A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage, the all-male Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The court ruled 7-0 that bosses can fire employees they see as an “irresistible attraction,” even if the employees have not engaged in flirtatious behavior or otherwise done anything wrong.
Five Ways the Democrats Have Slid Backwards on Civil Liberties in Their Party Platform
What a difference four years makes.
"Where Is the Right to Privacy? It Doesn't Exist If You're a Muslim"
Meet the New Jersey Muslims taking on the New York Police Department over its sweeping surveillance program.
As I waited in line to be processed and transported to jail, Ho approached me with an officer who had released her from custody. The two explained to my arresting officer that I was with the media. "Oh, he's with the media?" the officer replied, although I had already repeatedly told him as much and my credentials had been plainly visible all night. He appeared ready to release me, until a nearby officer piped in, without explanation: "He's getting arrested."
MoJo’s Gavin Aronsen writes about being arrested by the Oakland PD on Saturday night while covering an Occupy protest—despite making clear to officers that he was a credentialed reporter. Unfortunately for the Oakland PD, reporters who are arrested for reporting things have an unusually high recidivism rate.
National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate this week could allow the US military to detain American citizens indefinitely
“If the president thinks you are a terrorist, let him present charges and evidence to a judge,” Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle said in a statement Friday. “He has no authority to lock you up without any judicial review, just because he and Congress believe he should have unlimited power. That is the kind of power held by tyrants in totalitarian regimes. It has no place in the United States.”
Confused by what NDAA does and does not do. Some clarity from Glenn Greenwald
Rand Paul blocked part of it, but some nasty bits still passed. Glenn helps shed light on what’s in NDAA.
