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/2011/01/04/judge-reinhardts-memorandum-opinion-explaining-his-decision-not-to-recuse-himself-in-prop-8-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/judge-reinhardts-memorandum-opinion-explaining-his-decision-not-to-recuse-himself-in-prop-8-case/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:46:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89734 Memorandum regarding motion to disqualify in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, No. 10-16696 (9th Cir. Jan. 4, 2010) | Excerpt: "My wife has no tangible interest in this case’s outcome, and I do not believe that my impartiality in this case can reasonably be questioned on the basis of either her public statements or the ACLU/SC’s involvement in any judicial proceedings. For these reasons, I deny Proponents’ motion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/judge-reinhardts-memorandum-opinion-explaining-his-decision-not-to-recuse-himself-in-prop-8-case/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/alaska-governor-wants-court-to-reconsider-teen-abortion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/alaska-governor-wants-court-to-reconsider-teen-abortion-law/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:55:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88641 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/alaska-governor-wants-court-to-reconsider-teen-abortion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/ak-supreme-court-rules-that-state-may-certify-murkowski-as-election-winner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/ak-supreme-court-rules-that-state-may-certify-murkowski-as-election-winner/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:05:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88529 Election Law Blog: "You can read the opinion here. In a unanimous, unsigned (per curiam) opinion, the Alaska Supreme Court said that nothing blocked the state of Alaska from certifying the U.S. Senate race for Lisa Murkowski." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/ak-supreme-court-rules-that-state-may-certify-murkowski-as-election-winner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/5th-circuit-en-banc-rehearing-granted-in-suit-over-student-distribution-of-religious-themed-materials/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/5th-circuit-en-banc-rehearing-granted-in-suit-over-student-distribution-of-religious-themed-materials/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:03:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88579 Religion Clause: "Earlier this month, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order granting an en banc rehearing in Morgan v. Swanson. A 3-judge panel in the case refused to grant qualified immunity to two Plano, Texas elementary school principals who were sued for refusing to allow elementary school students to hand out religious-themed items during school parties and at other non-curricular times." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/5th-circuit-en-banc-rehearing-granted-in-suit-over-student-distribution-of-religious-themed-materials/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/teacher-loses-challenge-to-schools-demand-she-apologize-for-her-class-on-evolution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/teacher-loses-challenge-to-schools-demand-she-apologize-for-her-class-on-evolution/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:14:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88506 Religion Clause: "In [Hensley v. Johnston County Board of Education, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135926 (ED NC, Dec. 23, 2010), a North Carolina federal district court dismissed free speech, equal protection and religious discrimination claims by an 8th grade science teacher who refused to apologize to parents over her method of teaching evolution and dealing with religious objections to evolutionary theory." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/teacher-loses-challenge-to-schools-demand-she-apologize-for-her-class-on-evolution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/nh-merrimack-church-sues-town-claiming-discrimination-for-nixed-building-project/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/nh-merrimack-church-sues-town-claiming-discrimination-for-nixed-building-project/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:44:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87462 Nashua Telegraph: "Churches in Merrimack and Goffstown have sued their respective communities for religious discrimination, charging that the towns’ zoning and planning boards have violated their federal rights by refusing to let them build." Complaint filed in Merrimack Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Merrimack (D.N.H.) Complaint filed in Goffstown Harvest Christian Church v. Goffstown (D.N.H.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/nh-merrimack-church-sues-town-claiming-discrimination-for-nixed-building-project/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/dc-circuit-upholds-ftc-jurisdiction-over-purported-religious-organization/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/dc-circuit-upholds-ftc-jurisdiction-over-purported-religious-organization/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:30:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87077 Religion Clause: "In Daniel Chapter One v. FTC, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 25496 (DC Cir., Dec. 10 2010), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that an organization's formal legal status as a religious corporation sole does not prevent the Federal Trade Commission from regulating its advertisements for dietary supplements." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/dc-circuit-upholds-ftc-jurisdiction-over-purported-religious-organization/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/judge-wont-block-alaska-abortion-notification-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/judge-wont-block-alaska-abortion-notification-law/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:00:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86372 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/judge-wont-block-alaska-abortion-notification-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/court-rules-that-case-of-employees-fired-for-being-too-religious-should-go-to-jury/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/court-rules-that-case-of-employees-fired-for-being-too-religious-should-go-to-jury/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:37:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86451 Liberty Counsel: "A federal court of appeals has ruled that the case of two employees who were fired for being 'too religious' should go to a jury." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/court-rules-that-case-of-employees-fired-for-being-too-religious-should-go-to-jury/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/aclu-files-suit-in-georgia-courthouse-headscarf-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/aclu-files-suit-in-georgia-courthouse-headscarf-issue/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:04:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86488 My Fox Atlanta [AP]: "A Muslim woman who was arrested after she refused to remove her headscarf in a west Georgia courthouse has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Douglasville and the officers who arrested her." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/aclu-files-suit-in-georgia-courthouse-headscarf-issue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/final-exit-network-argues-georgia-suicide-law-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/final-exit-network-argues-georgia-suicide-law-unconstitutional/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:38:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86039 Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Attorneys for four members of the right-to-die group Final Exit Network who are charged with assisting in the suicide of a 58-year-old Cumming man argued Friday that Georgia’s statute covering assisted suicide is unconstitutional and 'totally incoherent.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/final-exit-network-argues-georgia-suicide-law-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/liberty-counsels-healthcare-suit-on-fast-track-to-4th-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/liberty-counsels-healthcare-suit-on-fast-track-to-4th-circuit/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:14:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84455 Liberty Counsel: "Liberty University’s challenge to the healthcare law will now be heard by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals following today’s ruling by District Court Judge Norman Moon." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/liberty-counsels-healthcare-suit-on-fast-track-to-4th-circuit/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/fl-apollo-beach-neighborhood-discriminated-against-orthodox-jew-county-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/fl-apollo-beach-neighborhood-discriminated-against-orthodox-jew-county-says/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:28:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84115 TampaBay.com (St. Petersburg Times): "Hillsborough County is suing an Apollo Beach homeowners association in federal court, contending it has discriminated against a homeowner who is an Orthodox Jew." Complaint filed in Hillsborough County et al v. Lake Saint Clair Homeowners Association (M.D. Fla.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/fl-apollo-beach-neighborhood-discriminated-against-orthodox-jew-county-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/montana-high-court-oks-valedictorians-religious-references/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/montana-high-court-oks-valedictorians-religious-references/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:25:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83608 Religion Clause: "In a 6-1 decision last week, the Montana Supreme Court held that school officials violated the free speech rights of a graduating senior when it censored on the basis of viewpoint her proposed valedictory remarks. Griffith v. Butte School District No. 1, (MT Sup. Ct., Nov. 19, 2010)" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/montana-high-court-oks-valedictorians-religious-references/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/19/prop-8-case-on-tv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/19/prop-8-case-on-tv/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:10:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83057 SCOTUSblog: "The Ninth Circuit Court agreed on Wednesday to allow live and delayed broadcasting of the Dec. 6 oral argument on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — California’s ban on same-sex marriage. In a brief order, the Court cleared live broadcasting by C-SPAN, the cable network. It also gave permission to a San Francisco station, KGO-TV, an ABC affiliate, to provide coverage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/19/prop-8-case-on-tv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/u-s-dont-interrupt-gay-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/u-s-dont-interrupt-gay-ban/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:09:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81723 reports at SCOTUSblog: "The Obama Administration, continuing its defense in court of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. military, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday not to interrupt that policy while its constitutionality is being tested in lower federal courts. A California federal judge’s worldwide order against enforcement of the 1993 law and Pentagon regulations should not be allowed to take effect in the meantime, the government contended. The opposition document in Log Cabin Republicans v. U.S. (application 10A465) is here." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/u-s-dont-interrupt-gay-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/ok-judge-details-rationale-for-halting-anti-sharia-law-measure/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/ok-judge-details-rationale-for-halting-anti-sharia-law-measure/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:53:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81451 Politico: "In a nine-page order released Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange said she was persuaded that a constitutional amendment known as State Question 755 seemed to have a legally improper religious purpose and posed a threat to violate the rights of Muslims . . . " Ed Whelan comments at Bench Memos. Eugene Volokh writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "I’m no fan of the amendment, which would also apparently ban the use of foreign law in Oklahoma courts, even in situations — such as disputes about whether two people were validly married in a foreign country, enforcement of contracts that provide for the use of (say) British law, and tort litigation over conduct that happened in a foreign country — where foreign law has long been used under standard choice-of-law principles. And it’s also possible that the specific ban on the use of Sharia law might be unconstitutional, though that depends on exactly how the amendment is interpreted. But my tentative sense is that the plaintiff doesn’t have standing to challenge the ban on the use of Sharia." | More from Volokh on standing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/ok-judge-details-rationale-for-halting-anti-sharia-law-measure/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/10th-circuit-no-campaign-finance-limits-for-small-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/10th-circuit-no-campaign-finance-limits-for-small-groups/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:46:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81422 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/10th-circuit-no-campaign-finance-limits-for-small-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/ed-whelan-on-the-tro-barring-oklahomas-sharia-law-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/ed-whelan-on-the-tro-barring-oklahomas-sharia-law-amendment/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:44:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81264 writing at National Review / Bench Memos:"Here’s the judge’s opinion . . . I don’t see how the plaintiff’s proffered evidence shows that the amendment’s 'actual purpose is to disapprove of plaintiff’s faith.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/ed-whelan-on-the-tro-barring-oklahomas-sharia-law-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/muslims-lawsuit-says-okla-amendment-violates-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/muslims-lawsuit-says-okla-amendment-violates-constitution/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:09:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80531 PR Newswire: "The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today announced the filing of a lawsuit that claims an anti-Islam state ballot measure (SQ 755) passed in Tuesday's election violates the U.S. Constitution." (links to relevant documents) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/muslims-lawsuit-says-okla-amendment-violates-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/fl-school-reopens-bible-distribution-overturning-ban-on-religious-freedom-day/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/fl-school-reopens-bible-distribution-overturning-ban-on-religious-freedom-day/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:32:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80351 Liberty Counsel: "A federal judge has entered a Consent Decree that overturns the decision of the Collier County School Board, which banned voluntary distribution of Bibles to high school students on Religious Freedom Day. This Decree is the culmination of litigation brought by Liberty Counsel to vindicate the constitutional rights of World Changers, the local group denied equal access by the school board." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/fl-school-reopens-bible-distribution-overturning-ban-on-religious-freedom-day/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/in-crime-to-surreptitiously-videotape-ones-fiancee-naked/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/in-crime-to-surreptitiously-videotape-ones-fiancee-naked/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:17:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79470 Chiszar v. Indiana, No. No. 91A04-1004-CR-290 (Ind. App. Oct. 29, 2010) "It is the nature of the looking that is at issue here. The 'looking' that is proscribed under the statute is 'any looking of a clandestine, surreptitious, prying, or secretive nature.' There can be no reasonable purpose for that kind of looking since, by definition, it is without the other person’s knowledge, and, therefore, it is without the other person’s consent. To look at someone in a clandestine or secret manner is to hide that looking from the other person, and it is that act that is proscribed by the statute. We hold that individuals of ordinary intelligence would comprehend the statute adequately to inform them of the proscribed conduct and that the statute is not unconstitutionally vague." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/in-crime-to-surreptitiously-videotape-ones-fiancee-naked/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/liberty-counsel-asks-supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-ten-commandments-display/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/liberty-counsel-asks-supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-ten-commandments-display/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:33:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78735 Liberty Counsel: "Today Liberty Counsel filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting that the Court take on a case it heard in 2005 involving the 'Foundations of American Law and Government' display ('Foundations Display'), which includes the Ten Commandments, on two county courthouse walls in McCreary and Pulaski Counties in Kentucky. The original lawsuit was filed by the ACLU in 1999." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/liberty-counsel-asks-supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-ten-commandments-display/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/ms-81k-in-legal-fees-awarded-in-lesbian-prom-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/ms-81k-in-legal-fees-awarded-in-lesbian-prom-case/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:36:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78690 WMCTV (AP): "A federal judge has ordered a Mississippi school district to pay $81,665 in legal fees and expenses in a lawsuit filed by a lesbian student whose prom was canceled because she wanted to bring her girlfriend to the dance." McMillen v. Itawamba County School District, No. 1 :10CV061-GHD-JAD (N.D. Miss. Oct. 26, 2010) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/ms-81k-in-legal-fees-awarded-in-lesbian-prom-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/9th-circuit-overturns-arizonas-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-for-voter-registration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/9th-circuit-overturns-arizonas-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-for-voter-registration/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:31:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78653 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/9th-circuit-overturns-arizonas-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-for-voter-registration/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/lambda-legal-urges-court-do-not-reinstate-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/lambda-legal-urges-court-do-not-reinstate-dadt/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:37:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78540 Lambda Legal: "Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to leave in place pending appeal the injunction a federal district court judge issued against enforcement of the U.S. military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, saying that the policy's impact extends far beyond those in uniform and that continuing it would do irreparable harm to lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/lambda-legal-urges-court-do-not-reinstate-dadt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/prop-8-ban-on-same-sex-marriage-has-no-legitimate-basis-americans-united-tells-appeals-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/prop-8-ban-on-same-sex-marriage-has-no-legitimate-basis-americans-united-tells-appeals-court/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:27:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78536 Americans United for Separation of Church and State: "In a friend-of-the court brief, Americans United advised the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that opposition to marriage equality for gay couples reflects the same baseless and inappropriate considerations that once were used to deny marriage rights to slaves and interracial couples." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/prop-8-ban-on-same-sex-marriage-has-no-legitimate-basis-americans-united-tells-appeals-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/judge-express-deep-doubts-on-health-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/judge-express-deep-doubts-on-health-mandate/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:51:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76657 SCOTUS Blog: "A federal judge in Florida rules it is 'not even a close call' that there are serious constitutionali questions surrounding the new federal law’s requirement that all Americans must buy health insurance by 2014, or pay a penalty. This case thus goes on." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/judge-express-deep-doubts-on-health-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/federal-appeals-court-upholds-texas-pledge-wording/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/federal-appeals-court-upholds-texas-pledge-wording/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:32:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76527 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/federal-appeals-court-upholds-texas-pledge-wording/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/13/9th-circuit-upholds-washingtons-campaign-disclosure-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/13/9th-circuit-upholds-washingtons-campaign-disclosure-laws/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:39:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76408 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/13/9th-circuit-upholds-washingtons-campaign-disclosure-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/federal-judge-orders-dont-ask-dont-tell-injunction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/federal-judge-orders-dont-ask-dont-tell-injunction/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:35:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76302 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/federal-judge-orders-dont-ask-dont-tell-injunction/feed/ 8 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/dc-circuit-federal-employee-need-not-relitigate-religious-discrimination-victory-to-appeal-retaliation-holding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/dc-circuit-federal-employee-need-not-relitigate-religious-discrimination-victory-to-appeal-retaliation-holding/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:19:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75321 Religion Clause: "In Payne v. Salazar, (DC Cir., Sept. 7, 2010), . . . Department of Interior employee Cassandra Payne won her religious discrimination clam at the administrative level. An EEOC administrative judge found that the Interior Department had violated Title VII by refusing Payne's requests for weekends off so she could attend church and Bible study . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/dc-circuit-federal-employee-need-not-relitigate-religious-discrimination-victory-to-appeal-retaliation-holding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/9th-circuit-backs-alaskas-judicial-selection-process/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/9th-circuit-backs-alaskas-judicial-selection-process/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:52:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74553 Courthouse News Service: "The 9th Circuit tossed a lawsuit challenging Alaska's practice of appointing only attorneys as state judges through a merit-selection process in which attorneys play a significant role." Kirk v. Carpeneti, No. 09-35860 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2010) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/9th-circuit-backs-alaskas-judicial-selection-process/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/pacific-justice-institute-files-prop-8-brief/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/pacific-justice-institute-files-prop-8-brief/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:49:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73960 Pacific Justice Institute: "The Pacific Justice Institute [filed an amicus brief] Friday afternoon with the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Prop. 8." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/pacific-justice-institute-files-prop-8-brief/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/judge-issues-closing-questions-for-prop-8-trial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/judge-issues-closing-questions-for-prop-8-trial/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:05:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62510 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/judge-issues-closing-questions-for-prop-8-trial/feed/ 1