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		<title>&#8220;Four ways to improve Michigan Supreme Court elections&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/four-ways-to-improve-michigan-supreme-court-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://howappealing.law.com/051412.html#045619">How Appealing links</a> to commetary by MI Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly and Sixth Circuit Judge James Ryan. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/four-ways-to-improve-michigan-supreme-court-elections/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth Circuit rules in favor of campus preacher</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/sixth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-campus-preacher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/sixth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-campus-preacher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: McGlone v. Bell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.wkrn.com/story/17687804/sixth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-campus-preacher">WKRN.com</a>: A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Christian evangelist seeking to speak at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. &#124; <a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/12a0435n-06.pdf">McGlone v. Bell</a> &#124; See also Religion Clause Blog post: <a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2012/04/6th-circuit-evangelist-has-standing.html">6th Circuit: Evangelist Has Standing; Campus Speaker Rule Unreasonable</a> <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/sixth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-campus-preacher/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth Circuit: 1 Day Child Pornography Sentence Unreasonable</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: U.S. v. Robinson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://blogs.findlaw.com/sixth_circuit/2012/02/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable.html?DCMP=NWL-pro_top">Findlaw</a>: What’s an appropriate sentence for a defendant who pleads guilty to possessing over 7,100 images of child pornography? While the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to answer that precise question this week, it ruled that a one-day sentence and a $100 fine landed on the lax side of the child pornography sentence spectrum. &#124; <a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/12a0056p-06.pdf">U.S. v. Robinson</a> <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival violated religious free speech, court rules &#124; Dayton Daily News</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/fairborn-sweet-corn-festival-violated-religious-free-speech-court-rules-dayton-daily-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/fairborn-sweet-corn-festival-violated-religious-free-speech-court-rules-dayton-daily-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/fairborn-sweet-corn-festival-violated-religious-free-speech-court-rules-1328167.html?printArticle=y">Dayton Daily News</a>: They filed a federal lawsuit in 2010. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Christian legal aid group, Alliance Defense Fund, argued their appeal. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/fairborn-sweet-corn-festival-violated-religious-free-speech-court-rules-dayton-daily-news/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit: &#8220;Federal court rules for free speech at fest&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/6th-circuit-federal-court-rules-for-free-speech-at-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/6th-circuit-federal-court-rules-for-free-speech-at-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/article/20120214/NEWS01/202140311/Federal-court-rules-free-speech-fest?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE">Bucyrus Telegraph Forum</a>: "The court was right to recognize that the city used an unconstitutional policy to stifle religious speech in a public park," Jonathan Scruggs of the Alliance Defense Fund said in a statement. "We are pleased that the policy is on hold and that the court has determined that we are likely to succeed in this case." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/6th-circuit-federal-court-rules-for-free-speech-at-fest/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal court rules for Ohio festival free speech</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/federal-court-rules-for-ohio-festival-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/federal-court-rules-for-ohio-festival-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.wfmj.com/story/16922678/federal-court-rules-for-ohio-festival-free-speech">WFMJ.com (AP)</a>: They sued in 2010. The Christian legal aid group Alliance Defense Fund argued their appeal. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/federal-court-rules-for-ohio-festival-free-speech/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit: Ohio city can&#8217;t stifle religious speech in public park</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/6th-circuit-ruling-recognizes-city-cant-stifle-religious-speech-in-public-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/6th-circuit-ruling-recognizes-city-cant-stifle-religious-speech-in-public-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“No one should be threatened with arrest for exercising his constitutionally protected free speech rights. The court was right to recognize that the city used an unconstitutional policy to stifle religious speech in a public park. We are pleased that the policy is now on hold and that the court has determined that we are likely to succeed in this case.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/6th-circuit-ruling-recognizes-city-cant-stifle-religious-speech-in-public-park/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan ministers sue to stop US hate-crime law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/michigan-ministers-sue-to-stop-us-hate-crime-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/michigan-ministers-sue-to-stop-us-hate-crime-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.wwmt.com/news/cincinnati-1400382-law-michigan.html">WWMT (AP)</a>: A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is taking up the claim of three Michigan ministers that a federal hate crime law infringes on their First Amendment rights and should be declared unconstitutional. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/michigan-ministers-sue-to-stop-us-hate-crime-law/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit: Lawrence v. Texas does not impair filing of incest charges for sex with adult step-daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/6th-circuit-lawrence-v-texas-does-not-impair-filing-of-incest-charges-for-sex-with-adult-step-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/6th-circuit-lawrence-v-texas-does-not-impair-filing-of-incest-charges-for-sex-with-adult-step-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lowe was charged with one count of sexual battery for engaging in sexual conduct by means of sexual intercourse with his 22-year-old stepdaughter, in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 2907.03(A)(5) . . .  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/6th-circuit-lawrence-v-texas-does-not-impair-filing-of-incest-charges-for-sex-with-adult-step-daughter/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit upholds Ohio &#8216;no touch&#8217; strip clubs law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/6th-circuit-upholds-ohio-no-touch-strip-clubs-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/6th-circuit-upholds-ohio-no-touch-strip-clubs-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: 84 Video/NewsStand v. Sartini]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has upheld an Ohio law that bars dancers at adult clubs from touching patrons and each other. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/6th-circuit-upholds-ohio-no-touch-strip-clubs-law/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Dist. Judge Bernice Donald of Memphis wins confirmation to 6th Circuit Court of Appeals</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/u-s-dist-judge-bernice-donald-of-memphis-wins-confirmation-to-6th-circuit-court-of-appeals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/u-s-dist-judge-bernice-donald-of-memphis-wins-confirmation-to-6th-circuit-court-of-appeals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/sep/06/us-district-judge-bernice-donald-memphis-wins-conf/">The Commercial Appeal</a>: The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Memphis federal judge Bernice Bouie Donald to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/u-s-dist-judge-bernice-donald-of-memphis-wins-confirmation-to-6th-circuit-court-of-appeals/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippians pooh-pooh prayer ban</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/31/mississippians-pooh-pooh-prayer-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/31/mississippians-pooh-pooh-prayer-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1422016">OneNewsNow.com</a>: Cortman says groups opposed to prayers in schools have used the same argument -- separation of church and state -- to the point where even the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that that has grown tiresome. "It seems to be that [that's] the only way they read it is the Establishment Clause -- the so-called 'separation of church and state' -- and there's certainly more to it than that," he offers. [more] <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/31/mississippians-pooh-pooh-prayer-ban/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Timing of Supreme Court Review of Obamacare</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/the-timing-of-supreme-court-review-of-obamacare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/the-timing-of-supreme-court-review-of-obamacare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/08/monday-round-up-89/">SCOTUSblog</a> links to coverage and offers some insights. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/the-timing-of-supreme-court-review-of-obamacare/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit holds Michigan ban on racial preferences is unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/6th-circuit-holds-michigan-ban-on-racial-preferences-is-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/6th-circuit-holds-michigan-ban-on-racial-preferences-is-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the U. of Michigan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://howappealing.law.com/070111.html#042201">How Appealing</a>: The majority opinion explains that "we find that Proposal 2 unconstitutionally alters Michigan's political structure by impermissibly burdening racial minorities." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/6th-circuit-holds-michigan-ban-on-racial-preferences-is-unconstitutional/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Obama Health Care Law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/6th-circuit-federal-appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/6th-circuit-federal-appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama's controversial health care law got a major boost Wednesday when the first ruling by a federal appeals court affirmed that Congress can require Americans to have minimum insurance coverage. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/6th-circuit-federal-appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood Backer Steve Six&#8217;s Senators Oppose Nomination</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/planned-parenthood-backer-steve-sixs-senators-oppose-nomination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/planned-parenthood-backer-steve-sixs-senators-oppose-nomination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/16/planned-parenthood-backer-steve-sixs-senators-oppose-nomination/">LifeNews.com</a>: The home state senators of Steve Six, the former Kansas Attorney general and Planned Parenthood supporter, have said they both oppose his nomination by President Barack Obama to a federal appeals court position. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/planned-parenthood-backer-steve-sixs-senators-oppose-nomination/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Phill Kline: &#8220;Senate Should Reject Pro-Abortion Judicial Nominee Steve Six&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/phill-kline-senate-should-reject-pro-abortion-judicial-nominee-steve-six/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/phill-kline-senate-should-reject-pro-abortion-judicial-nominee-steve-six/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phill Kline writing at <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/15/senate-should-reject-pro-abortion-judicial-nominee-steve-six/"> LifeNews.com</a>: In January 2008, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius appointed Stephen Six as Kansas Attorney General to replace Paul Morrison who was forced to resign in a sex and legal scandal. [1] Six then used the power of his office to thwart, delay and interfere with the only criminal case ever filed against abortion giant Planned Parenthood. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/phill-kline-senate-should-reject-pro-abortion-judicial-nominee-steve-six/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama solicitor general: If you don&#8217;t like Obamacare mandate, earn less money</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/obama-solicitor-general-if-you-dont-like-obamacare-mandate-earn-less-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/obama-solicitor-general-if-you-dont-like-obamacare-mandate-earn-less-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Group: Thomas More Law Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Thomas More Law Center v. Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/06/obama-solicitor-general-if-you-dont-mandate-earn-less-money?sms_ss=facebook&#038;at_xt=4de8fb6e6b6df243%2C0">Washington Examiner</a>: President Obama's solicitor general, defending the national health care law on Wednesday, told a federal appeals court that Americans who didn't like the individual mandate could always avoid it by choosing to earn less money. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/obama-solicitor-general-if-you-dont-like-obamacare-mandate-earn-less-money/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Arab Christian Group Largely Wins Lawsuit Over Anti-Leafleting Rule at Arab International Festival on Dearborn (Michigan) City Property</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/arab-christian-group-largely-wins-lawsuit-over-anti-leafleting-rule-at-arab-international-festival-on-dearborn-michigan-city-property/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/arab-christian-group-largely-wins-lawsuit-over-anti-leafleting-rule-at-arab-international-festival-on-dearborn-michigan-city-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Saieg v. City of Dearborn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The decision is <em>Saieg v. City of Dearborn</em>, just handed down today . . . <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/arab-christian-group-largely-wins-lawsuit-over-anti-leafleting-rule-at-arab-international-festival-on-dearborn-michigan-city-property/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit announces composition of panel to hear Obamacare challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/6th-circuit-announces-composition-of-panel-to-hear-obamacare-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/6th-circuit-announces-composition-of-panel-to-hear-obamacare-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://howappealing.law.com/051111.html#041595">How Appealing reports</a> on the identity of the panel in <em>Thomas More Law Center v. Obama</em>, No. 10-2388 (6th Cir.). <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/6th-circuit-announces-composition-of-panel-to-hear-obamacare-challenge/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Dist. Judge Bernice Donald of Memphis breezes through confirmation hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/u-s-dist-judge-bernice-donald-of-memphis-breezes-through-confirmation-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/u-s-dist-judge-bernice-donald-of-memphis-breezes-through-confirmation-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/mar/16/us-dist-judge-bernice-donald-memphis-breezes-throu/">The Commercial Appeal</a>:  "A federal judge from Memphis who has been nominated to the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breezed through her confirmation hearing before a congressional panel on Wednesday." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/u-s-dist-judge-bernice-donald-of-memphis-breezes-through-confirmation-hearing/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Amendment Exception for “Racially Hostile or Contemptuous Speech,” — Denial of En Banc Rehearing by Sixth Circuit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/first-amendment-exception-for-%e2%80%9cracially-hostile-or-contemptuous-speech%e2%80%9d-including-display-of-the-confederate-flag-in-k-12-public-schools-%e2%80%94-denial-of-en-banc-rehearing-by-sixt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/first-amendment-exception-for-%e2%80%9cracially-hostile-or-contemptuous-speech%e2%80%9d-including-display-of-the-confederate-flag-in-k-12-public-schools-%e2%80%94-denial-of-en-banc-rehearing-by-sixt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eugene Volokh <a href="http://volokh.com/2011/03/14/first-amendment-exception-for-%e2%80%9cracially-hostile-or-contemptuous-speech%e2%80%9d-including-display-of-the-confederate-flag-in-k-12-public-schools-denial-of-en-banc-rehearing-by-sixth-circu/">reports at the Volokh Conspiracy</a>: "As I blogged a few months ago, a two-judge majority on a Sixth Circuit panel held in <em>Defoe v. Spiva</em> that there was such an exception; to quote the panel . . . " <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/first-amendment-exception-for-%e2%80%9cracially-hostile-or-contemptuous-speech%e2%80%9d-including-display-of-the-confederate-flag-in-k-12-public-schools-%e2%80%94-denial-of-en-banc-rehearing-by-sixt/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on 0-15 losing streak</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/u-s-6th-circuit-court-of-appeals-on-0-15-losing-streak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/u-s-6th-circuit-court-of-appeals-on-0-15-losing-streak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110219/NEWS010702/102200325">Cincinnati.com</a>: "The Supreme Court has examined 15 rulings from the 6th Circuit since 2008 and has thrown out every one of them." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/u-s-6th-circuit-court-of-appeals-on-0-15-losing-streak/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TN: Former Jefferson County teachers can press church, state claim</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/tn-former-jefferson-county-teachers-can-press-church-state-claim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/tn-former-jefferson-county-teachers-can-press-church-state-claim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Smith v. Jefferson Country Board of School Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/feb/15/ex-jefferson-teachers-can-press-church-state/">Knox News</a>: "A divided 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday opined that David Kucera and Vickie F. Forgety are entitled to sue federally as the victims of the school board's alleged violation of the U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause, better known as the doctrine of separation of church and state." &#124; <em>Smith v. Jefferson</em>, No. 06-6533 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/tn-former-jefferson-county-teachers-can-press-church-state-claim/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit: Pro family groups appeal MI hate crimes ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/6th-circuit-pro-family-groups-appeal-mi-hate-crimes-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/6th-circuit-pro-family-groups-appeal-mi-hate-crimes-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Court: 6th Circuit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Group: Thomas More Law Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Hate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Glenn v. Holder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://michiganmessenger.com/46571/anti-gay-activists-appeal-ruling-on-hate-crimes-law">The Michigan Messenger</a>: "Four Michigan residents have appealed a September decision by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas L. Ludington in a suit challenging the constitutionality of the 2009 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/6th-circuit-pro-family-groups-appeal-mi-hate-crimes-ruling/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit En Banc Finds Teachers Have Municipal Taxpayer Standing In Establishment Clause Suit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/6th-circuit-en-banc-finds-teachers-have-municipal-taxpayer-standing-in-establishment-clause-suit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/6th-circuit-en-banc-finds-teachers-have-municipal-taxpayer-standing-in-establishment-clause-suit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Smith v. Jefferson Country Board of School Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2011/02/6th-circuit-en-banc-finds-teachers-have.html">Religion Clause Blog</a>: "In <em><a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/11a0045p-06.pdf">Smith v. Jefferson County Board of School Commissioners</a>,</em> (6th Cir., Feb. 11, 2011), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, <em>en banc,</em> in an 11-4 opinion, held that two plaintiff school teachers have standing as municipal taxpayers to bring an Establishment Clause challenge to the closing of the a Tennessee school district's alternative school and its outsourcing the services instead to a Christian private school." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/6th-circuit-en-banc-finds-teachers-have-municipal-taxpayer-standing-in-establishment-clause-suit/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit: Courtroom Ten Commandments held unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/02/6th-circuit-courtroom-ten-commandments-held-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/02/6th-circuit-courtroom-ten-commandments-held-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[State: Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Monuments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: ACLU of Ohio v DeWeese]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a local trial judge in Ohio has no constitutional right to hang in his courtroom a poster of the Ten Commandments along with his own pointed comments about "moral relativism" and the rule of law. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/02/6th-circuit-courtroom-ten-commandments-held-unconstitutional/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit reinstates civil suit against lawyer who &#8220;morphed&#8221; stock photos into child pornography</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/6th-circuit-reinstates-civil-suit-against-lawyer-who-morphed-stock-photos-into-child-pornography/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/6th-circuit-reinstates-civil-suit-against-lawyer-who-morphed-stock-photos-into-child-pornography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Court: 6th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Child Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Doe v. Boland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/11a0016p-06.pdf"><em>Doe v. Boland</em></a>, No. 09-4281 (6th Cir. Jan. 19, 2011)

"Dean Boland downloaded images of children from a stock photo website, digitally 'morphed' them into pornography, then used the images to help his clients resist child pornography charges in federal and state courts . . . the parents of the depicted children found out about the exhibits, prompting them to sue Boland under the civil remedy provisions of the federal child pornography statute." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/6th-circuit-reinstates-civil-suit-against-lawyer-who-morphed-stock-photos-into-child-pornography/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Bernice Donald nominated to 6th Circuit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/judge-bernice-donald-nominated-to-6th-circuit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/judge-bernice-donald-nominated-to-6th-circuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Judge_Donald_nominated_to_Sixth_U.S._Appellate_Court">Judgepedia</a>: "President Barack Obama nominated Judge Bernice Donald to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/judge-bernice-donald-nominated-to-6th-circuit/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit affirms free-speech suit against judge</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/6th-circuit-affirms-free-speech-suit-against-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/6th-circuit-affirms-free-speech-suit-against-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/12/20/32747.htm">Courthouse News Service</a>: "A fired court employee can sue the chief judge who ordered her termination in his personal capacity, but the court and the judge, in his professional capacity, are immune from federal claims the 6th Circuit ruled." &#124; <em><a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/10a0380p-06.pdf">Pucci v. Nineteenth District Court</a></em> (6th Cir. Dec. 16, 2010) &#124; <a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2010/12/11th-amendment-protects-against.html">Via Religion Clause</a>. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/6th-circuit-affirms-free-speech-suit-against-judge/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit upholds school ban on student confederate flag displays</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/6th-circuit-upholds-school-ban-on-student-confederate-flag-displays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/6th-circuit-upholds-school-ban-on-student-confederate-flag-displays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Court: 6th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em><a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/10a0358p-06.pdf">Defoe v. Spiva</a></em>, No. 09-6080 (6th Cir. Nov. 18, 2010) <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/6th-circuit-upholds-school-ban-on-student-confederate-flag-displays/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cert. filed in Seventh Day Adventist case: Does RFRA apply to suits between private parties?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/cert-filed-in-seventh-day-adventist-case-does-rfra-apply-to-suits-between-private-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/cert-filed-in-seventh-day-adventist-case-does-rfra-apply-to-suits-between-private-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: McGill v. General Conference Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Religion Clause: "A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in McGill v. General Conference Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists . . . " <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/cert-filed-in-seventh-day-adventist-case-does-rfra-apply-to-suits-between-private-parties/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher lacks First Amendment right on curriculum</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/teacher-lacks-first-amendment-right-on-curriculum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/teacher-lacks-first-amendment-right-on-curriculum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Court: 6th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Evans-Marshall v. Board of Education of the Tipp City Exempted Village School District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=23524">First Amendment Center</a>: "An Ohio high school English teacher has no First Amendment right to make assignments about book-banning or to select particular books for her students, a federal appeals court panel has ruled . . . The 6th Circuit said Evans-Marshall must lose her case because a teacher’s choice of classroom assignments and curricular choices is official, job-duty speech not entitled to First Amendment protection under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in <em>Garcetti v. Ceballos</em>." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/teacher-lacks-first-amendment-right-on-curriculum/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kagan to oversee emergency appeals for 6th and 7th Circuits</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/kagan-to-oversee-emergency-appeals-for-6th-and-7th-circuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/kagan-to-oversee-emergency-appeals-for-6th-and-7th-circuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202472967027">Law.com</a>: "The court on Sept. 28 announced Kagan would be assigned as the circuit justice for the 6th and 7th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals -- the same circuits her predecessor John Paul Stevens handled before retiring in June." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/kagan-to-oversee-emergency-appeals-for-6th-and-7th-circuits/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who owns your dead son&#8217;s brain?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/who-owns-your-dead-sons-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/who-owns-your-dead-sons-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court: 6th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Albrecht v. Treon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Adler <a href="http://volokh.com/2010/08/24/who-owns-your-dead-sons-brain/">writing at The Volokh Conspiracy</a>: "Do parents have a constitutionally protected property interest in the  dead body of their child, including all organs? Not necessarily is the  answer given by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in <a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/10a0260p-06.pdf"><em>Albrecht v. Treon</em></a>, at least under Ohio law as interpreted by the Ohio Supreme Court." &#124; Related post: <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/01/23/ohio-court-debates-rights-to-body-parts/">Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts</a> [1.23.2008] <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/who-owns-your-dead-sons-brain/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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