Individual Rights stories:
Similar efforts to reinstate bans have succeeded in 5 states
Nov 1st, 2009 - Washington Post
Maine residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage, an effort that has succeeded in every state where it has been put before voters.
Public opinion surveys in Maine show a dead heat on Question 1...NewsState committee to decide state Sen. Hiram Monserrate's political future
Oct 21st, 2009 - NY Daily News
A newly formed state Senate panel will investigate whether Sen. Hiram Monserrate should be expelled or otherwise punished following his conviction in a domestic violence case. Monserrate...
North Carolina bans smoking in bars, restaurants
May 14th, 2009 - bizjournals
Gov. Beverly Purdue says she will sign into law a bill passed by the North Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday that bans smoking in bars and restaurants in a state where tobacco once was king.
Souter known as low-key, fierce defender of individual rights
May 1st, 2009 - CNN
Conservatives say Supreme Court Justice David Souter, nominated by a Republican, was a dissapointment. David Hackett Souter had only been on a federal appeals court bench for a few months when he was tapped to replace liberal lion William Brennan...
Tea party movement legit
Apr 27th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
I am disturbed by the critics of Tea Parties, such as Clarence Page, ("A protest in need of a sane image," Chicagoland, April 22) who seek to criticize the efforts of...



