Kentucky Senate Bill 68 would prohibit unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children in Kentucky. It passed the Senate judiciary committee last week and will likely pass the full Senate and reach the House soon.... From LEO Weekly....

Apparently Maryland officials enjoy being in last place for personal freedom and are doing their best to stay in the bottom....

Tom Dehen didnÂ’t know he could be threatened with arrest for walking on Portland city property with a camera and a sketch pad.... From Willamette Week....

One of the rights guaranteed in the First Amendment is the right to petition. That includes lobbying Congress. There are now some in the Congress who are seeking to limit that right by tying acceptance of TARP funds to a new regulation that such firms could not lobby Congress. The motivation for thi...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that electoral districts must have a majority of African-Americans or other minorities to be protected by a provision of the Voting Rights Act.The 5-4 decision, with the court's conservatives in the majority,......

Chicago Tribune - By Howard Witt - Mar. 11 (Special Report) - Suit says cops force motorists, largely black, to forfeit cash and cars—or be charged with trumped-up crimes NewsTrust Rating: 4.1 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It     &nbs...

Soldiers returning from Iraq - and marching through Luton as part of a homecoming parade - were greeted with banners branding them as "butchers, war criminals, murderers, terrorists — and baby killers" by Islamic extremists. Inayat Bunglawala, of the Muslim Council of Britain, told The E...

Liberals often complained that George Bush had committed a variety of infractions including restrictions on civil liberties, ignoring Constitutional checks and balances on the presidency, and lying the country into a war. Conservatives responded by declaring that liberals had Bush Derangement Syndro...

TruthOut - By Jason Leopold - Mar. 10 (News Report) - Heavily redacted government documents filed in a New York federal court Friday afternoon say the CIA destroyed 12 videotapes that specifically showed two detainees being tortured. NewsTrust Rating: Not rated yet - See Info » - Rev...

Common Dreams - Mar. 10 (News Report) - Protester Rory McIlmoil, a community organizer with Coal River Mountain Watch, objected to the order as being too broad and potentially covering thousands of people. NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It&...