Showing posts with label 14th Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 14th Amendment. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Protecting the kids, Georgia style

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This past week the Georgia Supreme Court did itself proud as it declared that being placed on a child abuse registry without notice isn'...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Can acting in a client's best interest violate the 14th Amendment?

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On Wednesday the US Supreme Court heard a case out of Louisiana that raised the question of whether or not a lawyer can tell a jury his clie...
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Friday, June 10, 2016

A common sense decision

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Terrence Williams was convicted of murder for killing Amos Norwood in 1984. Mr. Williams said he did it because Mr. Norwood had abused him w...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Exposing religion for what it is

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Some time ago I wrote in this very space that the Supreme Court had no choice but to recognize same-sex marriage across the nation. Once th...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

Texas ban on same-sex marriage struck down

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And now Texas is the latest to fall . On Wednesday, US District Judge Orlando Garcia, issued a ruling declaring Texas' ban on gay marri...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

DOMA is doomed

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The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Cons...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Judge decrees that defendants must waive attorney-client privilege

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"My attorney has advised me that this plea will result in the following immigration consequences for me: __________." This is th...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Got Jesus?

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Would you rather sit on a pew or sit in jail? That's the choice being offered in the town of Bay Minette, Alabama for those accused of...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Court nixes no video policy

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John Barry, the (former) presiding judge in of Court Court No. 3 in Collin County, Texas,  has  had an interesting, to say the least, policy...