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USCIS Immigration Memo – Gode Davis

April 2, 2010

In this podcast, staff Political Columnist Gode Davis, talks about some of the changes in immigration policy that may be around the corner and how it will effect employers and workers. Based on his April 1, 2010 article titled A Memorable USCIS Immigration Memo [powerpress]

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A Memorable USCIS Immigration Memo

April 1, 2010

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – April 1, 2010 2010 began with an unlikely bang initiated by a U.S. agency. It seemed innocent enough. “It” was a 19-page memorandum issued on January 8th by Donald Neufeld, Associate Director of Service Center Operations for the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) agency, and “it,” intended to clarify…

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Gay Marriage and the Supreme Court – Kristen Friend

March 31, 2010

Based on her March 30, 2010 article titled, Will Gay Marriage Advocates Get Support from the Supreme Court? staff Supreme Court writer Kristen Friend talks about the pending Propesition 8 case in California and it is likely to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. [powerpress]

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Will Gay Marriage Advocates Get Support from the Supreme Court?

March 30, 2010

By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – March 30, 2010 Social issues have a unique ability to draw voters out to the ballot box regardless of whether the controversy at hand has any real effect on the lives of those casting their votes. Same sex marriage is no exception to this trend. The…

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Fallacies of the Christian Right

March 25, 2010

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 25, 2010 The Christian Right and their interpretations of Christianity have become a “given” in American society in recent decades. The current culture of Christianity boasts luminaries such as George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Tim LaHaye, and Joel Osteen among many contemporaries wielding pervasive influence and power. It…

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Parents Win Right to Block Sexting Cases

March 23, 2010

By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – March 23, 2010 Recently, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that parents are allowed to block their children from child pornography charges they face for appearing in photographs found on their classmates’ phones.…

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Anti-Teacher Facebook Page Could be Protected by First Amendment

March 18, 2010

By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – March 18, 2010 This may be a bit of a tempest in a teapot, but it does raise some interesting questions about privacy and freedom of speech in the Facebook age. Florida student Katherine Evans had her knuckles rapped for creating a Facebook page full of – not-so-nice…

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Jim Bunning’s Wild Pitch

March 16, 2010

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 16, 2010 According to the book Cooperstown, [1] which chronicles the exploits of men elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York; including, most notably, those who played what used to be called The National Pastime, Jim Bunning was “the consummate intelligent professional pitcher.” If…

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Netflix Sued for Revealing Sexual Orientation by Movie Choices

March 9, 2010

By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – March 9, 2010 While it’s nice to have a privacy policy, those who hold contests should really pay attention to just what they’re doing when they release private customer information. You knew this had to happen, didn’t you? Everywhere you look, every site you surf, every doctor, dentist,…

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Question for the Court: When Does Free Speech Become Aid to Terrorists?

March 2, 2010

By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – March 2, 2010 A challenge to a US anti-terror law raises the issue of whether political speech may be prosecuted as support for a terrorist organization. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, last Tuesday and is currently deliberating…

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