U.S. Supreme Court: State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law

"Dec-01-2008 22:57 U.S. Supreme Court: State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law Salem-News.com Medical marijuana case appealed by the City of Garden Grove was denied review today. U.S....

_UGLY_ Author Wins Court Case Against Cruel Mother

CONSTANCE Briscoe, 51, who made a fortune from her "misery" genre novel Ugly, in which she claims she was called "Miss Piss A Bed" by her cruel mother and had a sexual pass made at her by her stepfather, has today...

Anti-terror law requires God be acknowledged

"Under state law, God is Kentucky's first line of defense against terrorism.The 2006 law organizing the state Office of Homeland Security lists its initial duty as "stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."Specifically,...

UK City Uses Minority Report Style Cameras to Predict Crime

A sophisticated security system that can predict crime is to be used for the first time in the UK.'Minority Report' style surveillance technology is soon to be used to fight crime in the UK. Intelligent cameras that...

Florida Ban on Homosexual Adoption Overturned After 31 Years

A Florida judge overturned a state law that stripped gays and lesbians of the right to adopt children, deeming the 31-year-old law unconstitutional.  Florida is the only state in America which had specifically targeted and excluded homosexuals from adopting.""There...

Cops Above the Law: The Friends and Family Plan

Written Sunday, November 16, 2008, by Victory Grey of Dysamoria:  As enforcers of the law, police have some leeway when it comes to obeying it. For instance, a cop on duty may legally run a red light when ...

New UK law to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women

The UK government has unveiled new laws for cracking down on men who pay for sex. The new laws will apply specifically to trafficked women, or women who are being controlled and pay money to a pimp."New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no...

Niger, Freedom of the Press, only an illusion!

By, Uwe Paschen.Well, as I opened the news channel this morning I fund out that Niger's Higher court had given another independent Journalist a suspended sentence this time and not the usual prison terms of 3 to 5...

Certain Aspects Of Sharia Law To Be Legalised By Man

The greatest gift it is possible to give is to forgive one that has wronged you. So it says in the Quran, in the same chapter that deals with the law and punishment for crimes such as adultery. It is legal to get divorced in Islam, for all the terrible...

MPs seek to censor the media

Welcome, again, to Big Brother Britain. Some people might think that this is a good move, and that the public don't need to know about security issues in the country. I see it as yet another sign of the Government eroding our rights as citizens, and turning Britain into a...

Anti-Sharia Law Petition for the UK

A new anti-Sharia law petition for Britain is due to expire on January 1, 2009. For British citizens ONLY. PETITION HERE: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/shariastop/ STOP SHARIAH NOW (related site):...

Steaming Coffee from MetaCafe

Dateline November 3, 2008 Los Angeles, CA By Francis Benetti, for the West Coast Midnight RunWe’re not exactly sure when it happened, how come or why but as of this morning we noticed that Palo Alto-based MetaCafe...

The Legal Caipirinha

That is the only socialist side of Lula da Silva's government, for those who don't know what that means; a government making rules for a popular drink, a huge government controlling every...

Margo MacDonald bids to change Scotish law on aiding suicide

Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...

Forget Politics: SPORTS FANS RIOT in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Yes. Sports fans. Rioting. Because the Phillies won, there are uncontrolled masses of crowd-mentality terrorizing the city.As VictoryGrey pointed out to me [Intransitivus], this article says it all with the quote:""Right now, we're just going to let themselves tire themselves...

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