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Busy, Controversial Docket For Supreme Court

Busy, Controversial Docket For Supreme Court

Before the end of this term for the United States Supreme Court, the Court will hear cases relating to the health insurance reform act and contested Congressional redistricting plans. To…

North Carolina Republicans “Re-districting” Women Out Of Office

North Carolina Republicans “Re-districting” Women Out Of Office

The decennial ritual of creating new Congressional districts because of the census always devolves into partisan battles, particularly in the thirty-six states that allow the state legislature to draw the…

Congress Finally Getting Some Work Done

Congress Finally Getting Some Work Done

One of the changes desired in immigration law has been a loosening of restrictions on educated, skilled workers, in particular, those who have been educated in the United States and…

Alabama Anti-Immigrant Law Coming Apart Piecemeal

Alabama Anti-Immigrant Law Coming Apart Piecemeal

The Alabama Anti-Immigration Law was 72 pages long. First, Federal District Court Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn struck down the parts of the law barring illegal immigrants from enrolling in public…

Feds Take On Alabama Immigration Law

Feds Take On Alabama Immigration Law

Did you know that entering the United States without permission – being an “illegal immigrant” – is a misdemeanor? In addition to a fine, the jail term would be less…

Jolie’s New Role

Jolie’s New Role

There are 2.7 million Afghans living as refugees in Pakistan and Iran. Pick a point in Afghanistan’s modern history and you can find people fleeing the seemingly neverending conflicts in…

Rick Perry and The Ghost Of Hunting Camps Past

Rick Perry and The Ghost Of Hunting Camps Past

Rick Perry, in the tradition of Southern politicians, used his private West Texas hunting camp to host lawmakers, friends and supporters of his career. It wasn’t too hard to find…

A “Should Read” Article On Israel and The Palestinians

Regular viewers of The Daily Show know that Jon Stewart is Jewish, a fact that makes the show’s “reports” on the Middle East more impressive as the “correspondents” take swipes…