Daily Archives: November 25, 2008

A man seeking to protect his disabled wife from having her nutrition and hydration removed by his sister-in-law succeeded in having the court name him as guardian Tuesday when the sister-in-law withdrew her application for guardianship.

WorldNetDaily carries this report that begins: A one-time vice presidential candidate who is considered an expert on the U.S. Constitution says it is up the electors from the 50 states to make certain President-elect Barack Obama is a natural-born U.S. …

The School Law Blog reports: “A federal appeals court today revived part of a lawsuit that challenges a Tennessee school district’s decision to contract out its alternative education program to a private Christian school . . . The majority in …

The Opine Editorials carries this post discussing the nature of the marital presumption of paternity:  “. . . When people enter the social institution they consent to the marital presumption of paternity. This is based on the both-sexed nature of …

Leonard Link reports: “A decision by the North Dakota Supreme Court to prolong the civil commitment of a gay man whose past includes a sexual interest in adolescent males drew a strong dissenting opinion from a member of the court, …

The Murfreesboro Post reports: “Rutherford County took the first step in appealing a local court’s decision in the Bible Park rezoning case. The county filed a notice of appeal last Tuesday, which was forwarded on to the Tennessee Court of …

The Blog of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has this post commenting on this: “A bitter battle is brewing in the Lone Star state of Texas. Just last week the Texas State Board of Education began hearing testimony …

Greg Baylor reports on the CLS Blog reports: “Professor Rick Garnett of Notre Dame has prepared a critical response to “Excluding Religion,” an article in which Professor Nelson Tebbe argues that government may sometimes selectively exclude religion from its support …

This Christian Defense Coalition news release on ACLJ reports: Activists will “sidewalk chalk” pro-life messages and pictures for President Obama on the two blocks of Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House on January 24, 2009. This “prophetic art …

The Daily Newscript: “Dedham/Westwood —The town’s contentious adult entertainment zoning proposal officially became a cross-border dispute this week, as Westwood selectmen went on the record expressing “extreme concern” about the two chosen locations – both of which are on their …

The Calhoun Times reports: “Calhoun city officials said a draft Adult Entertainment Ordinance would regulate such businesses inside the city limits but could not totally prohibit them. The proposed ordinance is modeled after similar ordinances in other cities, said William …

How Appealing links to several reports and the 6th Circuit ruling.

The ABA Journal reports: “The authors of two law review articles on the emoluments clause say its language apparently bars Hillary Clinton from the job of secretary of state—but they doubt she will actually be ousted from the position . …

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Pro-life television commercials with a proven track record of substantially lowering abortion rates are set to air on MTV beginning the day after Christmas . . . “

LifeNews.com reports: “A Zogby Poll, commissioned by IFC, found 72.6% believe the news they read and see in the mainstream media is biased.”

California’s political watchdog agency is investigating a complaint alleging the Mormon church failed to report non-monetary contributions to the Yes on 8 campaign . . . phone banks from Utah and Idaho and sent direct mail to voters.

LA Times: For decades, Claremont kindergartners have celebrated Thanksgiving by dressing up as pilgrims and Native Americans and sharing a feast. But on Tuesday, when the youngsters meet for their turkey and songs, they won’t be wearing their hand-made bonnets, …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Yesterday the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee (which focuses on social humanitarian and cultural issues) adopted a controversial resolution urging countries to combat the defamation of religion. Canwest News Service reports that the resolution …

MySanAntonio.com reports: “A defamation lawsuit against Pastor Rick Godwin and his North Side congregation, Summit Christian Center, cleared a hurdle Monday when a judge denied a request by Godwin’s attorneys to throw it out on grounds it was an internal …

How much healthier our politics would be if those so convinced of the rightness of their views would have equal faith in the decency of their fellow Americans — and their openness to being persuaded by clear, fair and honest argument.

There is a simple explanation for all this. Europeans hold their values and interests dear, just as Americans do, and will not subordinate them to the requirements of international law. When a conflict arises, international law must yield.

The LA Times reports: Justice Joyce L. Kennard has been a reliable supporter of gay rights in the past, but last week she was the only Supreme Court jurist to vote against hearing legal challenges to the gay-marriage ban . …

OneNewsNow.com carries this report from Compass: “Egyptian human rights workers are looking to international bodies for support against Muslim judges who use sharia (Islamic law) to undermine custody rights of Christian mothers.”

AP: “Nebraska officials say a 14-year-old California boy has become the last child reported abandoned under the state’s safe-haven law before it was changed to limit such drop-offs to infants no more than 30 days old.”

Miami Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled Tuesday there was “no rational basis” for prohibiting gays from adopting children.

Diana West has this commentary on Townhall. She writes: . . . Tradition as pariah is the message of the past weeks of protests, boycotts, firings, condemnation and revilement of supporters of Prop. 8, not only by same-sex marriage activists …

Dennis Prager writes on Townhall: . . . For most liberal news reporters, therefore, the purpose of news reporting is not to report news as objectively as possible. The purpose of the media in general and of reporting specifically is …

Thomas Sowell writes on Townhall: Barack Obama says that we have to “jolt” the economy. That certainly makes sense, if you take the media’s account of the economy seriously– but should the media be taken seriously? Amid all the political …

“I have not seen policies quite this bad before,” Heather Hacker, an attorney the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom at its Sacramento office, said Monday of the regulations set for the January hearing in federal court in Sacramento. “We think these are clearly unconstitutional.” . . .

Tony Mauro reports on the Legal Times: “Automakers were not the only ones left empty-handed at the end of last week’s lame-duck session of Congress. The federal judiciary’s long quest for salary increases made little progress — though hope remains …

A former Hunton & Williams partner was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison for using his firm’s laptop to download and store videos of child pornography.

News-Press.com reports: “FGCU administration has banned all holiday decorations from common spaces on campus and canceled a popular greeting card design contest, which is being replaced by an ugly sweater competition. In Griffin Hall, the university’s giving tree for needy …

The Hill: “A loyal family friend was appointed to Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s vacant Senate seat Monday as an apparent placeholder until Beau Biden can inherit it upon his return from active duty in Iraq. In one of her final …

International Herald Tribune: In the 1980s, a Communist secret police agent infiltrated clandestine economics seminars hosted by Vaclav Klaus, a fiery future leader of the Czech Republic, who had come under suspicion for extolling free market virtues. Rather than reporting …

The Telegraph reports: Sarah McCarthy-Fry said girls could be put off by boys in the classroom and separating them for lessons could be the answer. In her first interview since replacing Lord Adonis in the Prime Minister’s recent reshuffle, she …