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Miller v. Carpeneti: Case dismissed
Judge Sedwick dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint; lead attorney for the plaintiffs James Bopp, Jr. says he will appeal. Continue reading
Miller v. Carpeneti: The conservatives behind the attack on Alaska judicial independence and impartiality
Using Scott Christiansen’s excellent article in the Anchorage Press as a jumping off point, this post goes deeper into why conservatives are attacking Alaska’s merit-based system of judicial selection, and the part that the Miller v. Carpeneti case is playing in a much larger nationwide effort to politicize judicial selection in the U.S. — with plaintiffs’ lead attorney James Bopp, Jr. at the forefront.
Palin's Hong Kong adventure…
The Business Insider says that Hong-Kong-based brokerage firm CLSA invited Sarah Palin as keynote speaker for an Asian investment conference as part of their standard effort to “sprinkle in some hilarity every now and then as a smart marketing gimmick.” Alaska bloggers’ analysis: Looks like Palin’s been punked.
Miller v. Carpeneti: Where was the press?
The lawsuit that calls for the federal courts to overturn major provisions of the Alaska Constitution with respect to judicial selection was filed on July 2. Why, then, did the Alaska press not report on it until August 26? Also included most important filings to date in the case.
Lawsuit asks feds to overrule Alaska Constitution
When you can’t get your own way under your state’s Constitution — why, just find some federal judge to declare your Constitution unconstitutional! So with righty-tighty Alaskans with regard to judicial appointments.
"There's no sign of discrimination" — uh, yes there is
This is a slightly revised version of a page I just put up to give Identity Reports and One in Ten a permanent front page presence on my blog. In the 1980s, the nonprofit organization Identity, Inc. conducted two major … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics, Ordinance
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Identity Inc., Identity Reports, lgbtq, One in 10, willful ignorance
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Third time in 35 years: Anchorage's equal rights ordinance
An account of the meeting at which the Anchorage Assembly passed the S-2 version of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, AO 2009-64, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It passed by a vote of 7–4.
Posted in Alaska politics, Ordinance
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Debbie Ossiander, lgbtq
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About those death panels: The funny and the not-so-funny
These people kept me sane all the way through the presidential election season. Now as more & more insanity spreads by means of the nonsensical pronouncements of former (thank goodness!) Gov. Sarah Palin, and lots of other dishonest, unthinking, & … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged crazies, deathers, health care reform, humor, Sarah Palin, tea, teabaggers
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Righty-tighty mobocracy
I’ve read two reports now of anti-health care reform protesters at Senator Mark Begich’s health care press conference heckling and shouting down a lung cancer patient on oxygen tanks who was attempting to testify. The first report came via a … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged birthers, deathers, Eddie Burke, health care reform, Sarah Palin, teabaggers
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Birther madness: You, too, can be born in Kenya
Tired of the same old birthplace showing up on your birth certificate time & again? Never worry! — just like Obama, you too can become an instant Kenyan through the power of forgery! Tell all your friends!