Clik here to view.
Recently fired elementary principal faces child porn production charges
The former principal at a Dubuque County elementary school, previously charged with receipt of child pornography, is now facing several additional pornography-related charges from federal officials....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michigan case asks if juveniles who commit murder should also have...
When the U.S. Supreme Court held in 2010 that it was “cruel and unusual punishment” for a juvenile convicted on a non-homicide offense to receive a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judicial ousting efforts may see push back
Come next fall, there will be more than just television ads pitting red against blue, liberals and conservatives. Activist groups on the both sides of the aisle are expected to battle it out over a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HIV disclosure law only impacts heterosexuals, says Florida court
An appellate court in Florida has ruled that the state’s HIV disclosure law can only be used to charge heterosexuals, saying that the law does not apply in the case of a woman accused of having sex...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Branstad to Homan: You ‘should know better’ than to allege violation
A labor union leader and top Democratic lawmakers are alleging Gov. Terry Branstad violated the state constitution when he issued a line-item veto to shut down Iowa Workforce Development field offices....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unions’ legal challenge to Branstad’s PLA prohibition dismissed
A campaign promise by Gov. Terry Branstad to rescind an earlier mandate by former Gov. Chet Culver for use of labor agreements in projects involving state funds survived legal challenge Wednesday when...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge: ‘Snooping’ bloggers, gangsters would ‘rejoice’
This week, U.S. 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner ruled against a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, saying if an Illinois eavesdropping law prohibiting the taping of police activity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health care reform headed for High Court
Republican officials from twenty-six states and a small business advocacy group asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the entire 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gingrich plays well with social conservatives at Des Moines event
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich seemed to steal the show Saturday evening at a presidential forum hosted by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, focusing mostly on economics as several other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Santorum outlines social policies in Iowa
URBANDALE — Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) says if elected president he will work to limit abortion and birth-control; ban stem-cell research and same-sex marriage; and abolish some areas of...
View Article