Go here to read more about the sad case of Matthew Wolf, who tried to return his Nissan Infiniti roughly a year into a 39-month lease because he was being called to active duty in Afghanistan.
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act says he should have been refunded the $400 he’d paid [...]
If all goes as planned, the case of Tim Doe #1 et al v. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center will be argued in front of the Connecticut Supreme Court today at 10 a.m.
Earlier this week, the hospital — home of serial pedophile George Reardon, their former head of [...]
Sources close to a Florida television station say the man accused of killing teenager Trayvon Martin could be arrested this week.
Meanwhile, two Oklahoma men appeared in court today over a Tulsa rampage that left three people dead, and two people injured. The victims were all African [...]
The Supreme Court on Monday said strip searches are legal for any arrest in which a person is held – no matter the offense. From Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog:
Insisting that it has no expertise in how to run a jail or prison, the Supreme Court divided 5-4 Monday in ruling [...]
The Supreme Court heard three days of arguments about Obamacare (and you can listen to/read Wednesday’s proceedings here). There’s not much to do but argue while we await the justices’ decision, which is expected in June.
The most pointed exchanges came during the questions about the health care program’s individual [...]
The Florida teen Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by self-appointed neighborhood vigilante George Zimmerman, who has yet to be charged — though the investigation has basically started over – and people of Hartford will meet in protest.
Interested parties should meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the corner [...]
(And broccoli got a lot of free advertising in yesterday’s Supreme Court proceedings.)
Here’s yesterday’s particulars, transcript and audio. Now watch me pretend to be all productive at my desk today, when I intend to be listening to the last days’ arguments. Ssssh….
But before you go tattle on me, this [...]
To read the piece, go here.
And here is another Q&A piece put out by SNAP — Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests:
What’s the crisis facing SNAP? Catholic officials in two Missouri dioceses are trying to force key SNAP staff people to answer hours of questions under [...]
Last week, U.S. District Court in Massachusetts struck a blow for the separation of church and state when judges decided in favor of a suit brought by the ACLU against the Department of Health and Human Services for its contract with the United States Conference of [...]
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