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She was reprimanded for only officiating straight peoples marriages. Now she says the Supreme Court supports her.

McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples. She hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court case about religious freedom helps her cause.

The ruling of Counterman v. Colorado has somewhat flown under the radar, which is horrible because it’s one of the worst decisions made this session.

Posts about license plates written by Tim Cushing and Techdirt

Americans often talk as if the political realm is reality and our social groups are ephemeral, a mere product of the political world. But it is precisely the other way around. People are first and foremost social beings, members, literally from the moment of conception, of a social bond.

 

>> bill: accused of not cooperating with their investigation. chad pergram has it live from the hill with more on that. where does it go, chad. >> this is unprecedented congress does not issue subpoenas to its own members. members are protected by the speech clause and shields members from certain inquiries. >> members of congress have every right to claim the speech and debate privilege and have every right to demand their records not be taken and in many cases their records have been taken of ...

The WikiLeaks co-founder is losing appeals and moving closer to facing a trial in the U.S. that could threaten First Amendment protections By Jeffrey

/PRNewswire/ -- The University of Houston Law Center and Georgetown University Law Center, in collaboration with Free Press Media 2070 project, will explore...

/PRNewswire/ -- The University of Houston Law Center and Georgetown University Law Center, in collaboration with Free Press Media 2070 project, will explore...