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LETTER: Ashamed of commutation by Huckabee
... d man was actually released after paying $15,000 of his bail (bondsman's fee) by not one, but two apparently left-wing, ACLU-type judges! STEPHEN FERNANDES New Bedford Comment?
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Editorial Quick Hits: Reform state's pension benefits
... and more emphasis on private initiatives. Fiddling with the population accounting won't solve the long-term problem. ACLU takes bias argument too far When the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan heard that felon applicants were uniformly ... Comment?
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Hellertown's time-limit policy is fair to speakers
... June 15 meeting and an Oct. 29 letter from the American Civil Liberties Union (Express-Times articles, Nov. 3-4). The ACLU indicated a five-minute limitation on public comment may be legitimate on its face but must be applied equally, without regard ... Comment?
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Foster, adoptive parents sue state
... and try to budget, and then you get hit by something like this. It doesn't seem fair." The Lewises are not part of the ACLU lawsuit. The subsidies include payments to foster parents and to parents who adopt special-needs children, who may have ... Comment?
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Courts - 'Michigan Faces Constitutional Case Over Cash-Strapped Public Defenders'
... counties are accused of violating the constitutional rights of defendants through an underfunded system that the ACLU alleges encourages plea bargains instead of a vigorous defense. But Berrien County's corporate counsel R. McKinley "Mac" Elliott ... Comment?
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... are a bunch of hybrid-driving, tofu-eating, tree-hugging, whale-saving, sandal-wearing, bottled-water-drinking, ACLU-supporting, flip-flopping, wishy-washy, namby-pamby bed wetters. Jonathan Haidt and his University of Virginia colleague Jesse ... Comment?
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism-December 25 -- By: Ed Whelan
... gestalt." 1989 - Thanks to the Supreme Court's jumbled ruling months earlier in Allegheny County v. Greater Pittsburgh ACLU , the city of Pittsburgh can display a Hanukkah menorah next to a Christmas tree but can't display a nativity scene. The ... Comment?
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Foster, adoptive parents sue to stop state cuts
... and try to budget, and then you get hit by something like this. It doesn't seem fair.' The Lewises are not part of the ACLU lawsuit. The subsidies include payments to foster parents and to parents who adopt special needs children, who may have ... Comment?
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Berrien County named in ACLU suit against state
... counties are accused of violating the constitutional rights of defendants through an underfunded system that the ACLU alleges encourages plea bargains instead of a vigorous defense. But Berrien County's corporate counsel R. McKinley "Mac" Elliott ... Comment?
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Antioch district addresses ACLU demands
In the six months since the Antioch school district promised the ACLU of Northern California that it would address assertions of discrimination and disproportionate discipline against minority students, the district has taken strides to meet the ACLU's demands. Comment?
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Culture wars over Christmas displays: where the law stands
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... . The legal standard for holiday displays was established by the US Supreme Court in 1989 in the case Allegheny v. ACLU. The court ruled that a Nativity scene at a county courthouse in Pittsburgh was a violation of the Constitution's "establishment ... Comment?
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David Barton Revs Up the Bullshit Machine
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... after WWII. But guess who actually wrote that constitution for them? A man named Roger Baldwin. He founded the ACLU and Barton has derided him as a godless communist bent on destroying everything good and Christian. Smell that? That's cognitive ... Comment?
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Judge: Keep Collecting Suspected Felons' DNA
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... prohibition against "unreasonable search and seizure" in the Bill of Rights. The law took effect last January, but the ACLU's request for an enforcement injunction was denied by a federal judge yesterday , who felt that the ACLU was unlikely to win ... Comment?
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Berrien County Named In ACLU Suit Over Public Defender System
... alleging that adequate legal counsel is not provided to poor defendants in Michigan. According to documents on the ACLU Michigan website, the organization in 2007 filed a class-action suit challenging the way public defenders are provided to ... Comment?
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The Constitutional Fight Over Holiday Symbols, and the So-Called "War on Christmas"
Recently, the ACLU threatened to sue the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for putting a crche and menorah on its courthouse lawn during the holidays. Comment?
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Cazenovia Curmudgeon a " Deck the Hallsa and the Village Greens
... Christmas"? Bad enough "fair and balanced" Fox News's Bill O'Reilly called us "the looney left...secular progressives, ACLU America-haters," that we're for "the legalization of narcotics, euthanasia, abortion-at-will, gay marriage." Fox's John ... Comment?
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Updates: Woman dies of injuries in downtown Fresno train accident
... will change policies and training after a complaint by a lesbian couple, but hospital officials have disagreed with the ACLU's description of the case. The ACLU said a lesbian couple from the Bay Area was in Fresno in May for a rally supporting ... Comment?
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Judge allows DNA sampling for felony arrestees
... halt enforcement of the law, which took effect in January, while a lawsuit that the group filed proceeds. He said the ACLU is unlikely to prove that mandatory DNA samples are an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. Police collect DNA by swabbing a ... Comment?
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ACLU files brief on behalf of 40 Gloucester petitioners
The ACLU of Virginia filed an amicus brief on Tuesday with the state Supreme Court on behalf of 40 Gloucester petitioners facing $80,000 in sanctions levied by a judge who said they misused the judicial system. Comment?
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... addition to a, quote, "holiday tree," and a Jewish menorah, there is an atheist sign saying religion is a myth and an ACLU sign saying the group defends freedom of religion. And today, when the Republican candidate for comptroller tried to remove ... Comment?
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