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Michael shares a story where he deals with the shamelessness and disrespectful nature of some judicial system and social services employees.
U People Stories are stories from regular everyday people, gay, straight, black, white and with varied beliefs who have had been made to feel like the "other". These are the kinds of stories that we all have carried with us; where it would make you cry if you thought about it but makes you laugh when you talk about it.
What the U People Story Archive does is build a bridge of understanding that unifies our struggles while at the same time lifting an emotional weight off the shoulders of the storyteller. These stories are humorous, moving and timeless. They are individually a testament of how discrimination and the emotions that result connect, effect and can change us all.
www.iloveupeople.comMichael shares a story where he deals with the shamelessness and disrespectful nature... more
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New Delhi: A Supreme Court advocate has raised the issue of "judicial impropriety" on the part of Justice S Murlidhar, who had sat on the Bench that delivered the path-breaking judgement in the 'gay sex' case. In two separate letters written to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice A P Shah and Members of Parliament, advocate Janak Raj Jai contended that Justice Murlidhar had himself filed a writ petition in 1994 as a lawyer in the High Court seeking quashing of Section 377 of the IPC.
When contacted, Justice Murlidhar's Secretary said the judge was aware of the letter (of the advocate) but had no comments to make.
Jai said ...New Delhi: A Supreme Court advocate has raised the issue of "judicial... more
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This judge and his lawyer friend deserve lots of jail time. Their property should be sold off to pay for their own incarcerations AND restitution to the families of unjustly jailed children. I feel for these families. Do you suppose these kids will now get a FAIR TRIAL as is their right?This judge and his lawyer friend deserve lots of jail time. Their property should be... more
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I love the idea of a projects kid on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor won't forget where she comes from. That's the quality I like best about President Barack Obama's nominee to be the new Supreme Court associate justice.I love the idea of a projects kid on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor... more
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Months after its debut, "Hillary: The Movie" faces nine of the nation's toughest critics: the Supreme Court.
The justices' review of the slashing documentary financed by longtime critics of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton could bring more than just a thumbs up or thumbs down. It may settle the question of whether the government can regulate a politically charged film as a campaign ad.
David Bossie, a former Republican congressional aide who produced the Clinton movie and another describing then-Sen. Barack Obama as an overhyped media darling, said his films are about important moments in American politics.
"The outcome of this case will dictate how we're able to make films and educate people about them," he said.
At issue in the case being argued before justices Tuesday is the 90-minute anti-Clinton movie and television ads Bossie wanted to air during the 2008 primaries advertising the film.
Bossie's group, the conservative Citizens United, released the movie as Clinton, then a New York senator, was competing with Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The movie is unquestionably anti-Clinton, featuring commentary from conservative pundits, some of whom specifically say Clinton was not fit to be commander in chief.Months after its debut, "Hillary: The Movie" faces nine of the nation's... more
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The United States Constitution says Federal judges “shall hold their offices during good behavior” and never have to retire. But, when the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, Supreme Court justices rarely lived past their fifties, according to a recent Northwestern University study.
That’s not the case today. When Fox 5 added up the ages of today’s Federal judges, we found more than 1/3 are 70 or older. That’s the same age at which most states force their judges to retire, including Maryland and Virginia.
"You want people who have physical and mental acumen," says Sheila Sachs. She chairs the committee that nominates Maryland’s judges.The United States Constitution says Federal judges “shall hold their offices... more
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Justice Roberts renewed his request for higher salaries for federal judges, claiming salaries are so low good talent is easily drawn away to the private sector.
Are getting what we paid for? Should we give them a raise?
"The chief justice noted his colleagues again were denied a cost-of-living allowance this year. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, insisted the increase be included in the auto bailout legislation considered in December, but it was dropped after some lawmakers objected."Justice Roberts renewed his request for higher salaries for federal judges, claiming... more
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In exactly two weeks, we are going to find out whether members of Congress have any respect for the institution they represent. We will see whether they have the courage to stand up to the Bush administration and defend the Constitution they took an oath to protect. Specifically, we will discover whether they are willing to take the measures necessary to ensure that Bush administration officials testify before Congress.
On July 10, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to investigate the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006 and the questionable prosecution and imprisonment of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. Karl Rove, a potentially key figure in both incidents, has been issued a subpoena to testify before the committee. Rove's lawyer has said that Rove will not appear.
Congress has a few options here. First, if Rove fails to appear, they could pass criminal contempt charges against him, as they did against White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers. This is good, but will not result in immediate testimony.
The second option is to have Karl Rove arrested, under the theory of inherent contempt, and brought to Congress to testify. This is better, but may still be eventually unsatisfying if Rove ends up testifying yet asserts executive privilege repeatedly in order to avoid disclosing important information.
Another option - and the one supported by the American Freedom Campaign Action Fund - is to tell the president immediately that he will be impeached if members of his administration do not provide full testimony before Congress by a date certain in July. This has historical precedent as one of the three articles of impeachment ultimately brought against President Richard Nixon was based on his refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas.
The final option is to do nothing and set a precedent for the future by which any administration can claim that Congress does not have the ability to force executive branch officials to testify before Congress. This would be an affront to our Constitution and Congress is dancing perilously close to this line already.
We cannot allow Congress to become subservient to the executive branch. It must exert its oversight authority and force administration officials to testify. Please tell your U.S. representative to take whatever steps are necessary to compel testimony.
Thank you for sharing your feelings with your U.S. representative.
Steve
Steve Fox
Campaign Director
American Freedom Campaign Action Fund
I got the email a week ago. Sign petitions, send emails, and mail letters. heres links to legislators and bills.
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The FBI has withdrawn an unconstitutional national security letter issued to the Internet Archive after a legal challenge from the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. As the result of a settlement agreement, the FBI withdrew the NSL, agreed to the unsealing of the case, and lifted a gag order — finally allowing the Archive’s founder, Brewster Kahle, to speak out for the first time about his battle against the record demand. Check out this video for Kahle's story in his own words.
Our website features the documents that were previously sealed in the case. The Internet Archive case is our third challenge to national security letters. We won the last round in our Internet Service Provider case: In September 2007, Judge Victor Marrero struck down the national security letter provision of the Patriot Act, calling the NSL gag power unconstitutional under the First and Fourth Amendments. The government appealed that decision: The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in that case, Doe v. Mukasey, in June. You can learn more about all of our national security letter cases at www.aclu.org/nsl.
Posted by Rachel Myers, ACLU in Free Speech, Government Spying at 10:27 AM
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