Constitutional/Human Rights Law
Thoughts on the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Friday, June 20th, 2008I have been torn about the Olympics controvery for some time and haven’t said much here because of my contradicting concerns.
Generally, I believe that the concept of the Olympics has merit. The original Olympics was an actual time of truce in which all of the wars stopped for the games. Today, the wars continue on […]
Courage to Resist interviews a former client of mine who was successfully discharged
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008CourageToResist.org: James Morriss, AWOL Iraq War resister discharged
By Courage to Resist, 19:20 min. March 12, 2008
James Morriss deployed from Fort Bragg to Afghanistan with the Army’s 82nd Airborne in 2005. James discusses refusing orders to shot a young boy carrying a rifle, indiscriminate shooting, and other instances that led him to conclude that “we are […]
14,400 signatures submitted to change Oklahoma’s ballot access laws — but it won’t be enough
Monday, January 14th, 2008OKVoterchoice.org: Thousands of Ballot Access Reform Petitions Submitted
Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform (OBAR) completed its 90 day initiative petition drive today by turning in about 14,000 signatures to the Secretary of State. This was below the 74,117 signatures required, but it demonstrates strong support for expanding the number of choices on the ballot. Oklahoma’s restrictive […]
Castro speaks out against American ‘Concentration Camp’
Friday, December 26th, 2003MSNBC: Cuba attacks Guantanamo use for prisoners — Calls holding center for terror suspects a ‘concentration camp’Castro’s criticism of the use of Guantanomo Bay for the detention of “terrorist” suspects is long-overdue but unfortunately not get the attention it ought to due to his past hyperbolic statements (if you ever listen to Radio Habana Cuba […]
Pig-headed Profs
Monday, November 10th, 2003Lawmeme: Professor’s blog sparks campus speech controversy - An interesting discussion on the freedom of university profs to utter hate speech from a blog hosted on a university web serverAfter reading the lawmeme story, I was curious about this prof’s blog so I pulled it up. It seemed a bit more edgy than most professorial […]
Propaganda by Ashcroft’s DOJ
Thursday, October 16th, 2003LifeandLiberty.gov . . . our government’s latest attempt to try to legitimize the so-called “Patriot Act.”There is much I could say about this (and the Congressmen and Senators who are quoted on this) but to avoid statements of anger (even if I think the DOJ deserves it), let me just say say this…
I don’t think […]
Gay Rights and the Solomon Amendment
Wednesday, September 24th, 2003Findlaw.com: Protecting the Right to Protest Discrimination — Law Schools Sue the Defense Department
I hope the schools win this law suit. I don’t think it is right that schools like OCU have to violate their own anti-discrimination policies by allowing military recruiters to come on campus.
Also while talking about the subject of gay rights, […]
The Constitutionality of Protest Permits
Sunday, September 21st, 2003I’m posting several links regarding the constitutionality of the requirement for protest permits (mostly so I can find these references later) as the situation in Seminole with our weekly protests is beginning to get difficult.
I can’t give more details now but hopefully we’ll be able to later in the week once we get some […]
US holds juveniles at Guatanamo Bay
Saturday, September 20th, 2003In an MSNBC/AP story entitled U.S. Army Islamic chaplain detained — Yee was assigned to Guantanamo Bay; no charges filed there is a very disturbing sentence (emphasis added is my own)…
In an interview conducted with The AP in January, Yee refused to answer questions about the depth of his involvement with the detainees, who then […]
Texas politics… sheesh!
Monday, September 15th, 2003NY Times: Malpractice Suits Capped at $750,000 in Texas Vote
. . . Proposition 12 was opposed by trial lawyers and a broad sweep of law enforcement, environmental and citizen groups that said it would overturn the Texas Bill of Rights by limiting judicial review of malpractice claims, thereby closing off public access to the courts […]