Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I had expected to see some orders today. Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog reports Again, no gay marriage orders: The Supreme Court on Monday released additional orders from its Friday Conference, but the list did not include any action on the ten cases dealing with the same-sex marriage issue. It now appears that … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
This is something Arizona's Secretary of State should be doing, but he is unlikely to do so because The state of Maricopa appears to be the hub of the wingnut operations of the Koch brothers. Arizona Tea-Publicans depend upon the network of billionaire bastard Koch brothers funded organizations, i.e. the "Kochtopus."
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller filed a civil complaint on Friday alleging
Americans for Prosperity violated Nevada’s campaign finance laws in a
case that could force the national conservative organization to reveal
its donors for the first time. Secretary of state goes to court to force AFP to reveal donors:
The complaint, filed in Carson City District Court, alleges AFP
engaged in “express advocacy” in an attempt to influence the Democratic
primary election in Senate District 4 earlier this year.
Americans for Prosperity sent several campaign mailers to voters in
the district criticizing Democrat Kelvin Atkinson, who ultimately won
both the primary and general election.
by Pamela Powers Hannley I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of the constant, absurd, expensive court battles between our boneheaded state government and the feds. How many MILLIONS of dollars have Governor Jan Brewer and her clown posse in the Arizona Legislature wasted on Quixotic court battles over right-wing ideology? … Read more
by Pamela Powers Hannley Yesterday and today, Private Bradley Manning testified in his own defense in a military court. Manning has been imprisoned for 921 days without a trial because he allegedly sent secret US documents to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who published thousands of pages of previously classified material. Are Assange and Manning free speech warriors who wanted … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed
an appeal by Liberty University to go forward with new challenges to two key
sections of the new federal health care law — the individual and
employer mandates to have insurance coverage. Lyle Denniston reports at SCOTUSbog,
Way cleared for health care challenge (UPDATED):
The Court did so by returning the case of Liberty University v. Geithner
(docket 11-438) to the Fourth Circuit Court to consider those
challenges. The Court last Term had simply denied review of Liberty
University’s appeal, but on Monday wiped out that order and agreed to
send the case back to the appeals court in Richmond for further review.
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The Court’s decision last Term on the new health care law upheld,
under Congress’s power to tax, the requirement that virtually all
Americans have health insurance by 2014, or pay a penalty. That is the
individual mandate. The law also contains a somewhat similar mandate,
requiring all employers with more than fifty employees to provide them
with adequate insurance coverage. The Court had declined to rule on
that issue last Term.