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Prop. 8 Challenge Wrapping Up in Court Today
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2010/06/16 10:04
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pA federal judge will hear closing arguments Wednesday in a groundbreaking trial on a lawsuit that seeks to establish marriage as a fundamental constitutional right for gays and lesbians. /ppThe latest effort to overturn California's Prop. 8 gay-marriage ban is wrapping up in federal court today, with Ted Olson and David Boies--the attorneys for George W. Bush and Al Gore in the Florida 2000 court case--presenting final arguments. (For a liveblog of what's going on, check in with Firedoglake.) Gay-marriage proponents have voiced optimism about this case since it mirrors the case that successfully ended California's gay-marriage ban in 2008, ultimately leading to the Prop. 8 campaign to ban it again./ppThe case is being heard by District Judge Vaughn Walker (who heard the al Hamarain case and ruled the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program illegal); it seems likely that, regardless of the result, it will be appealed ad infinitum.
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Pa. police sued for hearing aid rule
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2010/06/15 10:02
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| A Pennsylvania man is suing the state police over guidelines that forbid the use of hearing aids in the certification process for becoming a municipal police officer.pLawyers for 39-year-old Bill Furman have asked in the federal discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday that the rule be changed so he has the chance to become eligible for certification. The state police oversees certification./ppFurman is a parking officer and constable. He lives in Boalsburg./ppHe was set to attend a police training academy last year when he said he was told he couldn't continue because of his hearing aids./p |
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Teen pleads guilty in Pa. officer's traffic death
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2010/06/07 09:24
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| A Philadelphia teenager has pleaded guilty in the death of a police officer whose cruiser he struck with a stolen SUV in 2008.pEighteen-year-old Andre Butler pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges on Monday, the day his trial was scheduled to begin./ppPolice say Butler, then 16, was behind the wheel of a stolen Cadillac Escalade and leading police on a high-speed chase in September 2008 when the SUV crashed into a police car./ppForty-year-old Officer Isabel Nazario, who was in the cruiser's passenger seat, was killed instantly. Her partner was seriously injured./p |
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Still no mystery man ID in Ore. court appearance
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2010/05/14 03:09
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An Oregon man accused of assuming the identity of a slain Ohio boy has refused to reveal his true name in his latest court appearance.
pFederal prosecutors say the man claiming to be Jason Robert Evers — the name of the dead boy — must be hiding something but he will not say what it is./ppHe is listed as John Doe in court documents, including the criminal complaint charging him with providing false information on a passport application leading to his arrest in Idaho last month./ppThe man has worked for the last eight years as an Oregon liquor control investigator, but has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of his case./ppHe was extradited from Idaho this week and made his initial appearance in federal court in Oregon on Thursday./p |
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