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The Day After – Gay Marriage

June 19, 2008August 5, 2008 John Amendment 2, California, Constitution, fl, florida, Florida Amendment 2, Full Faith and Credit Clause, Gay Marriage, Marriage, supreme court

Well, it’s the day after the first full day that gay marriage was legal in California, and gosh darn it, the sun came up, birds still sang, children were born, people died, there were even some heterosexual marriages, and I still had to go to work. In other words, if God is mad about it, he sure missed that wrath thing by taking it out on the mid-west. This raises a lot of questions, such as what happens next in California, what does this mean to Florida’s Amendment 2 initiative (and see a possible connection), and what does it mean for gay people around the country.

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The Real Importance of Telecom Immunity to the Cheney Administration

March 14, 2008March 14, 2008 John Alberto Gonzales, Andrew Card, FISA, george bush, James Comey, John Ashcroft, Marty Lederman, Telecom Amnesty

Well, the House seems to be sticking to their guns, and not passing a FISA bill that will grant immunity to the telecom industry for illegal spying. This is critically important, because it’s the last best hope to have the illegal surveillance activities of the current Cheney Administration see the light of day. During a press conference on February 28, George Bush finally went rogue on Dick, and accidentally told the truth about the reason for telecom immunity.

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News for the Week Ending July 22, 2007

July 29, 2007 John 7-18-2, Bar Exam, California, Courts, Homosexual Marriage, Juveniles, Lawyers. Litigation, Long Beach, Massachusetts, mother, Murder

This post summarizes various smaller news items of interest that I found during the week of July 23, 2007.

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And Away Goes the Fifth Amendment

July 19, 2007 John Fifth Amendment, Guardian, Secretary of The Treasury, Terrorism, Terrorists, Treasury Department

President Bush unveiled an executive order that allows the administration to block bank accounts and any other financial assets that might be found in this country belonging to people, companies or groups that the United States deems are working to threaten stability in Iraq.

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Restoration of Constitutional Rights

July 17, 2007February 2, 2010 John Bill Nelson, Declaration of Independance, Habeas corpus, Mel Martinez, S 185, S 2022, Thomas Jefferson, U S Senate

Dear Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson:

The history of the present King … [George] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.