The US Supreme Court ruling earlier this week gives a scary look at how justice in America is routinely bought and sold.
The case — Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal – began when Don Blankenship, chairman and CEO of Massey, lost a $76 million verdict in a fraud lawsuit brought by smaller rival, Hugh Caperton, in [...]
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As Stuart noted below, today, the Supreme Court declared “that the Constitution protects an individual’s right to have a gun, not just the right of the states to maintain militias.”
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in the landmark 5-to-4 decision, said the Constitution does not allow “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used [...]
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Filed under: Civil Rights, Democrats, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Politics, Republicans, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Senate, Stuart O'Neill, Supreme Court, World News
Senator Ted Kennedy said today that the documents made public so far indicates that John Roberts, the Supreme Court nominee holds a “rather cramped view of the Voting Rights Act.”
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