South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) signed a law last week mandating women must wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the country’s longest waiting period. About half of all states have a 24-hour waiting period. The law also requires women to attend counseling at pregnancy centers that will inform…
DetailsCuba condemns foreign military intervention in Libya as a “gross manipulation” of the UN charter. Cuba supports the right of Libyans to exercise self-determination and overthrow Gaddafi but thinks foreign nations should respect Libyan sovereignty. The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement highlighting the need for dialogue and negotiations rather than physical force. The United…
DetailsA lawsuit against Kanye West for copyright infringement was filed last year. Specifically, a Virginia rapper, Vince Peters, alleged that West’s hit song “stronger” was not an original. Peters says he played the song for West’s business associate, John Monopoly, and West subsequently came out with a track that sounded eerily similar to the one Peters…
DetailsTheodora Richards, the daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday for scribbling graffiti on a local building. She used a paint marker to write “T (heart) A” on a building. Once police grabbed her on the graffiti charges, they also found marijuana in her possession. Not very shocking considering…
DetailsThe Supreme Court ruled 8-1, in favor of Westboro Baptist Church, holding that the church has a constitutionally protected right to protest at military funerals. Albert Snyder filed a lawsuit against the church for emotional distress when church members protested at his deceased son’s funeral who died in Iraq in 2006. Church members held up…
DetailsThe International community can no longer ignore the gross human rights violations taking place in Libya. Over the last few weeks Moammer Gaddafi’s forces have killed over 1,000 pro democracy protestors. Evidence of Gaddafi’s brutal regime is mounting, and Gaddafi’s failure to protect the civilian population is being deemed an atrocious crime against humanity.…
DetailsCharlie Sheen has been in the news a lot lately for his scandalous behavior with women and persistent drug use. With all the drama in her personal life, CBS decided to pull the plug on his hit show “Two and a Half Men” which was initially contracted to complete a 9th season. Now, Sheen plans…
DetailsA proposed law in Tennessee would make following Shariah law a felony with a potential penalty of 15 years in prison. Shariah is Islamic law derived from the Quran and teachings of the Prophet. Shariah can be viewed as a moral code that gives a Muslim guidance in terms of how to govern their daily conduct. Tennessee…
DetailsApparently Karen N. Calvo-Goller, author and senior lecturer at the Academic Center of Law and Business in Israel does not take criticism too well. She recently wrote a book entitled “The Trial Proceedings of the International Criminal Court.” When Thomas Weigend, a professor at the University of Cologne gave Goller’s new book a mediocre book…
DetailsOn Wednesday, the ban on using hand held cell phones while driving went into effect into the state of New York. The new law aims to decrease distractions to reduce accident rates and ultimately improve overall road safety for everyone including drivers, passengers and pedestrians. New York has the strictest law regarding cell phones while…
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