http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/law-of-the-sea-treaty-is-found-on-capitol-hill-again/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/law-of-the-sea-treaty-is-found-on-capitol-hill-again/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 17:31:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134602 NY Times: So long has the “Law of the Sea” treaty been stalled on Capitol Hill that its opponents — a handful of conservative Republicans who view it as an infringement on American sovereignty — have taken to calling it “LOST, ” an uncharitable, if apt, acronym. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/law-of-the-sea-treaty-is-found-on-capitol-hill-again/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/pakistan-doctor-who-helped-us-in-search-for-osama-bin-laden-jailed-for-33-years/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/pakistan-doctor-who-helped-us-in-search-for-osama-bin-laden-jailed-for-33-years/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:30:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134492 The Guardian: On Wednesday a representative of the country's main spy agency said Afridi had got what he deserved when he was sentenced to 33 years in prison for conspiring against the state, for his role in trying to help the CIA track Osama bin Laden to his hideout in the garrison town of Abbottabad. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/pakistan-doctor-who-helped-us-in-search-for-osama-bin-laden-jailed-for-33-years/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-admin-pushes-for-sea-treaty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-admin-pushes-for-sea-treaty/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:41:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134418 AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nation's top military leaders pleaded Wednesday for Senate approval of a long-spurned high seas treaty, arguing that the pact will boost U.S. national security and create much-needed American jobs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-admin-pushes-for-sea-treaty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/jeremy-waldron-what-is-natural-law-like/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/jeremy-waldron-what-is-natural-law-like/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:58:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134232 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/jeremy-waldron-what-is-natural-law-like/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/phyllis-schlafly-defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/phyllis-schlafly-defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:22:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133900 Townhall: The stunning repudiation of Sen. Richard Lugar's, R-Ind., bid for a seventh term has sent shock waves through Washington's internationalist lobby . . . Americans today are in no mood for subordinating U.S. sovereignty, plus seven-tenths of the world's surface area, to another entangling global bureaucracy, so advocates are using Orwellian talking points to pretend that LOST would do the opposite. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/phyllis-schlafly-defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-the-european-human-rights-system/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-the-european-human-rights-system/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:17:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133749 Jerusalem Post: The answer to this apparent dilemma can be found in the emerging practice of the European Court of Human Rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-the-european-human-rights-system/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/india-debates-re-banning-homosexual-acts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/india-debates-re-banning-homosexual-acts/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:03:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133639 MPR (includes audio): India's Supreme Court is now weighing arguments by opponents and proponents of legal homosexuality. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/india-debates-re-banning-homosexual-acts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/is-it-now-illegal-to-question-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/is-it-now-illegal-to-question-same-sex-marriage/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:21:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133628 Catholic Herald: As I write, news has come in that the Law Society has cancelled a forthcoming colloquium organised by Christian Concern, part of the World Congress of Families, on the subject, “One Man, One Woman. Making the case for marriage for the good of society” and due to take place at the Law Society’s headquarters in Chancery Lane later this month. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/is-it-now-illegal-to-question-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uk-law-society-cancels-pro-marriage-conference-amid-diversity-dispute/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uk-law-society-cancels-pro-marriage-conference-amid-diversity-dispute/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:20:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133626 LegalWeek.com: The Law Society has called off a conference that was set to debate gay marriage at its headquarters this month due to a conflict with the society's “role in promoting diversity.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uk-law-society-cancels-pro-marriage-conference-amid-diversity-dispute/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/gay-activist-fined-in-russia-for-spreading-propaganda-among-minors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/gay-activist-fined-in-russia-for-spreading-propaganda-among-minors/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:46:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132897 AP: A prominent Russian gay rights activist was convicted on Friday of spreading "gay propaganda" among minors in the first such ruling in Russia's modern history . . . a city court in St. Petersburg fined him 5,000 rubles ($170) for breaching the law . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/gay-activist-fined-in-russia-for-spreading-propaganda-among-minors/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/colombian-constitutional-court-redefines-%e2%80%98family%e2%80%99-to-include-homosexual-unions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/colombian-constitutional-court-redefines-%e2%80%98family%e2%80%99-to-include-homosexual-unions/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 22:53:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132775 LifeSiteNews: “The family bond is achieved through the reality of diverse situations, among them the free will to form a family, apart from the sex or orientation of its members,” wrote the judges their verdict, issued on April 20. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/colombian-constitutional-court-redefines-%e2%80%98family%e2%80%99-to-include-homosexual-unions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/european-court-of-human-rights-blocks-more-deportations-from-uk-than-any-other-country/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/european-court-of-human-rights-blocks-more-deportations-from-uk-than-any-other-country/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:09:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132645 Telegraph: European human rights judges have blocked more than 900 attempts by Britain to deport foreign criminals and terror suspects in recent years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/european-court-of-human-rights-blocks-more-deportations-from-uk-than-any-other-country/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/uk-judge-time-to-halt-damage-done-by-broken-marriages/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/uk-judge-time-to-halt-damage-done-by-broken-marriages/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 21:47:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132637 Christian Institute: One of England’s most senior family court judges says the time has come to halt the damage being done by broken marriages. Sir Paul Coleridge will today launch a new group to promote marriage and tackle Britain’s ‘divorce addiction’. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/uk-judge-time-to-halt-damage-done-by-broken-marriages/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/british-high-court-judge-establishes-campaign-to-defend-marriage-combat-divorce/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/british-high-court-judge-establishes-campaign-to-defend-marriage-combat-divorce/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:55:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132538 Telegraph: A serving High Court judge will begin a public campaign this week to defend marriage and protect children against the "destructive scourge" of divorce and family break down. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/british-high-court-judge-establishes-campaign-to-defend-marriage-combat-divorce/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/russian-muslim-leaders-oppose-shariah-court-demand/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/russian-muslim-leaders-oppose-shariah-court-demand/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:16:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132176 Religion Clause Blog: RT reports that the Russian Interior Ministry is investigating a controversial televised interview of Chechen lawyer Dagir Khasavov who told REN TV that authorities should legalize shariah courts or face violence and bloodshed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/russian-muslim-leaders-oppose-shariah-court-demand/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/is-international-criminal-court-the-best-way-to-stop-war-crimes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/is-international-criminal-court-the-best-way-to-stop-war-crimes/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:51:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132155 KC Star: Operating out of a converted parking garage and a modern high-rise in the Dutch capital, the International Criminal Court has toiled in relative obscurity for most of its 10 years, apart from the occasional negative headline, such as when President George W. Bush decided to undo Bill Clinton’s decision to join it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/is-international-criminal-court-the-best-way-to-stop-war-crimes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/the-problem-with-european-human-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/the-problem-with-european-human-rights/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:49:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132008 Wall Street Journal (via Google): Judges at the court in Strasbourg have assumed an activist role for too long. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/the-problem-with-european-human-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/clerics-deportation-row-leaves-britain-red-faced/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/clerics-deportation-row-leaves-britain-red-faced/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:52:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131626 Chicago Tribune: A last-minute legal decision that delayed the deportation of a terrorism suspect from Britain to Jordan sparked incredulity and outrage on Thursday from politicians and media angry at the coalition government's handling of the high profile affair. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/clerics-deportation-row-leaves-britain-red-faced/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/what-is-the-european-court-of-human-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/what-is-the-european-court-of-human-rights/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:55:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131604 BBC: Lawyers for the Government are trying to make sure Abu Qatada's appeal against deportation isn't heard . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/what-is-the-european-court-of-human-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/uk-frustrated-in-bid-to-deport-radical-islamist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/uk-frustrated-in-bid-to-deport-radical-islamist/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:51:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131522 AP: British Prime Minister David Cameron is expressing frustration that the U.K. has been unable to deport a radical Islamist due to legal wrangling, saying he wishes he could personally "put him on a plane" and whisk him out of the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/uk-frustrated-in-bid-to-deport-radical-islamist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/human-rights-rulings-face-crisis-of-legitimacy-as-report-warns-of-reforms-to-ensure-protection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/human-rights-rulings-face-crisis-of-legitimacy-as-report-warns-of-reforms-to-ensure-protection/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:40:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131397 Daily Mail: Yesterday’s report by Murray Hunt, legal adviser to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, said: ‘Something needs to be done to redress the debilitating democratic deficit that afflicts human rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/human-rights-rulings-face-crisis-of-legitimacy-as-report-warns-of-reforms-to-ensure-protection/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/european-court-of-human-rights-reforms-could-have-devastating-effect-in-russia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/european-court-of-human-rights-reforms-could-have-devastating-effect-in-russia/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:38:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131395 Telegraph: UK-led plans to reform the European Court of Human Rights could have a "devastating" effect on thousands of people seeking justice in Russia, the Government has been warned. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/european-court-of-human-rights-reforms-could-have-devastating-effect-in-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/uk-quietly-confident-of-european-court-of-human-rights-changes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/uk-quietly-confident-of-european-court-of-human-rights-changes/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:37:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131393 BBC: The government is "quietly confident" it will secure changes to the European Court of Human Rights at a conference this week, Downing Street has said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/uk-quietly-confident-of-european-court-of-human-rights-changes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/india-supreme-court-25-percent-seats-for-poor-under-education-act-upheld/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/india-supreme-court-25-percent-seats-for-poor-under-education-act-upheld/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:20:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130992 NY Daily News: The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the right to education act that mandates unaided private schools keeping 25 percent of seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/india-supreme-court-25-percent-seats-for-poor-under-education-act-upheld/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/eu-court-uk-can-extradite-5-terror-suspects-to-us/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/eu-court-uk-can-extradite-5-terror-suspects-to-us/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:41:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130854 Boston Globe: Europe's human rights court ruled Thursday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons could influence extradition policy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/eu-court-uk-can-extradite-5-terror-suspects-to-us/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/the-strasbourg-court-is-still-in-need-of-reform/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/the-strasbourg-court-is-still-in-need-of-reform/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:23:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130840 Telegraph: Parliament should have sovereignty over the European Court of Human Rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/the-strasbourg-court-is-still-in-need-of-reform/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/renounce-european-court-britain-urged/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/renounce-european-court-britain-urged/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:14:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130737 Telegraph: Britain should turn its back on the European Court of Human Rights because its rulings on the extradition of terrorist suspects risk undermining the special relationship, a former US ambassador said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/renounce-european-court-britain-urged/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/zimbabwe-chief-justice-decries-judiciary-corruption-poor-salaries/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/zimbabwe-chief-justice-decries-judiciary-corruption-poor-salaries/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:34:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130706 Voice of America: The insufficient funding has also resulted in large measure to corruption, especially at the lower levels of the judiciary with some officials, including the police taking bribes, Chidyausiku added ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/zimbabwe-chief-justice-decries-judiciary-corruption-poor-salaries/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/international-criminal-court-palestine-not-a-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/international-criminal-court-palestine-not-a-state/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:34:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130392 One News Now: "The ICC prosecutor decided that Palestine is not a state, and because it's not a state, they can't file charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court," the attorney reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/international-criminal-court-palestine-not-a-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/french-official-islamists-seeking-imposition-of-shariah-planned-to-kidnap-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/french-official-islamists-seeking-imposition-of-shariah-planned-to-kidnap-judge/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:28:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130232 AP report. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/french-official-islamists-seeking-imposition-of-shariah-planned-to-kidnap-judge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/uk-judges-call-for-%e2%80%98no-fault%e2%80%99-divorce/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/uk-judges-call-for-%e2%80%98no-fault%e2%80%99-divorce/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:32:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130088 Christian Institute: Two senior judges want to see the introduction of ‘no fault’ divorce in England, but critics say it will lead to a greater injustice in divorce cases. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/uk-judges-call-for-%e2%80%98no-fault%e2%80%99-divorce/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/judicial-activism-not-limited-to-u-s-ontario-prostitution-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/judicial-activism-not-limited-to-u-s-ontario-prostitution-ruling/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:53:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129926 One News Now: A pro-family leader in Canada says a case in Ontario illustrates why the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper must take steps to rein in judicial activism. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/judicial-activism-not-limited-to-u-s-ontario-prostitution-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/canada-%e2%80%98your-god%e2%80%99s-wrong%e2%80%99-judge-erupts-in-angry-tirade-sends-pro-life-activist-back-to-jail/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/canada-%e2%80%98your-god%e2%80%99s-wrong%e2%80%99-judge-erupts-in-angry-tirade-sends-pro-life-activist-back-to-jail/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:50:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129826 LifeSiteNews: An Ontario Court of Justice judge erupted in a lengthy, angry tirade against pro-life activist Mary Wagner – and ejected a spectator from the public gallery – in a downtown Toronto courtroom Wednesday. The judge then sent Wagner to jail for an additional 92 days, added to 88 days already served . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/canada-%e2%80%98your-god%e2%80%99s-wrong%e2%80%99-judge-erupts-in-angry-tirade-sends-pro-life-activist-back-to-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/china-says-lawyers-must-swear-allegiance-to-party/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/china-says-lawyers-must-swear-allegiance-to-party/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:32:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129282 AP: The Chinese government said Wednesday that lawyers are now required to swear allegiance to the Communist Party ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/china-says-lawyers-must-swear-allegiance-to-party/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/court-condemns-chile-in-lesbian-judge-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/court-condemns-chile-in-lesbian-judge-case/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:08:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129274 AP report. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/court-condemns-chile-in-lesbian-judge-case/feed/ 0