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Louisiana becomes first state to require that Ten Commandments be displayed in public classrooms
CBS News· 1 day agoLouisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every...
NC voters could weigh in on ‘a number’ of constitutional amendments this fall, top Republican says
NBC 17 Raleigh· 7 days agoHouse Republican leaders are already backing an amendment that would change the wording of the ...
SCOTUS makes it easier for victims of retaliatory arrests to vindicate their First Amendment rights
Reason.com· 3 hours agoWhen someone claims to have been arrested in retaliation for constitutionally protected speech, what...
Carville blasts Louisiana Ten Commandments law as ‘dumbest waste of time’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoLongtime Democratic strategist James Carville ripped into a new Louisiana law that requires public...
The Hollowing of the Eighth Amendment | Duncan Hosie
New York Review of Books· 3 days agoIn 1991 an inmate named Dee Farmer sued prison officials at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Eighth Amendment< ...
Supreme Court upholds a tax on corporate wealth held overseas
Los Angeles Times· 8 hours agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday refused to put new limits on Congress’ power to tax wealth that is not...
“What were they thinking?”
Casper Star-Tribune· 1 day agoThe 80th anniversary of D-Day, justly commemorated as history’s greatest military invasion, reminds us of the fact ...
Maddow Blog | Why Louisiana’s radical new law on Ten Commandments, schools matters
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoFor example, Protestants, Jews and Catholics each honor the Commandments, but the different faith...
Louisiana classrooms are now required by law to display the Ten Commandments
The Advocate· 7 hours agoHouse Bill 71, approved by state lawmakers last month, mandates that a poster-size display of the...
Texas grandmother jailed in alleged political retaliation wins at Supreme Court
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe statute is usually used in cases involving fake Social Security numbers, forgeries of...