Here is the link: http://tovancouver.blogspot.co... Can one of you genius-types cut and paste the cartoon itself into this post or a comment to it? … [Read more...]
Do You Want a Government of Laws, and Not Men (and Women)?
A little background. This case is being brought by ten voters seeking an SJC order to place the Health Care Constitutional Amendment on the 2008 ballot after the 2005-2006 Constitutional Convention failed to take an up or down vote on … [Read more...]
Iowa Court Voids Gay Marriage Ban
The defense (against equality) requested a stay by the court from revalidating the gay marriage licenses, until an appeal can be heard. It is most likely reasonable that the stay will be put in place, and this case will probably make its … [Read more...]
‘Pro-Legal Immigrant’ and Ignorant
The previous lesson dealt with how anti-migrant advocates divorce the law from justice. Migrant suffering cannot be justified simply because they "broke the law". The law is supposed to serve justice. Even more ridiculous, … [Read more...]
Lighting Up Bush’s Dark Secrets
There may be hope yet for our Constitution. The Washington Post reports today that, in a rare move, the Chief Justice of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court instructed the Bush Administration to register its views about a records … [Read more...]
Public Defender arrested in Ohio for refusing to go to trial unprepared, yesterday
For the whole newspaper story, go to:http://www.recordpub...NACDL, the national organization for those who defend the indigent, has also weighed in. Their press release is located at:http://www.nacdl.org...One excerpt:The judge in the … [Read more...]
Yearly Kos, Senator Kerry AWOL, and Our Constitution
In many ways, "netroots" really is confrontational and does hold politicians accountable. In the 1960's and 70's large numbers of people just showing up for a demonstration was a statement. At YKOS more than 1,500 people showed … [Read more...]
Anti-Democratic Arguments About Same-Sex Marriage
2. The argument that I have seen in Mass Equality ads and elsewhere on this forum that "it is wrong to vote on rights." This can't possibly mean what it says on its face, but even if suitably limited (maybe, "it's wrong for a democratic … [Read more...]
The End of America: A letter of Warning to a Young Patriot [new book]
My own family left our country of origin because to be a member of our ethnic group, our religion, had become a death sentence. I remember my great-uncle showing me the scars of bullets. Riders galloped through his village … [Read more...]
Strategy & Tactics: Defending Marriage with the Power of the Majority
1. A majority of either chamber can pass resolutions deploring violence and hate rhetoric against gays (and marriage supporters).2. Either chamber can hold hearings on signature fraud, keeping the spotlight on this seamy aspect of the … [Read more...]