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U.S. Supreme Court

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Fane Lozman Files Legal Brief; Supreme Court to Decide if His House Was a Boat

    The U.S. Supreme Court has taken on some of the most compelling debates in history: the struggle for civil rights, the power of corporations to influence political campaigns, a woman's right to get an abortion. Now, thanks to a South Florida activist, they'll be taking on another subject for our div ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Why Arizona-Style Immigration Law Stands Little Chance in Florida

    As the U.S. Supreme Court debates the Arizona law destined to make life miserable for brown-skinned people, advocates on both sides of the immigration-reform issue are freaking out.  Senate Bill 1070 requires Arizona cops to detain immigrants they suspect are in the country illegally and check ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Five Supreme Court Cases That Say Florida's Prayer in Schools Bill Is Bunk

    Imagine you're at a high school pep rally: The football players are in their jerseys, the cheerleaders are yelling, and the students are getting ready for the school spirit contest. But first, a student is invited to the microphone to give an inspirational message."Let us pray," he says. Some of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Newt Gingrich Says Nobody Cares About the Right to Privacy, Challenges Obama to 21 Hours of Debates

    ​Newt Gingrich's stump speech at Wings Plus in Coral Springs had a lot of meat to it -- he criticized President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, made fun of the media, and was heckled mercilessly for the first half of the event by a protester who was eventually booted from the parking lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Florida Abortion-Ban Bill: "Personal Liberty Is Not a License to Kill"

    ​Once again, the "Florida for Life Act" has been submitted in the Florida Legislature. The bill would ban abortions not related to medical emergencies and would make it a first-degree felony to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion.Rep. Charles Van Zant has filed the bill on the Hous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Rick Scott Predicts "Obamacare" Will Be a Loser in the Supreme Court -- Is He Right?

    Illustration by Miche RattoWho needs Husseinobamacare?​Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott made a visit to the Palm Beach Post editorial board and predicted that the challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act raised by Florida and 25 other states would win in the U.S. Supreme Court.Argumen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Oba Chandler's Last-Ditch Effort at Appealing Death Sentence Denied

    via WFTS-TampaOba Chandler appealing his death sentence in 1994.​The last legal challenge standing between pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride, and Oba Chandler's veins has been denied.Department of Corrections spokesman Jo Ellyn Rackleff just sent over the order from the United ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Jakaris Taylor, Sentenced to Life at 17 for Role in Gang Rape, Now Resentenced to 60 Years

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeMug shot of Jakaris Taylor taken yesterday.​Jakaris Taylor, one of up to 10 people who took part in a West Palm Beach gang rape of a 35-year-old woman in 2007, as well as the beating of both the woman and her 12-year-old son, was resentenced today to 60 years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    First Amendment Right to Blast Music to Be Considered by Florida Supreme Court

    inquisitr.comThe Florida Supreme Court will decide whether this is your First Amendment right.​The issue of whether it's the First Amendment right of Florida drivers to blast obnoxious music from their cars way louder than anyone needs to will be heard before the Florida Supreme Court.The court sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Manuel Valle Execution: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

    ​Manuel Valle was executed by the State of Florida at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday after the many appeals filed on his behalf were denied.Just before the execution was scheduled to take place at 4 p.m., the U.S. Supreme Court delayed it to briefly take a look at the case.A stay of execution was denied, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Manuel Valle Denied Stay of Execution by Florida Supreme Court; Death Date Remains

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, scheduled to die on September 28.​South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle's petition asking for a stay of execution was denied today by the Florida Supreme Court.His scheduled date with death remains September 28, 2011, at 4 p.m.Valle's lawyers filed th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Manuel Valle's Lawyers File Another Petition With the Florida Supreme Court

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle​The lawyers for South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle have filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court over clemency proceedings for Valle and have asked the court to stay Valle's scheduled execution... again.Valle, 61, has been given a date to die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Nuts Coming to Protest Soldier's Funeral Tonight

    How to identify the creeps that will be showing up in Fort Pierce tonight​The Kansas crazies are coming.Westboro Baptist "Church" Pastor Fred Phelps tells New Times that the church's minions are coming to Fort Pierce tonight to protest the funeral of 24-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Jordan Christopher S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Creeps Planning Florida Funeral Protest in Response to Proposed Bill

    thegatewaypundit.comWestboro Baptist weirdos.​It looks like the Westboro Baptist "Church" is interpreting State Rep. Pat Rooney's military funeral buffer-zone bill as an invitation.The Kansas crazies haven't placed it on their public schedule yet, but the Palm Beach Post reports the "Thank God for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    State Rep. Rooney Files Bill to Keep Westboro Baptist Bozos at Bay

    towleroad.com​State Rep. Pat Rooney isn't too happy about the "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates Fags" sign-wielding lunatics from the Westboro Baptist "Church" in Kansas parading around funerals extolling their hate under the protection of the First Amendment.For the second straight leg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Florida Judge Kills Matching Funds; Money is Considered Free Speech in Political Campaigns

    illinoisstate.edu​Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court found Arizona's matching-funds campaign law unconstitutional, a Florida federal court judge halted a similar provision in this state.The issue, unsurprisingly, was brought up in a lawsuit by then-candidate Rick Scott, who said his right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Federal Judge Declares Florida Death Penalty Unconstitutional; Casey Anthony Fans Hopeful

    onthefencewithjesus.com​We'll sum up U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez' 94-page ruling in Evans v. McNeil for you: Florida's death penalty is unconstitutional.The crux of his ruling was a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling -- Ring v. Arizona -- which found that a jury must agree on the aggravating ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    History Laid Bare

    onthefencewithjesus.com​We'll sum up U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez' 94-page ruling in Evans v. McNeil for you: Florida's death penalty is unconstitutional.The crux of his ruling was a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling -- Ring v. Arizona -- which found that a jury must agree on the aggravating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Tax Money Siphoned Off To Religious Schools That Champion Theocracy

    Jesus is big in Florida.​At the moment, the only proper school voucher program in Florida is the McKay Scholarship Program, which caters to special needs kids. (A proposal for a more general voucher program was struck down in the legislature six years ago.) But if you've got a non-special child, n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2010

    Ann Coulter Watch: "Like a Condom, The First Amendment Can't Always Protect You."

    ​This week, our favorite local virgin published her most vapid screed yet at Human Events, her "editorial home." Wondering why our nation's top "legal eagles" have yet to make a compelling case for the criminal prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, she draws on her lawyerly training to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Concede? Hell No. Secede!

    ​It just happened. Florida has officially elected the man who oversaw the greatest Medicare fraud in U.S. history as its governor. You might think I would welcome this sort of thing. I remember when I covered the 2000 recount thinking at the end of it, after the U.S. Supreme Court gave t ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    The Dark Side

    A bizarre, disputed, cocaine-fueled mania is killing Floridians, especially when they're jolted with a Taser.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Meek to Use Elena Kagan to Siphon Moderate Votes from Crist

    ​The hard part of being the independent in a three-way race is that you can't always play it down the middle politically. Likely Democratic candidate for Senate Kendrick Meek is trying to force Charlie Crist's hand: Does Crist support the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan or not?In his Washi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Justice Stevens Chooses Fort Lauderdale Home Over Supreme Court Bench

    Photo: WikipediaJustice John Paul Stevens​Make room in Broward for one more bowtie-wearing senior. Justice John Paul Stevens announced this morning his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, just 11 days shy of his 90th birthday.As Juice reported in October, Stevens is a snowbird, migrating every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Supreme Court Has Stoner Conversation About Florida Beaches

    Flickr: USA TODAY / H. Darr BeiserMaybe the Supreme Court needs to spend a day at the beach before they give their ruling.​These are the nation's most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today's New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court's debate over whether to allow the state to claim be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Are Florida Kids More Violent? Or Are the Florida Courts?

    Flickr: Alan DejecacionJailing our children: a trait Florida has in common with the Phillipines​Some of you may have heard this morning's report on WLRN about the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine on what basis it's just to put a child in prison for life. There seems to be a lot of viole ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

    Flickr: Alan DejecacionJailing our children: a trait Florida has in common with the Phillipines​Some of you may have heard this morning's report on WLRN about the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine on what basis it's just to put a child in prison for life. There seems to be a lot of viole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Sotomayor Confirmed for Supreme Court

    As was widely expected (and dreaded, in conservative quarters) the U.S. Senate gave its approval to Barack Obama's appointment for U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Florida's Sen. Mel Martinez was one of just nine Republicans to cast a vote in favor of the appointment. That's because he fell head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Obama's Listening Tour Comes to Broward Monday

    Flickr user: fyunkieSure, President Obama's ears are big, but he's got a helluva lot of people competing for their attention. If you have a message you hope will make its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., your best bet may be to attend Monday's "Listening Tour" stop in Plantation.  The prez himsel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Martinez Bowled Over by Sotomayor

    Republicans like Newt Gingrich are pretty sure that Sonia Sotomayor is racist against white men, but just to make sure, the U.S. Senate's only Hispanic Republican, Mel Martinez, went in for a closer look. As you can see in the video above, the Florida senator exchanged some awkward Spanish with the ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Guantánamo's Final Days

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms.

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Letters for August 24-30, 2006

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms.

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 12, 2005

    Best Local Band of All Time

    2 Live Crew

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Urban Removal

    It's the same old story, critics say: displacing blacks to make way for whites

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    It's the same old story, critics say: displacing blacks to make way for whites

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Too Dumb to Die

    Kevin Moore's case raises questions about executing the mentally disabled

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    A Christmas Confession

    Columnist repents, vows to stop killing Christian fundamentalists

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    United States of Jesus

    The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Still Steaming

    A pair of filmmakers dredges up all the rage and frustration of Election 2000

  • Culture

    July 10, 2003

    Yea Pride

    Gay theater goes postmodern

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

    A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Local Politician

    State Rep. Lois Frankel

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Minority Madness

    Wisecracking Democrats in Tallahassee were steamrollered during the presidential contest. But they didn't take it lying down.

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    One Nation, Divisible Under God

    For 45 years the Pledge of Allegiance has included a mention of the Almighty. Atheist Michael Newdow is suing for removal.

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Dead Man Waiting

    Billy Elledge brutally raped and murdered a woman in Hollywood 25 years ago. He has sat in prison since then, evidence that Florida's death penalty isn't working.

  • Calendar

    January 21, 1999

    Night & Day

    January 21 - 27, 1999

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Undercurrents

    January 21 - 27, 1999

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Undercurrents

    January 21 - 27, 1999

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    The Straight Dope

    January 21 - 27, 1999

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Undercurrents

    January 21 - 27, 1999

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