Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa, tweeted that President Barack Obama was stupid became of comments he made about the Supreme Court. Not to be outdone, President Obama’s chief strategist responded “Heads up, Sen. Grassley. I think a 6 year old hijacked your account and is sending out follish Tweets just to embarass you.” Read more […]
The civil rights of Black men have been under attack for years, with the Trayvon Martin case bringing to America’s attention that, once again, all things are not equal in the “Land of the Free.” The latest in the round of barrages against African-American men, especially those in urban environs, took place in the Supreme […]
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will hear arguments next March about President Obama’s health-care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape as voters decide if Obama deserves a second term in office. The decision to hear arguments in the spring sets up an election-year showdown over the White House’s […]
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death. Defiant to the end, he told relatives of Mark MacPhail that […]
GEORGIA — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the target of an ethics examination, investigated by The NY Times, as to whether he misused his “prestige of office” to persuade his friend Harlan Crow to fund a museum in Pin Point, Georgia. Thomas, who is from Pin Point, introduced residents to Crow, who the Times […]
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a Kentucky man who was arrested after police burst into his apartment without a search warrant because they smelled marijuana and feared he was trying to get rid of incriminating evidence. Voting 8-1, the justices reversed a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that threw out the evidence […]
WASHINGTON — Christine Kwapnoski hasn’t done too badly in nearly 25 years in the Wal-Mart family, making more than $60,000 a year in a job she enjoys most days. ALSO READ: Is Drinking Cold Water Bad For Your Health? But Kwapnoski says she faced obstacles at Wal-Mart-owned Sam’s Club stores in both Missouri and California: […]
WASHINGTON D.C.- Lillian McEwen an ex-lover of Clarence Thomas has written a book about Thomas in which she describes his sexual preferences and tastes, including his love for threesomes. RELATED: Top 10 Religious Moments of the Decade Gawker reports: McEwen explains why she wrote a book about her decades-old tryst with the “easily aroused…national treasure,” […]
President Barack Obama is likely to appoint a moderate to fill the vacancy created with the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and there are several African-Americans with the experience and background for the job, leading black law educators say.
The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth.
From Chicagoist: Yesterday we explored what we thought was a benign attempt by a fringe political group to raise a ruckus over Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Boy, were we wrong. While we’re not putting on our tinfoil hats, it definitely has earned our attention. There have been several lawsuits filed regarding the release of Obama’s […]
