The two-parent requirement is inapplicable in situations where the nuclear family is not intact. Under current law, only one parent needs to be notified about the abortion and most states across the nation only require one parent to be informed. It seems as though girls who come from an intact family face an additional obstacle…
DetailsThe Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s earlier ruling blocking the most controversial aspects of the Arizona immigration law. The law would require Arizona police officers force to demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants. Furthermore, police would be forced to detain those who are arrested until their immigration status was verified…
DetailsLaw enforcement immediately confiscated the computer and later reported finding numerous illegal photos and videos containing sexually graphic imagery of children under the age of 12. Quinn, 44, was previously employed as a professor at East Texas Baptist University. Comforting right? It is scary to think this could literally happening next door to any of…
DetailsThe U.N. is still concerned about Hungary’s media law despite EU requested changes. Frank La Rue, the U.N. Human Rights Council’s special investigator on freedom of expression expressed concern about Hungary’s media regulations unnecessarily limiting the press and falling short of the acceptable benchmark for freedom. The legislature passed a media law, which took effect…
DetailsNow that’s what I’m talking aboot. A Michigan law recently went into effect for teenagers comparable to the driving regulations in parts of Canada. The law applies to every teenager with a level two license and aims to reduce distractions and make the roads safer. Teenagers are prohibited from driving between the hours of 10:00pm…
DetailsCalifornia recently launched a hotline that would provide free and confidential legal advice for abused seniors. The hotline aims to refer seniors to other resources based on their specific situation. The project is being funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Senior citizens over the age of 60 can call the California…
DetailsAs concern over sports-related injuries increase across the nation, Colorado is taking action. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law on Tuesday requiring football coaches of all public and private middle schools, junior high schools, high schools and recreational youth sports to take online training to effectively recognize symptoms of a concussion. The law…
DetailsA visibly distraught woman stormed into a hotel in Tripoli, Libya’s capital city, on Saturday screaming she had been gang raped by Gaddafi’s guards. That woman’s name, as we later learned, is Iman Al-Obeidi. Al-Obeidi’s desperate cries were crippling as she showed journalists bruises on her face and ankles. Tears streamed down her face as…
DetailsWhile other states contemplate abortion laws and bans on Sharia, Kentucky has its hands full with mislabeled bath salts. That’s right, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed a law banning a new synthetic drug commonly marketed as bath salts. Nice try fake bath salt company, you can’t pull a fast one on Kentucky! Satire aside,…
DetailsLast week, the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee in Austin, Texas voted 5-3 to further legislation allowing concealed handguns on college campuses. Rep. Joe Driver (R), proposed House Bill 750, which would allow individuals who obtain a concealed-handgun permit to carry their weapons into college buildings. The current law forbids taking guns onto…
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