Matt Taibbi: Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeowners
Retired judges are rushing through complex cases to speed foreclosures in Florida Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone The foreclosure lawyers down in Jacksonville had warned me,…
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Consumers’ right to file class actions is in danger
image (visitingdc.com) David Lazarus LA Times If AT&T has its way before the Supreme Court, any business that issues a contract to customers would be…
Supreme Court Rejects Patriot Act Challenger
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is refusing to take up a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Patriot Act from a lawyer who…
A Citizens United Conspiracy – Were Supreme Court Justices Involved?
Jimmy Zuma Technorati It’s time to demand answers to the most troubling questions since the Nixon Era. The New York Times is reporting that the…
Justices Scalia And Thomas’s Attendance At Koch Event Sparks Judicial Ethics Debate
Sam Stein Huffington Post Reports that two Supreme Court Justices have attended seminars sponsored by the energy giant and conservative bankroller Koch Industries has sparked…
First Amendment Ruling Destined to Kill Internet Free Speech
Kurt Nimmo InfoWars It now appears certain the Supreme Court will rule against the First Amendment. “The justices appeared inclined to set a limit to…
Court: NSA can keep mum if it wiretapped Gitmo lawyers
Supreme Court says NSA doesn’t have to say whether it has warrantless wiretapping records Associated Press The Supreme Court won’t make the super-secret National…
Free Speech Cases at Top of Supreme Court’s New Term
Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court’s docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and…
American College Student Gunned Down, Kidnapped And Tortured In Secret Prison
Alexander Higgins Blog I have recently wrote about the Supreme Court Decision to legalize CIA abduction, overseas detention and torture of American citizens. US Courts…
Supreme Court to decide corporate privacy rights
Supreme Court to weigh whether corporations can claim personal privacy interests Associated Press The Supreme Court is getting involved in an unusual freedom of…
Supreme Courts asked to decide whether White House has to exclude critics from public speeches
David G. Savage Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether all Americans, including the president’s critics, have a…
Sotomayor Says Court May Rule to Limit First Amendment in Response to Wikileaks
Kurt Nimmo InfoWars On Thursday, talking to students at the University of Denver, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Wikileaks case will result in…
Fed Seeks Delay of Bank Data Release While Considering Appeal
Bob Ivry & David Glovin Bloomberg The Federal Reserve Board sought to delay the court-ordered release of documents identifying banks that might have failed without…
All Checks, No Balances: Campaign Finance Sells Out
Thanks to the Supreme Court, corporations are free to spend whatever they want on elections. They just don’t want to be seen doing it. Peter…