidelines regarding gays serving in the military after a court ruling restored the 'don't ask, don't tell' law, at least for now."

Hugh Hewitt: The need for speed post-election

Posted on October 21, 2010
Hugh Hewitt writing at Townhall: "On the day after [the election] the GOP leadership should gather and announce their intention to begin planning both to (1) block anything except minimalist measures in the lame duck session of the most-profligate and destructive Congress of modern times and (2) to develop the agenda for early January...

Renewable electricity standards kill jobs too

Posted on October 21, 2010
Conn Carroll writing at The Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "[The Left has picked] a new a set of government mandates and repackage it as Renewable Electricity Standards (RES). Don?t be fooled. The goal (reducing emissions) and mechanism (raising energy prices) are still the same...

Alabama Supreme Court to hear case at Samford University

Posted on October 21, 2010
The Birmingham News: "The Alabama Supreme Court and Alabama Court of Civil Appeals will be on the Samford University campus today to hear oral arguments in two cases, including one from Bessemer . . . The state Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a case involving parents who were sued for refusing to let grandparents visit their grandchildren...

Judge dismisses claims in Ann Arbor law firm?s challenge to health care reform

Posted on October 21, 2010
The Detroit News: "A federal judge today dismissed remaining claims in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's Health Care Reform Act of 2010. U.S. District Judge George C. Steeh issued an order that dismissed four claims in a lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Law Center, a Christian public interest law firm in Ann Arbor...

Judging the judges: website helps Missouri voters

Posted on October 21, 2010
KY 3: "The Missouri Bar Association has created Judging the Judges, a website where you can find everything out about your local judges who are up for retention or removal."

Jim Daly: Christianity not to blame for ?anti-gay bullying?

Posted on October 21, 2010
Focus on the Family president Jim Daly writing at CNN: "Not only is Christianity not to blame for attacks against gays and lesbians, when properly interpreted and practiced, it is the cure for and solution to the mistreatment and abuse of anyone, for any reason...

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider?s Guide to Pro-Family News

Posted on October 21, 2010
FRCBlog: "Welcome to this edition of the Social Conservative Review. This week, in addition to our usual compilation of articles and stories relevant to conservatives, we want to highlight a recent debate in which FRC Special Counsel and Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, Ken Klukowski, participated at the University of Michigan School of Law...

WI: DPI warns Cedarburg schools on sex ed ?opt in? policy

Posted on October 21, 2010
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "The state Department of Public Instruction sent a letter to the Cedarburg School District officials on Thursday saying they could be subject to a legal challenge if they continue with their newly adopted 'opt-in' policy for certain topics of the sexual education curriculum...

Center for Reproductive Rights annual report: ?Defending reproductive rights?

Posted on October 21, 2010
Center for Reproductive Rights: "In our 2009 Annual Report, the Center looks back at the gains it's made for the reproductive rights movement, both in the U.S. and around the world, and how to build on these victories, confront challenges, and strategize for the future...

?Deutsche Bank responds to recent ?anti-gay? violence and increased Muslim discrimination?

Posted on October 21, 2010
Market Watch: "The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Deutsche Bank in the United States, today announced four grants totaling $200,000 to provide an immediate response to recent tragic events impacting the local Gay community and to address increased incidents of Muslim discrimination in housing and employment...

DC marriage referendum reaches high court

Posted on October 21, 2010
Keen News Service: "The lawsuit is Jackson v. D.C., an appeal that asks whether the District of Columbia charter (the city?s equivalent to a constitution) can bar voters from considering a ballot measure that would amend the charter in a way that would violate the city?s human rights law ...

ACLU: Illinois recall measure on ballot unconstitutional, should be rejected

Posted on October 21, 2010
WQAD (AP): "The ACLU indicates its objection centers on a provision in the recall process requiring at least 100 registered voters in each of 25 Illinois counties sign a petition to initiate the recall effort. According to the ACLU, that means voters in less populous areas of the state have greater value than those in more populous counties...

C-FAM and ADF submit joint brief to UN committee

Posted on October 21, 2010
C-FAM: "A joint brief submitted this week criticizes a UN committee's abuse of authority amid a back-door push for international abortion rights. C-FAM and the Alliance Defense Fund together outlined why they oppose the committee's move to endorse a right to sexual and reproductive health...

?Churches contribute to gay suicides, most Americans believe?

Posted on October 21, 2010
CNN Belief blog: "Two out of three Americans believe gay people commit suicide at least partly because of messages coming out of churches and other places of worship, a survey released Thursday found." PDF of Public Religion Research Institute survey

Divorce rate up in China

Posted on October 21, 2010
The Straits Times: "Ms Wang belongs to the 'post-1980s generation', single children who are the product of China's 1979 family planning policy and the people who are fueling the country's rising divorce rate, experts say. According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 1...

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