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Well, three out of four isn't bad!

But we still wish they could have abolished ALL of these ridiculously RACIST and unjust policies!

The U.S. Supreme Court finally ruled today MOSTLY in favor of the federal government in regards to the controversial SB1070, a policy in Arizona immigration that has caused quite a bit of controversy regarding its support of blatant racial profiling. Although the 5-3 vote was largely a success, the judges upheld the arguably most CONTROVERSIAL provision, which allows police to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other laws!

Ch-ch-check out a news report on the semi-victory!

According to Justice Anthony Kennedy:

Tags: arizona, controversy, favor, immigration, justice anthony kennedy, law enforcement, pete williams, policy, ruling, sb1070, state, statute, supreme court

We're almost there!!

In February, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Californian Prop 8 was unconstitutional. So supporters of the gay-marriage-banning bill sought to have a larger panel of judges rehear their arguments.

But it's official. They're just not havin' it. The Ninth Circuit has declined to rehear arguments over the statewide ban on gay marriage.

That being said, the case is gearing up for it's trip to the Supreme Court, where the final gavel could bang equality once and for all!!!

If the Court decides the case is worth hearing, a decision will come by

Tags: california, civil rights, court of appeals, decline to rehear, equality, gay marriage, lgbt, prop 8, rehearing, samesex marriage, social issues, supreme court

OMG. Why won't they let this GO!?

The Obama Administration is putting taxpayer's money to good use by asking the Supreme Court to decide whether or not CBS should be fined $550,000 for Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2004.

As we mentioned last year, a federal appeals court ruled

Tags: barack obama, cbs, constitutional, federal communications commission, free speech rights, janet jackson, janet jackson wardrobe malfunction, justice department, supreme court, wardrobe malfunction

California had a law that would require downed livestock to be euthanized to keep their meat out of our food system.

When an animal comes to a slaughterhouse and can't walk, California would make sure they were euthanized, but now a federal court has ruled that California can't amend federal laws set by the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

One of the justices said:

Tags: california, cow, downed, law, meat, pig, slaughterhouse, supreme court

We f***ing hope so! LOLz!

Today, broadcast networks are going in front of Supreme Court to argue that they shouldn't be scrutinized by the FCC.

Even though the Supreme Court ruled the FCC's ban on swearing to be "entirely rational" in 2009, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is now saying that "the FCC policy was unconstitutionally vague."

AND given the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court does seem interested in expanding the First Amendment, it's quite possible that they might rule in favor of the networks.

Should be quite the f***in' day at Supreme Court! Ha!

We wish the networks luck with their cause!!!!!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: 2nd circuit court of appeals, broadcast networks, fcc, networks, supreme court, swearing, tv

Injustice is served.

Yesterday, we were thrilled to see how many people were taking a stand and speaking out in an attempt to save 42-year-old Georgia native/death row convict Troy Davis from the death penalty.

As a reminder, Troy was accused of killing Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989, but many believe there was too much doubt to warrant an execution.

Unfortunately,

Tags: convict, death penalty, executed, georgia, injustice, jon lewis, justice system, mark macphail, police officer, rhonda cook, supreme court, too much doubt, troy davis

Sure, video games can be violent…but then again the city of Vancouver turned cars over and set them on fire when the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup…so should we ban children from watching sports as well???

Whether or not you think your children should be allowed to rent/buy violent video games, if they live in California they're allowed to, because today the Supreme Court ruled that "it is unconstitutional to bar children from buying or renting violent video games."

According to the Supreme Court,

Tags: ban, boston, boston bruins, california, children, first amendement, hockey, stanley cup, supreme court, vancouver, video games, violence