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Jun 30, 2015 By a vote of 7-0, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that homeowners who have sustained injuries or property damage from earthquakes they say are caused by fracking can sue in Oklahoma state … Continue reading Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules on Homeowners and Earthquakes Caused by Fracking
On September 21, 1996, H.R.3396 - Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The law states: Defense of Marriage Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that no … Continue reading Defense of Marriage Act
In 2003, in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court decided by a vote of 7-2 that state laws banning homosexual sodomy are unconstitutional and that they violate right to privacy and … Continue reading Sodomy and the Supreme Court Case of Lawrence v. Texas
Jun 24, 2015: President Obama announced a change in U.S. hostage policy where families who choose to pay ransom will no longer be prosecuted by the U.S. Government. The existing policy of the U.S. not … Continue reading United States Announces New Hostage Policy Regarding Families and Ransom
Jun 24, 2015: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed into law state Senate bills 35 and 70 which remove a 48-hour waiting period for firearm purchases and allow off-duty or retired police officers to carry concealed … Continue reading Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Laws Expanding Gun Rights
Apr 21, 2015: Recently, former U.S. Congresswoman and Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 2012 Michelle Bachmann was a guest on the "Understanding the Times with Jan Markell" radio program discussing "end times". Two … Continue reading Michelle Bachmann
Feb 28, 2017: Trump issued an executive order entitled "Presidential Executive Order on Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the 'Waters of the United States' Rule". The "Waters of the … Continue reading U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers Finalize Clean Water Rule
Oct 11, 2022: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3682559-supreme-court-denies-appeal-by-charleston-church-shooter Oct 28, 2021: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578942-families-in-south-carolina-church-massacre-settle-with-doj-over-faulty Sep 23, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/573877-appeals-court-declines-to-take-up-dylann-roofs-death-sentence Sep 8, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/571324-dylann-roof-challenges-death-sentence-after-appeals-court-ruling Aug 25, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/569357-appeals-court-upholds-death-sentence-in-charleston-church-shooting Apr 10, 2017: In Charleston, South Carolina Dylann Roof pleaded guilty to separate state murder … Continue reading Nine People Shot and Killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina
Open: An Autobiography by former tennis pro Andre Agassi, is a book about his professional tennis career which began at the age of 16 and ended at age 36. But his book is really about … Continue reading Book Review | Open: An Autobiography | Andre Agassi
On April 8, 2015, The New York Times ran an article written by Liz Alderman entitled "Explaining the Greek Debt Crisis" which gives a very concise overview of the history of Greece and it's financial … Continue reading The Debt Crisis in Greece