http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lawsuit/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:53:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286096/posts As speculation swirled that her decision was connected to a pending corruption investigation, Mrs Palin's lawyer issued a four-page letter warning legal action against bloggers and US publications that reprinted the allegations, which she strongly denies. "To the extent several websites ... are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation," said Thomas Van Flein, her lawyer, in a statement. He also told the Anchorage Daily News that he was unaware of any criminal investigation involving... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286096/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285042/posts SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney representing two same-sex couples who were denied a right to wed in California said on Thursday he expected the case to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has yet to hear a case on the gay marriage issue. "When it does get to the United States Supreme Court, we expect to win," Theodore Olson, who was solicitor general under former President George W. Bush, told reporters after the first hearing on federal lawsuit that was filed in May. A high court ruling potentially could trump state laws prohibiting same-sex unions. Five out of... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285042/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:06:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284612/posts anta Rosa County, FL – Liberty Counsel filed a motion to intervene on behalf of Christian Educators Association International (CEAI) in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by the ACLU against the Santa Rosa County School District. The ACLU filed suit, claiming some of the teachers and administration endorsed religion. The School District attempted to settle the suit by joining with the ACLU and presenting the court with a Consent Order, which essentially bans all employees from engaging in prayer or religious activities, whether before, during, or after school hours. Without any legal argument or briefing, the judge signed the... Liberty Counsel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284612/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:34:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284066/posts Public schools are filled with eager, fresh-faced youngsters, and prisons contain many rough-looking adults with uninviting personalities. But put aside that difference and you find some important similarities between the two places -- government-run facilities where individuals are held for a specific number of years without their consent, at the mercy of their custodians. For years, the Supreme Court has been doing its best to further blur the distinction by giving public-school officials the same powers as the warden of San Quentin. So it was a mild surprise last week to learn there are some abridgments of freedom and invasions... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284066/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:26:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284214/posts Judge Vaughn R. Walker Sacramento, Calif., Jul 1, 2009 / 06:02 pm (CNA).- The U.S. District Court has agreed to allow ProtectMarriage.com to defend   Proposition 8 in a lawsuit, after the state's Attorney General, Jerry Brown, refused to do so. The ruling will allow the coalition to defend the successful California initiative from last November that restored marriage to being only between a man and a woman in the state constitution. Andrew Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, has said that he is “pleased that the court will allow us to defend marriage and the will of the people against challenges to... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284214/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:07:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283781/posts Examiner Columnist | 6/30/09 5:55 AM News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher. President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, announced today she may sue her potential future colleagues for racial bias over yesterday's 5-4 ruling that overturned her own decision in the New Haven fire fighters discrimination lawsuit. The Supreme Court ruled in Ricci v. DeStefano Monday that an employer could not throw out the results of a promotion exam simply for fear of a lawsuit from racial minorities who fared poorly on the test. Sotomayor accused the high court's "Constitutional literalists" of bias and an "abject lack... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283781/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283186/posts Lawyers for the Audubon Society filed a class action suit today in the Ninth Federal Circuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 37 electrical utilities, 13 petroleum and natural gas companies as well as Alaska Governor Sara Palin. The suit, filed on behalf of the tens of billions of trees found within the United States claims that they have undergone irreparable harm over the decades due to exposure to the pollutant, carbon dioxide. In brief, the suit states that the parties should have known of the damaging effects of carbon dioxide and their willful disregard of the overwhelming evidence... EP News Service (EcoPhreak) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283186/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282181/posts JUNE 30, 2009 Firefighter Justice The Supremes, Sotomayor, and racial jurisprudence. The Supreme Court closed an otherwise unremarkable term on a high note yesterday, rejecting the notion that one kind of racial bias can be remedied by another. On the last day of opinions before the Court is potentially joined by Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Justices overturned one of her most closely scrutinized cases on workplace discrimination. The effect was to take an important step away from the practice of divvying up jobs by race. Writing for a 5-4 majority in Ricci v. deStefano, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the... Wall St. Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282181/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:19:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282152/posts The Supreme Court yesterday restricted how far employers may go in considering race in hiring and promotion decisions, a ruling that puts workplaces across the nation on notice that efforts to combat potential discrimination against one group can amount to actual discrimination against another. The court ruled for white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who said city officials violated their rights when it threw out the results of a promotions test on which few minorities scored well. The case drew outsize attention because President Obama's nominee for the high court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, had been part of a unanimous panel... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282152/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282119/posts A California lawyer seeking a default judgment against Barack Obama in her case challenging his eligibility to hold the office of president is trying multiple ways to notify him of the action, in light of a judge's order to do everything possible to assure that notification. The judge has scheduled a hearing July 13 in a case brought by plaintiffs' attorney Orly Taitz, who believes the commander-in-chief is in default. Taitz has told WND if her motion is granted she will immediately request access to Obama's birth records and other documentation that could determine his eligibility to occupy the Oval... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282119/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281775/posts The case of the Ricci Vs. DeStefano has become a lightning rod ever since Judge Sonia Sotomayor was chosen to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court. Today, the Supreme Court reversed Sotomayor's decision 5-4. The majority opinion was written by Justice Kennedy and two concurring opinions were written by Justice Scalia and Justice Alito. The dissenting opinion was written by Justice Ginsberg. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281775/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281682/posts WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. The city said that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities. The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide, potentially limiting the circumstances in which... PeoplePC Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281682/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:08:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281430/posts Allah in Agony byPaul L. Williams, Ph.D.thelastcrusade.org Dr. Paul Williams with Joe Kaufman: "One of the heroes in the fight against radical Islam" There is great elation deep in the bowels of the Last Crusade bunker this afternoon. Corks are popping in celebration of Joe Kaufman's victory over the forces of Islamic hatred and intolerance. The lawsuit that was initiated against him by seven Muslim groups, including the Muslim American Society (MAS), was kicked out of court by the Texas Court of Appeals. Mr. Kaufman is one of the heroes in the fight against radical Islam and the proliferation of... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281430/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:57:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277160/posts The Supreme Court took the side of parents of children with disabilities today, ruling that they can claim reimbursement for the cost of private schooling if the public system failed to offer an appropriate program for their child. The 6-3 decision settles a heated and costly dispute that has arisen across the country. It also deals a potentially expensive setback to public school systems that are strapped for money. At issue was who must pay the cost if parents of a child with a disability withdraw him from public school and send him to a private school. In a case... LA Times/ Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277160/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:21:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277875/posts Recently the ACLU released a report on Muslim charities, many of which were proven terrorist funding fronts. In the report the ACLU falsely creates victims where none exist and once again exaggerate their favorite target of vilification, the U.S. government. According to the ACLU the evil American empire are stomping on the rights of Muslims to donate money to charities acting as front groups funding terrorist activities. It suggests (contrary to a substantial body of evidence) – that the U.S. government was wrong to have acted against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, the... Stop the ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277875/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277840/posts INDIANAPOLIS — Two Muslim inmates held in a special unit at the U.S. prison in Terre Haute say they aren’t allowed to pray in groups as often as their religion commands and have asked a federal judge to ease limitations on worship imposed by the Bureau of Prisons. The prison in western Indiana houses several high-security inmates, including American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for aiding Afghanistan’s now-defunct Taliban government. The June 16 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana challenges limits on Islamic worship in the prison’s restrictive Communications Management... Tribune-Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277840/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:45:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277826/posts MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) - Attorneys say a northeast Missouri city has agreed to pay $2.4 million to survivors of a man who died after police fired a Taser at him numerous times. Lawyers for the family of Stanley Harlan, 23, say the settlement with the city of Moberly was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. The agreement includes an indefinite moratorium on the use of Tasers by Moberly police officers. Harlan died in August 2008 after being pulled over by a Moberly police officer who suspected him of drunken driving. The lawsuit said other Moberly officers arrived... KHQA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277826/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:28:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277589/posts Family members of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have been blindsided by the Obama administration's opposition to their lawsuit seeking damages from top members of the Saudi Arabian government over suspected financial links to the 9/11 attackers.,P. A series of closed-door meetings between the relatives' groups and Justice Department officials, arranged as an update on Mr. Obama's plan to close the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, turned instead into a sharp clash over the Saudi legal action... "Physically, President Obama has done what previous presidents have done for a long time,... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277589/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277257/posts Court to tackle clarity of Miranda warnings againBy Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 22, 5:36 pm ET WASHINGTON – "You have the right to remain silent." Most people only hear those words while watching cop shows on TV. They usually zone out for the rest of the now familiar Miranda warning to people under arrest. But in the real world, the Supreme Court is still listening to the words that follow. It agreed Monday to hear another case over just how explicit that phrasing must be. In its landmark 1966 Miranda v. Arizona ruling, the high court... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277257/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:08:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276806/posts The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not give further consideration to a lawsuit brought by a fired CIA agent and her husband against high ranking Bush administration officials, including former Vice President Dick Cheney. The decision is a victory for Cheney and his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. They and nine unnamed co-defendants were sued by Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband Joseph after her CIA cover was leaked to reporters. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276806/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:40:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275526/posts The Oakland A's have reached a $510,000 settlement with a male attorney suing them because he wasn't given a commemorative cap being handed out to women at an A's game on Mother's Day 2004. Attorney Alfred G. Rava initiated a class-action lawsuit against the A's because, as a biological male, he was not given a plaid sun hat being handed out to the first 7,500 ladies arriving at the Mother's Day game. He sued over a commemorative Mother's Day cap? He could have at least held out for the Giambi bobblehead. The whole context of the promotion make Mr. Rava's... nbcphiladelphia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275526/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275040/posts Carrie Prejean's lawyer gave Miss California USA executive director Keith Lewis what he said was a final warning to retract statements made about the former beauty queen or face a defamation lawsuit. Prejean, stripped of the Miss California USA title last week, "suffered severe emotional distress" and her reputation was harmed by Lewis, Charles LiMandri said in a letter sent Thursday to Lewis' lawyer. LiMandri's letter also accused Lewis, whom he referred to as a "gay activist," of setting Prejean up to be fired because of her statements opposing same-sex marriage. When Prejean, 22, was dethroned, Lewis said it was... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275040/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273889/posts Many conservatives have taken up the cause of Frank Ricci, a New Haven, Conn., firefighter who sued the city, claiming that officials discriminated against him when they rejected the results of a promotion exam, on which he did well, because all but one of the top scoring candidates were white. Ricci's claim is now before the Supreme Court. I've written about it once to explain why Ricci's argument is a threat to an important part of modern civil rights law, and I'm writing again now because a lot of people have suggested that Ricci has been treated unusually and unfairly... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273889/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:55:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273246/posts The ruling stems from the bitter 2007 divorce of Eric Duane Mongerson and Sandy Kay Ehlers Mongerson, who were married 21 years and had four children. In court arguments, Sandy Mongerson’s attorney claimed the father subjected the children to an “array of violent, sexual, abusive and wholly inappropriate conduct” during a trip to Arkansas and contended the father was in a series of affairs with other men while still married. Fayette County Superior Court Judge Christopher Edwards awarded Sandy Mongerson custody of the couple’s three minor children in the final divorce decree, and her ex-husband was granted limited visitation. The... http://www.northwestgeorgia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273246/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:17:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272418/posts Fox News bowed to pressure from Kelly Preston, Tom Cruise and other members of the Church of Scientology when it fired columnist Roger Friedman, the entertainment journo is expected to charge in a wrongful termination lawsuit this week. The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272418/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:49:32 GMT