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Supreme Court About to Eviscerate Anti-Discrimination Laws
The conservative Supreme Court that Bush created will probably deal a blow to anti-discrimination laws soon, in a up-coming case. The case involves Hendrick Humphries, who got fired for complaining about his racist ma… -
More on Telecom's Illegal Spying
Timothy Lee at Slate has a good article about the telecom immunity scandal. One of the common excuses for granting the immunity is that the immunity is needed to protect America. Another silly excuse is that the telec… -
Say No to Telecom Immunity!
Ugh... The Senate Republicans, with help from a good number of Democrats, passed the Senate version of the new FISA. The bill grants immunity to telecommunication companies (AT&am;T, Verizon) that broke the law by sp… -
Laptop Searches at the Airport
U.S. Customs officers are confiscating and search laptops and cellphones: Nabila Mango... a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since 1965, had just flown in from Jordan last December when, she said, she was de… -
Mukasey: Waterboarding is Sometimes Torture
Waterboarding is torture, unless you really really really need to do it, then it's not torture. That seems to be what our new Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, is saying. This is taken from the exchange between Sen. … -
Investment Banks and Gay Asians
Even though investment banks can often have a culture not very gay-friendly, they can often have rather progressive company policies: Several have been rated by the HRC as "2008 Best Places to Work". This puts them in… -
Harry Potter Lexicon Sued
J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers is sueing the Harry Potter Lexicon, a fan-based web site dedicated to categorize the Harry Potter world. Rowling claims that the web site violated copyright laws. Tim Wu of Slate disa… -
Indiana's Stupid Voter ID Law
Indiana is trying to require voters to show government issued photo IDs before they can vote. The Republicans pushing for the law claims this is to prevent voter fraud... Except that there is no such voter fraud: Fi… -
California Uphelds Tax Laws for Domestic Partners
Great news for gay couples with properties: Domestic partners in California won the right to the same property tax breaks as husbands and wives under state law Thursday when the state Supreme Court turned down an ap… -
New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty
Death penalty statutes in the United States Color key: No current death penalty statute Death penalty declared unconstitutional No-one executed since 1976 Has performed execution since 1976 New…
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