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U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Most Americans believe the nation's founders wrote Christianity into the Constitution, and people are less likely to say freedom to worship covers religious groups they consider extreme, a poll out today finds. The survey mea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 1:25pm mrmdc

USA Today -- High school students are much more likely than they were even two years ago to learn about the First Amendment in class, but their opinions about what it says and does present a mixed picture, a study says today... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 31, 2007 @ 12:05pm neoform

CNN -- An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show. The ruling was in response to a December 2005 lawsuit brought by six same-sex couples seeking t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 1:34pm neoform

FOX News -- A Marion County judge said lap dances in Salem are protected by the free speech provisions of the Oregon Constitution. Judge Albin Norblad's ruling struck down a city ban Friday on "prohibited touching" — sexually exciting physical contact for pay... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

ABC News -- TV journalists are often known to carry certain tools of the trade with them on assignment — a reporter's notebook, a mini tape recorder, maybe even a camera to capture historic moments on a big story. But the late ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 9:47am mrmdc

Reuters -- New York City violated the U.S. Constitution for more than two months in 2001 with a policy to detain arrested protesters overnight instead of giving them summonses to appear in court, a U.S. federal jury found on Monday... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 12:01am neoform

Village Voice -- Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two witnesses to the same overt Act, or on.. Read More