Free Talk Live - Supreme Court

Strip Searches for Everyone, Says Supreme Court

RicochetRaye — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:37:28 +0000

Unpaid parking tickets? That’s a strip search. And no leash on your doggie? That’s a strip search too. It might sound weird, and a wee bit terrifying, but that’s the verdict out of the United States Supreme Court this week.

Why Obama Lawyers couldn’t answer Constitutional Questions

ssj12 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:45:34 +0000

Last week’s historic 3 day Supreme Court debate on Obamacare made one thing abundantly clear. The Obama administration is unable to answer basic constitutional questions and does not want nor consider the fact that there are limits on what the Government is allowed to do. Whether a liberal or conservative justice asked the basic question: If Congress can do this, what can’t it do? Obama’s lawyers had no reasonable answer. Fundamentally, Obama and his administration, do not grasp liberty and freedom and the basis for the American experiment in self-rule.

Supreme Court Rejects Business Patents On Abstract Ideas From Nature

ZEUSLGN — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:53:43 +0000

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that medical tests that rely on correlations between drug dosages and treatment are not eligible for patent protection. Writing for the court, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said natural laws may not be patented standing alone or in connection with processes that involve “well-understood, routine, conventional activity.”

Supreme Court Gives Go Ahead for Re-Copyrighting Public Domain Works

XD45 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:25:04 +0000

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Congress can remove works from the public domain and re-copyright them in order to bring the the pieces into compliance with international copyright schemes.

MA Supreme Court Approves Charging Innocent Ticket Recipients

maladjus — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:56:52 +0000

Innocent drivers can be charged $75 to fight a traffic ticket, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled.

MA Supreme Court: Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Search...

TruthNeverChanges — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:09:15 +0000

BOSTON (AP) — The odor of burnt marijuana alone is not enough for police to suspect criminal activity and order a person to get out of a car, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday, citing a state law that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of the narcotic.

Justices To Pot Users: Be Careful When You Flush

Thrain — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:08:20 +0000

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court isn't given to offering advice to people who are breaking the law, even in a minor way. But some justices on Wednesday effectively told those who might be sitting at home smoking pot when the police come knocking: Do not flush the toilet.

Supreme Court Won't Review 60-Year Marijuana Sentence

rancemuhamitz — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:48:17 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from convicted Mississippi marijuana dealer Lorenzo Tarver.

Supreme Court Tries to Find Way to Limit Phelps' Speech

wtfk — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:33:44 +0000

Let's hope the SCOTUS grows a brain and decides there really isn't anything that can be done about these Phelps creeps, because they're looking for some way to "ease the pain" of the father of the soldier whose funeral they "ruined." Just about any way they find for the father is going to amount to big trouble for free speech.