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In an open letter published yesterday , the Broward-Palm Beach New Times ‘ Bob Norman attacks right-wing radio host Joyce Kaufman for her incendiary rhetoric, connecting Kaufman statements like “If ballots don’t work, bullets will” to the shooting of Rep.

A judge in Greensboro will today hear a lawsuit filed against North Carolina’s ultrasound law.

Responding to news that state Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, has filed what one right-wing organization is dubbing an “anti-Shariah” law, Nezar Hamze, executive director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , tells The Florida Independent that Hays’ bill could impact believers in all faiths and that its filing shows Hays is “disconnected” from his constituents and Florida’s “real problems.” # According to a state Senate summary , Hays’ law “specifies the public policy of this state in applying the choice of a foreign law, legal code, or system under certain circumstances” and that “certain decisions rendered under such laws, codes, or systems are void.” # Hamze responded to news of Hays’ legislation via email: # I see an impact on all religions regarding marriage contracts, wills, and burial rights

J Street, the progressive pro-Israel/pro-peace lobby group, has issued a statement urging both the Obama administration and the Israeli government to remember

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm hopes so.

One reason that attacks on his master thesis didn’t really damage Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R-Va.) 2009 campaign was that his record as state attorney general was

Hakimullah Mehsud, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban, gave his inaugural press conference yesterday -- The Associated Press’ Ishtiaq Mehsud reports in an

The end is near for the first week Summer of Mercy 2.0, the anti-abortion rights protest targeting Dr. LeRoy Carhart’s abortion clinic in Germantown, Md.,

Did you ever wonder where all those subprime lenders who made big profits making predatory loans during the housing boom ended up? Think about it: What kind of

Congressman Ben Ray Luján will face attacks from the National Republican Campaign Committee over his vote to raise the debt limit. Luján was one of 97 Democrats voting to raise the debt limit $2 trillion to avoid a default on the debt the United States government owes

The word for this is strange. For much of 2009, a disbarred attorney named Charles Lincoln played key roles in Orly Taitz’s multiple birther lawsuits

The Nuclear Posture Review, set for release next week, will chip away at the justification for a nuclear stockpile, but it’s still likely to disappoint arms control advocates.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, registered a political action committee (PAC) with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board on Monday with the purpose of defeating a ballot measure that would place a ban on same-sex marriage in the Minnesota Constitution.

Robert Gibbs says the Iranian diplomats are no longer invited to July 4 U.S. embassy cookouts. Good. Did anyone but Jason Zengerle think the invites were some

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) makes the gaffe of the day. Rachel Slajda recaps: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) argued that insurers must be required to cover basic

A revealing moment from Robert Draper’s entertaining writeup of the GOP gubernatorial primary in Texas comes when Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) makes an offhand

A suit filed last week by state Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) is just one of many in federal courts around Texas now alleging the Texas Legislature’s new map

I missed this over the weekend, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said China will not block shipments of rare earth elements to the United

As a few state attorneys general talk about filing lawsuits if health care reform passes, I’m increasingly convinced that passage of the bill will spark some

Every time some economy is screwed up these days, it’s a safe bet Goldman Sachs is involved.

Legislators in the Minnesota House introduced legislation on Thursday that would allow for the use of deadly force when a perpetrator is committing a felony in someone’s home, yard, boat or tent or when there’s a threat of “substantial” physical harm. Often called the “castle doctrine” or a “make my day” law, the bill would extend current “retreat first” law that says if a person has access to a safe retreat, they are required to take the retreat as opposed to using deadly force. The bill, HF1467 , would also extend firearm transfer permits from one year to five years, but would require yearly background checks.