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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Judge Throws Out Binational Couple's Lawsuit Challenging DOMA
By Andrew Harmon
IMMIGRATION GENERIC X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a married binational gay
couple in California who were denied a marriage-based green card by
immigration officials.
Handi Lui, a citizen of Indonesia who in 2009 married his American spouse,
Michael Ernest Roberts, in Massachusetts, sued the government after U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 Posted on Advocate.com November 14, 2011 02:09:36 PM ET
Washington State Aims for Marriage Equality
By Michelle Garcia
Rep. Jim Moeller x390 (.gov) | ADVOCATE.COM
Rep. Jim Moeller
Two years after Washington approved a contentious, wide-ranging domestic
partnership law, legislators are now looking to enact full marriage equality.
A coalition of civil rights groups, under the moniker Washington United for
Marriage, will announce a push to legalize marriage equality on Monday, the
Seattle Timesrepo... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 3 Posted on Advocate.com December 09, 2011 11:11:11 AM ET
One of America’s preeminent LGBT rights attorneys gives us a spirited run-
down on Prop 8 supporters' feckless arguments at yesterday's Ninth Circuit
hearing.
By Kate Kendell, op-ed contributor
If you are not a lawyer doing LGBT legal advocacy or a queer activist paying
attention to every detail of every LGBT development, you may have missed
the goings on in a Ninth Circuit federal courtroom in San Francisco
yesterday. The issues involved t... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 4 Gregoire expected to back gay-marriage bill
Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday is expected to publicly back efforts to
make Washington the seventh state to legalize marriage for lesbian and gay
couples.
By Andrew Garber
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
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Gov. Chris Gregoire has spoken out for equality.
Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle
Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle
Sen. Dan Swecker, R-Rochester
Sen. Dan Swecker, R-... 阅读全帖 |
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m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 5 To mark the 60th birthday of our most iconic human rights campaigner,
PinkNews.co.uk will be naming Wednesday 25 January Peter Tatchell Day.
To celebrate the day, we will look back at the enormous contribution Peter
Tatchell has made to the fight for equal gay rights and human rights in
general across the UK and abroad with contributions from all around the
globe.
Late January will also mark 45 years of human rights campaigning by the
naturalised Briton, and 10 years since the Peter Tatchell Fou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 6 Posted on Advocate.com February 21, 2012 03:55:00 PM ET
Facing Deadline, Prop. 8 Backers Seek Full Review by Appeals Court
By Neal Broverman
Charles Cooper x390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Prop. 8 attorney Charles Cooper
With Tuesday serving as the deadline for Prop. 8 proponents to request
another appeal on the ruling that declared the voter initiative
unconstitutional, proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban say they'
re seeking a full review by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Prop. 8 ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 7 Legal Experts See a Close Win for Health-Reform Law
By By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – 2 hrs 47 mins ago
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Print
THURSDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely
to uphold the sweeping health-reform legislation known as the Affordable
Care Act when it takes up the case next week, according to a small survey of
legal experts.
The experts base this prediction on a number of factors linked to the nine
justices' legal history, political considerati... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 8 民心所向，呵呵
Obama Marriage Announcement Raised Nearly $9 Million Over Three Days
Contributions to the Obama campaign skyrocketed in the three days following
the president’s announcement that he supported marriage equality, as donors
opened their wallets and helped the campaign raise nearly $9 million.
Following months of mounting pressure over his “evolving” position,
President Obama clarified his stance on May 9, when he told ABC News, “I
think same sex couples should be able to get married.” An an... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 9 Jan Brewer Asks Supreme Court To Strip Benefits of Same-Sex Partners
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a
ruling which provides domestic-partner benefits to same-sex partners of
state employees.
Arizona claims that the 9th Circuit misconstrued the equal-protection clause
. Blog JoeMyGod quotes Chris Geldner's report: After the 2011 decision,
lawyers for the state asked the Ninth Circuit to re-hear the case en banc,
or by an 11-judge panel. On April 3, the Ninth... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 10 The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet listed the case challenging California's
ban on marriage equality on its Fall docket, which was released Tuesday.
Adam Umhoefer, the executive director of Americans for Equal Rights,
explained in a message to supporters Tuesday that the justices are scheduled
to release which cases they will not hear on Monday Oct. 1.
If the Supreme Court does not hear Perry v. Brown, a February 2012 decision
finding Proposition 8 unconstitutional will be upheld, permanently
in... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****n
发帖数: 325 | 11 非要等到大选过后吗？高院求给力！
要让romney上来的话 这婚还有的结不？
http://sdgln.com/news/2012/10/09/us-supreme-court-no-action-pro
WASHINGTON – For the third consecutive week, the U.S. Supreme Court has not
revealed its intentions on the Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act (
DOMA) cases that are before them.
The nation’s high court observed the federal holiday on Monday, when the
justices announce what cases they will review and which ones they will
decline. Because of the holiday, they held announcements until toda... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****a
发帖数: 94 | 12 LA times的一篇文章，可能性还是挺大的。。。谁能评价一下么。。。
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-winkler-do
Despite the conservative tilt of the Roberts Supreme Court, gay rights
supporters expect the justices to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act
this month. Their hopes are pinned on Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the court'
s usual swing vote, who has written two important pro-gay-rights opinions in
the past and voiced skepticism of the law during the court's hearing in
March. If he joins the court'... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e
发帖数: 1235 | 13 起因经过结果是这样的：
丹佛一对gay couple要去麻省结婚，到这个蛋糕店订一个结婚蛋糕。
蛋糕店主拒售，说不卖同性婚姻蛋糕。
然后gay couple打官司，告蛋糕店主歧视。
法官判决蛋糕店主败诉，根据性取向区别对待是不允许的。
蛋糕店主决定从此以后不做结婚蛋糕，只做其他蛋糕。
大家怎么看？
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/05/30/bakery-will-stop-making-w
DENVER (CBS4) - The owner of a bakery in Lakewood said he will no longer
sell wedding cakes after the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled he did
discriminate against a gay couple when he refused to sell them a cake.
Jack Phillips owns Masterpiece Cakeshop. In 2012, David Mullins and... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 14 太搞了。这几个人注册了一个假宗教组织，借飞天拉面神教之名，申请加入同志游行。
没被发现，成功混入。在游行中也穿奇装异服，配合别人合影拍照，看上去全无破绽。
散发反同劝教传单，包装成套套的模样散发。
不得不说，挺有创意的。哈哈。
你觉得他们应该被驱逐出同志游行吗？我觉得他们这样走游行我不反对。
http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/anti-gay-activist-slips-pri
Bill Whatcott distributes leaflets under ‘Flying Spaghetti’ group at
Vancouver parade
With his revealing shorts, bright pink hair and a shirt that read “The
Flying Spaghetti Monster Is Gay,” anti-gay activist Bill Whatcott
successfully slipped into Vancouver’s Pride parade on Aug 3.
Whatc... 阅读全帖 |
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K*****y
发帖数: 312 | 15 假如第５巡回法庭维持LA的判决， upheld SSM ban，反方一定会上诉， 最高法院会有
至少４票同意审理，肯定会介入。
当年审理Loving v Virginia的时候，尚有１７个州禁止黑白通婚。眼下很快就只有最
多１５个州禁止同性婚姻，在这种情况下，肯尼迪大法官投票支持同性婚姻的可能是很
大的。这也将会是他的legacy。 |
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t*******e
发帖数: 2113 | 16 我覺得第五巡迴法院不太可能upheld SSM ｂａｎ，
目前已有的其他巡迴法院判決，
都是推翻了各種ｂａｎ的，
巡迴法院之間的判例有“推薦性”。
基本上現在的形式是巡迴法院裁決這些ban違憲，
高院到時候連順水推舟都不必了。
今早的NPR還說，同性婚姻這事兒排山倒海，
共和黨咋就不說話了嘞？
是放棄抵抗了咩？
LOL |
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K*****y
发帖数: 312 | 17 假如第５巡回法庭维持LA的判决， upheld SSM ban，反方一定会上诉， 最高法院会有
至少４票同意审理，肯定会介入。
当年审理Loving v Virginia的时候，尚有１７个州禁止黑白通婚。眼下很快就只有最
多１５个州禁止同性婚姻，在这种情况下，肯尼迪大法官投票支持同性婚姻的可能是很
大的。这也将会是他的legacy。 |
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t*******e
发帖数: 2113 | 18 我覺得第五巡迴法院不太可能upheld SSM ｂａｎ，
目前已有的其他巡迴法院判決，
都是推翻了各種ｂａｎ的，
巡迴法院之間的判例有“推薦性”。
基本上現在的形式是巡迴法院裁決這些ban違憲，
高院到時候連順水推舟都不必了。
今早的NPR還說，同性婚姻這事兒排山倒海，
共和黨咋就不說話了嘞？
是放棄抵抗了咩？
LOL |
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 19 Though this new development may sound like a roadblock to marriage equality
for the four involved states (for now), it is highly likely to become a
catalyst for the SCOTUS to issue the much-anticipated nationwide ruling so
as to strike down same-sex marriage ban ONCE AND FOR ALL. People should be
cautiously optimistic about this potential outcome. |
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m******n
发帖数: 6327 | 20 关于Ohio选举的争斗, 从地方法院一直打到最高法院, 以Ohio州共和党失败告终.
最新的最高法院判决大家都已看到, 以下是早期的Ohio州内两级法院判决的报道.
http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/09/cleveland_judge_rules_for_brun.shtml
UPDATED AGAIN: Ohio Supreme Court, federal judges back Brunner
Two courts today upheld Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s
interpretation of law regarding the start of early absentee voting Tuesday.
Later, a federal judge in Columbus who changed his schedule to decide the
matter more quickly punted the case without ruling on the |
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发帖数: 3 | 21 1，假如德国在二战时期派一名间谍到美国，被抓。他也同样不享受“人身保护权”；
同样要受到军事法对待。
2，不是没有法院系统制约的。他可以在联邦法院挑战对他的军事法庭待遇：
In July 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
upheld the government's right to hold Al-Marri as an enemy combatant, but
also ruled that he was entitled to refute his detention in federal court. |
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发帖数: 2416 | 22
Yes - for now, however:
1. The disclosure requirements were upheld, so any spending
more than $10k must disclose the source, and
2. The Court did not specifically address whether there can
be a law specifically prohibiting foreign corporations from
spending on political propaganda, because it's out of
Citizens United's scope. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 23 A federal judge ruled that Congress violated the Constitution by requiring
Americans to buy insurance as part of the health overhaul passed last year,
and said the entire law "must be declared void."
With his ruling, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson set up a clash over
whether the Obama administration still has the authority to carry out the
law designed to expand insurance to 32 million Americans.
A Florida federal judge on Monday ruled that a key plank of the health
overhaul passed last March ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 24 Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court late last week upheld the legality of an Arizona law
cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, and most voters
support having a similar law in their own state.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 61% of Likely U
.S. Voters favor a law in their state that would shut down companies that
knowingly and repeatedly hire illegal immigrants. Just 21% oppose such a law
, and another 18% are undecided. (To see survey quest... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 By Carol Peracchio
In the early twentieth century, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, a Russian scientist,
became renowned for his landmark research of the digestive system in mammals
.
While Ivan Pavlov worked to unveil the secrets of the digestive system,
he also studied what signals triggered related phenomena, such as the
secretion of saliva. Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he
saw that the dogs drooled without the proper stimulus... For example, he
struck a bell when the dogs were... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 Justice Kagan Recuses Herself From Case Involving Arizona Immigration Law
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
December 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona's
controversial law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for an
election-year decision on an issue that is already shaping presidential
politics.
The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that
blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires
th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 By John W. Howard
As perennial as the season itself, is the annual emergence of the secular
left to file lawsuits challenging the presence of Christian symbols, however
benign, on public property. It is, I suppose, a festive tradition for some
whose lives are otherwise joyless except to the extent they can snatch
seasonal delight from others who enjoy more spiritual richness with which to
color their days.
So, as the Christmas season winds down, the good citizens of Flathead Valley
, Colorado, ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 28 By Elise Cooper
A basic and elementary right of every American is to be able to vote without
being intimidated and to make sure that he or she is not disenfranchised.
The Department of Justice has exclusively chosen laws it wants to uphold,
yet it looks the other way on laws that need to be enforced. Because Eric
Holder's Justice Department refuses to protect the integrity of the election
process, the states must step in and fulfill that responsibility. American
Thinker interviewed experts to... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 29 by Eric Estevez
Bring our troops home.
I am an original supporter of the war in Afghanistan and I’d still be a
supporter if I had any trust in those in office. The big networks are now
talking about when to withdraw. The truth is that civilians and those in
the media aren’t qualified to come up with withdrawal plans. They are
basing their decisions on what the Sunday paper is reporting. Clearly,
thats not right.
The #1 reason that I want a withdrawal is not because I’m an expert on war
or fo... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 30 By Edward H. Stewart, Jr.
The furor over the ObamaCare abortion pill mandate may be obscuring a very
important point: nothing about the mandate itself, Obama's "compromise" with
church-affiliated employers, the Sandra Fluke dustup, or the crass
political calculation driving them is new. Not even the shameless bigotry
of Democratic officeholders' assaults on the bishops for daring to stand
their ground.
Given the left's war against religion over the last 60 years there was
absolutely no reason f... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 31 By LOUISE RADNOFSKY
Economists have been puzzling over whether a three-year slowdown in the
growth of health-care spending, prompted by the economy, portends a
permanent change. Federal projections indicate that isn't the case.
A forecast released Tuesday said the growth rate for U.S. health spending of
all types would stay historically low the next two years. But it would
increase if most of the federal health-care overhaul takes effect in 2014.
After that, the rate would drop, but spending sti... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 32 unanimously upheld the state law's most controversial aspect, requiring
police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop.
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Unanimously, 这几个liiberal的法官也支持哦. 疤蟆这下傻眼了. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 33 ‘Drop dead, Arizona. Drop dead and go away. We’re going to ignore you.’ (
UPDATED)
by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is ticked off... actually, she's pissed off, let
's face it... and if what follows is true, she ought to be... and so should
we all:
Before lawmakers could fully digest the court’s decision on Monday
upholding the “show me your papers” provision of the law, the Obama
administration announced that it was revoking agreements with Arizona police
over the... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 34 June 29, 2012 | by Warner Todd Huston
Seven minutes of “f**king humiliation” is how one CNN staffer described
the morning faux pas the “most trusted name in news” made when it reported
that Chief Justice John Roberts overturned Obamacare’s mandate this
morning.
As the Supreme Court of the United States was delivering its long awaited
decision on Obamacare, CNN’s on-air news reader, 29-year-old Kate Bolduan,
breathlessly said that the healthcare mandate was struck down. And I do mean
breathlessly... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 35 The Hill Poll: Majority of voters believe Obama has changed country for
worse
By Sheldon Alberts - 07/09/12 05:00 AM ET
Two-thirds of likely voters say President Obama has kept his 2008 campaign
promise to change America — but it’s changed for the worse, according to a
sizable majority.
A new poll for The Hill found 56 percent of likely voters believe Obama’s
first term has transformed the nation in a negative way, compared to 35
percent who believe the country has changed for the better under h... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 36 By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO
SAN JOSE, Calif.—A federal court jury delivered a big win to Apple Inc.,
AAPL +0.09% finding that Samsung Electronics Co. 005930.SE -0.93% infringed
six of the Silicon Valley company's patents following a closely-watched
trial.
The nine-person jury found that several Samsung phones and tablets infringed
on Apple patents relating to touch-screen features, such as multi-touch
gestures and zooming. The jury also found Samsung devices infringed on Apple
design patents, such ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 37 Quinn Rallins is the Executive Director for Birmingham Faith In Action. This
young gentleman has decided to devote himself to “build a better
Birmingham by working to ensure skilled, committed, leaders of faith can
effectively organize on issues of concern in their communities and to build
relational power across racial, denominational, and regional lines.”
This comes directly from the organization’s page on Mission, Values, and
Vision. The problem is that this includes a set of values that can... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 38 Tax Penalty to Hit Nearly 6M Uninsured People
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Congressional budget analysts are now estimating that nearly 6 million
Americans — most of them in the middle class — will have to pay a tax
penalty for not getting health insurance once President Barack Obama's
health care law is fully in place.
That's 2 million more than a previous estimate found, or a 50 percent
increase. The average penalty will be nearly $1,200.
Starting in 2014, the new health care law requires virtua... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 39 By JULIE JARGON, LOUISE RADNOFSKY and ALEXANDRA BERZON
Some low-wage employers are moving toward hiring part-time workers instead
of full-time ones to mitigate the health-care overhaul's requirement that
large companies provide health insurance for full-time workers or pay a fee.
Several restaurants, hotels and retailers have started or are preparing to
limit schedules of hourly workers to below 30 hours a week. That is the
threshold at which large employers in 2014 would have to offer workers a... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 40 State of the Union: Will Obama Tell Young People He's Screwing Them Big Time?
Nick Gillespie|Feb. 12, 2013 12:00 pm
courtesy Gateway Punditcourtesy Gateway PunditFor at least the next 36 hours
, the political media will be talking about President Barack Obama's State
of the Union address (SOTU) as if it's a meaningful event. Will Obama go
bold or timid into this good night, will he make the case for more taxes and
fewer guns, for engaging North Korea or ignoring the Hermit Kingdom, for
stuffing ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1041 | 41 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed a key portion of
an Apple Inc patent by including a text-selection feature in its
smartphones and tablets, an International Trade Commission judge said in a
preliminary decision.
South Korean-based Samsung did not infringe portions of a second Apple
patent that allows a device to detect if a microphone or other device is
plugged into its microphone jack, the judge said in a decision that was
issued on March 26 but kept confidential unti... 阅读全帖 |
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l**w
发帖数: 865 | 42 Really?
I think the ruling is to send it back to lower court.
It is still a good news for us (because the lower court upheld the
university's policy.) but it is far away from final. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 43 MILAN—An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced Italian fashion designers
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana to one year and eight months in prison
for tax evasion.
The pair's lawyer, Massimo Dinoia, said they planned to appeal, adding that
the case is "groundless." The designers, known for their sexy styles favored
by celebrities such as Madonna, Naomi Campbell and Katy Perry, have denied
the charges.
The case dates back to 2004, when two of the company's main brands were sold
to Luxembourg-based... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10345 | 44 The U.S. has a long and difficult history with racial discrimination, but on
Tuesday the Supreme Court marked a milestone worth celebrating when it
ruled that a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has outlived its
usefulness. The political left is reacting as if this means a return to Jim
Crow, but the ruling is best understood as a sign of the racial progress
that progressives claim to believe in.
In a 5-4 decision, the Justices said that the law's Section 4b coverage
formula—which requires t... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 45 这下遇到歹徒的时候说: 等一下,让我把子弹上膛再说. 这还不如带把刀呢.
Court Backs Portland Ban on Carrying Loaded Guns
By Joe Palazzolo
Oregon’s highest court has upheld a Portland ordinance prohibiting
residents from carrying loaded firearms in public, in the latest case to
examine the Second Amendment’s reach outside the home.
The court, in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Richard C. Baldwin,
said Thursday that the city had shown “a sufficiently close fit between the
ordinance and the city’s substantial objective of pr... 阅读全帖 |
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m**c
发帖数: 7299 | 46 Liz Goodwin, Yahoo News October 7, 2013 5:36 AM
Just 10 years after the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan’s
use of race in admissions as a necessary step to foster campus diversity,
the justices are set to decide whether that state’s voters are allowed to
ban affirmative action in admissions entirely.
The case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, is one of
several controversial cases on the docket in the 2013-14 term, which began
Monday.
The justices are also set to... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 47 Pants On Fire: PolitiFact Tries To Hide That It Rated 'True' in 2008
Obamacare's 'Keep Your Health Plan' Promise
On December 12, the self-appointed guardians of truth and justice at
PolitiFact named President Obama’s infamous promise—that “if you like
your health care plan, you can keep it”—its 2013 “Lie of the Year.” An
understandable choice. But in its article detailing why the President’s
promise was a lie, PolitiFact neglected to mention an essential detail. In
2008, at a critical point in t... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 48 Historic Settlement Reached with Ohio in Lawsuit over Clean Voter Rolls
Judicial Watch recently announced that it reached a settlement in an August
30, 2012 lawsuit against the state of Ohio, which resulted in an agreement
with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to take or continue to take a series
of actions to further ensure that the state is in compliance with the
National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
It may have taken our actions to bring these issues into focus, but in the
end, election o... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 49 February 11, 2014 - 4:05 PM
Associated Press
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The IRS on Tuesday lost a federal appeal in a legal
battle over its effort to institute competency exams and other new
regulations for as many as 700,000 paid tax preparers.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia unanimously upheld a lower court's ruling last year that the IRS
lacked authority to impose the new rules without congressional authorization.
The regulations were challenged by the In... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21627 | 50 The Broward Sheriff's Office is facing legal trouble from a Florida woman
who claims she was physically removed from her car and thrown in jail for a
night — all for what the sheriff’s deputy described as the “felony”
crime of recording their traffic stop conversation.
Brandy Berning was pulled over by BSO Lt. William O’Brien for driving in an
HOV lane, she told a local ABC affiliate. The two engaged in discussion
about her traffic offense before Miss Berning told the officer she was
recording t... 阅读全帖 |
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