ACLU challenges secrecy of US whistleblower law

ACLU challenges secrecy of US whistleblower law The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a law that requires whistleblowers with allegations of war profiteering or other contract fraud to... Full story Immigration officials end RI detention contract » All 155 survive plane crash [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:58:04

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Gay Marriage & Civil Unions - Year to Date, and the Road Ahead.

I thought it might be good to remind people of how well LGBs are doing in gaining recognition of same-sex relationships - here's a quick round-up of ... . The States of Jersey is set to begin debating a civil partnership law this year, having ... marriage or equal-to-marriage civil unions. The Connecticut Supreme Court legalised gay marriage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:44:26

Defense of Marriage Act author urges repeal

by Jay McDonough Bob Barr, ex congressman from Georgia and author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act recommended the laws repeal today in a Los ... grounds legally, conflicting with the Constitutions Full Faith and Credit clause, but the U.S. Supreme ... (Civil unions and gay marriage) last week: According to a 1997 Government Accounting Office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:23:38

Will Obama deliver a speech for the ages?

Historians have forever debated if great moments create great men, or if the opposite holds true ... from the union and just weeks before the opening shots of the Civil War.   It’s hard to imagine now – we almost ... if it meant dissolution.  Lincoln had other ideas, however, and used his speech to invoke universal law [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:56:24

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