Scalia makes incendiary remarks on LGBT rights
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday found himself defending his legal writings that some find offensive and anti-gay...
Alabama voters keep Jim Crow language in constitution
theGRIO REPORT - Alabama voters turned down an amendment to the state's constitution in Tuesday's elections that would have removed racist language from the document...
No Supreme Court action to curb the Voting Rights Act -- yet
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans...
Alabama to vote on segregation language in state Constitution
theGRIO REPORT - This November, residents will vote again to see if their state's Constitution can finally be rid of what has been described as 'Alabama's most shameful law'...
Somalia constitution allows abortion to save mom
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali leaders are debating a new constitution that protects the right to have an abortion to save the life of the mother...
NAACP opposes new Maryland gun registry
The Prince George County's chapter of the NAACP is aiming to stop County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) from signing a county-wide gun offender registry program...
Mitt Romney has a Robert Bork problem
OPINION - If you are judged by the company you keep, then Mitt Romney is an extremist for choosing Robert Bork as his top judicial adviser...
A conservative professor defends Obamacare
Accordingly, troubled members of the Court should be applauded for their efforts to search for the limits to any principle advanced to uphold the health care mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Obama confident health care law will be upheld
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama offered a firm defense of his health care law, saying Monday he remains confident that the law will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court...
Ind. lawmakers want to make saggy pants in public illegal
Lawmakers in Indiana want to make wearing baggy pants in public against the law...
