Daily Archives: February 19, 2008

“A bill recently introduced into the Missouri House of Representatives seeks to protect pharmacists from civil and criminal liability for refusing to dispense the morning after pill by stating that no pharmacists should be required to assist in an abortion.”

“The allegation comes at a time when a grand jury is trying to obtain abortion records from Tiller to determine whether the abortion practitioner violate state laws limiting late-term abortions.”

The Tax Prof Blog gives the rankings by page views and visits.

The Religion Clause Blog reports: ‘The influential British magazine, The Economist, last week called for disestablishing the Church of England."

The Religious Clause blog reports: "Groups that are part of the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination want language removed that allows religious groups receiving funds under the Act to limit their hiring to members of their own faith. A coalition of …

ADF Attorney Joe Infranco appears on Penn State radio to discuss the case. ADF’s press release on the case is here. Listen to the 40 minute audio interview on mp3 here (9 mb).

Life News reports on the planned six story 78,000 square foot facility.

. . . laws should recognize that the institution of the family, founded upon marriage, predates the establishment of any national government.

France’s Roman Catholic Church has called for embryos to be given a clear legal status . . .

Tensions are running high between the Spitzer administration and the Catholic Church, which is mounting an unusually aggressive campaign to stop the state from enacting a law that would declare abortion a fundamental right for women.

. . . proposed legislation forbids “any instruction or materials discussing sexual orientation other than heterosexuality” in Tennessee elementary or middle schools.

“A renewed effort to strengthen the existing state ban on gay marriage is pressuring Arizona politicians to take an election-year stand on a subject some might rather avoid.”

. . . a Washington bill to expand benefits granted to domestic partners has passed the Washington House on a party line vote.

Sherry F. Kolb writes n Findlaw: “Can A Person be Pro-Life and Pro-Choice at the Same Time?: The Film “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days” Confronts Abortion in Ceausescu’s Romania.”

The AP reports (2.19.2008): “The Supreme Court on Tuesday stepped into a dispute over a labor union’s use of fees paid by non-union employees to finance the labor organization’s court battles in other states.” You can find more information on …

. . . Washington’s views deserve greater consideration from modern courts than they have received . . .

Harvard Law School has released this press release (2.19.2008): "Renowned legal scholar and political theorist Cass R. Sunstein ’78 has accepted an offer to join the Harvard Law School faculty. . . "  Hat tip: Volokh Conspiracy and How Appealing …

The report is now available online.

. . . What, then, is America’s church-state proposition ushered in by Everson and its progeny?

. . . the Anglican bishop of British Columbia has told clergy and lay leaders that parishes attempting to seek oversight from other jurisdictions will face penalties . . .

John Jalsevac reports on LifeSite (2.15.2008): "Catholics cannot vote for a political candidate that takes a position in favor of an intrinsic evil, such as abortion, unless there is a morally grave reason to do so, the Kentucky bishops have …

Now the Democratic leadership is shutting out any pro-life, pro-Africa voices and eliminating the successful ABc model of promoting abstinence, being faithful and, only when necessary, using condoms

. . . a Web site, public.resource.org, which will open up all Supreme Court opinions dating back to the 1700s and all U.S. appeals courts decisions dating back to 1950.

Marriage & Family Throwing Down the International Gauntlet: Same-Sex Marriage as a Human Right Vincent J. Samar, 6 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol’y & Ethics J. 1 (2007) Part I will briefly overview the history of the Fourteenth Amendment to the …

A new citizens group has organized to fight pornography in the Flathead County. Their objective is to protect the community and its children from obscenity said Gail Tylor, President of Flathead Advocates for Decency.

The American Civil Liberties Union has joined a Naperville high school student in her fight to wear a T-shirt that expresses opposition to homosexuality on moral grounds.

The proposed amendment to the Georgia Constitution states that “the word ‘person’ applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, sex, health, function or condition of dependency, including unborn children at every state of their biological development, including fertilization.” . . .

Under the draft standards, “diversity and evolution of living organisms” is the big idea all students will be taught.

The Court’s order list is here.  SCOTUS blog mentions the four cases that the court accepted for cert. in today’s orders. It appears the court continues to avoid "culture war" issues. See, this earlier post: Jordan Lorence: Supreme Court 2007 …

An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.