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A Virginia man won a trial in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly conduct charge. his first case was lost but his second one was won.

Disabled students still facing discrimination trying to apply for jobs. This student in California was discriminated against for his disability.

Kody Brown and his "wives" file a lawsuit in the state of Utah. They have named seven different claims and named the govenor of Utah as one of the defendants in the case. They state "they are just one of many plural families living in the state and just want to live their lives."

This blog discusses vaccine injuries and your right as a parent to keep your child from harm. Many doctors refuse to care for children who are not vaccinated which could make it difficult to receive proper medical care. Doctors and pharmacuetical companies are protected against vaccine injury lawsuits but they refuse to see the correaltion between vaccines and Autsim or other neurological injuries.

Interesting article about racial profiling. A woman of Arab descent is arrested on the 10 year reunion of 9/11

A group of doctors and women's rights advocates challenged Arizona's new abortion limits in a federal lawsuit on Thursday, claiming that they violate the Constitution and pose a threat to women's health. The law, set to take effect on Aug.

US Marine is arrested for carrying a hand gun on campus. This sparked a lawsuit to over turn the ruling for college students to carry on campus.

This blog discusses the racial profiling suit brought against Joe Arpaio by the ACLU. The ACLU contended that the Sherrif interrogated people solely on their skin color or appearance while trying to combat illegal immigration in AZ

The famous reality TV show 'Sister Wives' is using their show to not only educate America about their religious lifestyle, but to help fight to let it be legal once again. Polygamy was outlawed in the 1890s, but it is still practiced today by many Mormon families. The religious practice has to be carefully done in secret for the fear of being convicted. The author states that Mormons just want to freely practice their faith and be left alone about it without legal consequences.

I watched the first season of Sister Wives on Netflix, and, without voicing my personal opinions on the subject, I was really surprised that people are still practicing polygamy.

Blog discusses the upcoming case of the Brown v. State of Utah to challenge the polygamy law as being unconstitutional. 

This article discusses the recent North Carolina Voter ID law. Republicans claim the law will reduce voter fraud while democrats claim the law will illegally target minorities and the poor. Included in the Voter ID law are provisions that severely limit early voting that President Obama and democrats have used to gain an advantage over Republicans. Lawsuits have already been filed challenging North Carolina's Voter ID law.

Google is under intense scrutiny after it's role in the National Security Association scandal that involving mass surveillance of U.S. Citizens. In a recent court filing, Google asserts non gmail users sending emails to Gmail accounts can't expect any privacy when sending the email correspondence. Google scans the email using an electronic program to target ads to the end user. Non gmail users can expect their personal and/ or professional email correspondence to be intercepted and read before being delivered to the gmail end user.

I'm not sure if there's any place at all where you can expect privacy when sending e-mail. That just reminded me of my work. Every day when you see the login screen, it reminds you that with our system, you don't have any reasonable expectation of privacy. I wonder how many people even read that.

Under equal protection, same sex couples should have the freedom and support to marry their loved ones. Religious faiths that are opposed to the idea are free to not support the couples. Under DOMA each state was given the right to define marriage.

If same sex couples meet the set forth requirements to be a common law couple they should be able to marry and be treated equally.

Provisions of DOMA were recently struck down which gave same sex couples equal protection under federal laws. A recent development that's getting little attention is churches are changing their bylaws to protect themselves from lawsuits by the LGBT community. The bylaws are taking up where DOMA was struck down, declaring the church only recognizes marriages between a man and a woman.

The DOJ has filed a lawsuit against LA to block the statewide voucher program. They are concerned that it will disrupt the racial balance.

The day after the House approved the healthcare bill, a reporter asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs about the lawsuits some states were threatening against the legislation on the grounds that the provision forcing all Americans to buy health insurance was unconstitutional.

Driven by current events, including lawsuits, grassroots movements, political campaigns and even conversations around dinner tables across the nation, we are deluged by hundreds of issues. From a multitude of sources and opinions we are able to come to our own conclusions regarding these issues.

This article talks about homeowners is CO who filed a lawsuit after being banned from smoking in their own home. Neighbors were complaining that the smoke was seeping through the walls. The judge upheld the HOA's rule.

During a recent court appearance, Triana who was on the Chateau Versailles HOA board, pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot between the years 2005 and 2009, to place HOA board members in a community where they in turn paid her to come up with construction defect lawsuits against home builders in order to generate money for her co-conspirators.

Republicans believe that President Obama is violating the constitution by adding new laws on immigration. Republicans are furious over this issue. They feel like Obama did not give them a chance to vote properly.

As we all know, Planned Parenthood is at risk of losing funding due to an undercover act by a man named David Daleiden. As the on going investigation of Daleiden calmes that Planned Parenthood illegally selling fetal tissue, a Huston grand jury was cleared of any wrong doing, on the 23rd of November, 2015. What some or all may not know is that Planned Parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit stating that it was an act of "illegal secret recording and trespassing, mail fraud, and invasion of privacy". Although many may argue that Daleiden was only exercising our first Amendment right.