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Author and Legal Scholar, Michelle Alexander, Talks about The War on Drugs and …Huffington PostKathleen Wells: Author and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, has written a powerful and highly acclaimed, well-researched book titled, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." In that book, she writes that a war has been …and more » [...]

Motorcycle lane splitting is legal, but even some bikers get nervous about itSan Jose Mercury News"I've never seen this in any other state, and couldn't believe it was legal here." She's not alone. Kicking off the start of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the state Office of Traffic Safety on Thursday released its first-ever survey on [...]

Collapse of Moore's Law 'in about 10 years'SlashGearTheoretical physicist Michio Kaku this week has discussed in a short video why Moore's Law will collapse “in about 10 years or so.” In this video presented by Big Think, the law created by Gordon E. Moore is not debunked, but is instead explained as …and more » View [...]

The Associated Press Justices skeptical about striking down Ariz. lawCBS News(AP) WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country …Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central [...]

UPI.com Jennifer Hudson describes warning sister about brother-in-lawBoston HeraldBy Jason Meisner and Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Jennifer Hudson, dressed all in black and wearing little makeup, struggled at times to maintain her composure on the witness stand Monday as the trial of her former brother-in-law opened …Jennifer Hudson testifies against brother-in-law [...]

Christian Science Monitor The truth about Arizona's immigration lawCNNSan Diego (CNN) — With the Supreme Court poised this week to hear arguments in the legal challenge to Arizona's immigration law, it's a good time to explain what this law and the ruckus surrounding it are really about. The left says it's about racism …Supreme Court [...]

Wall Street Journal The Arizona Law Isn't About Racial ProfilingU.S. News & World ReportArizona's SB 1070 immigration law requires officers stopping or arresting an individual for a reason other than a suspected immigration offense to contact federal immigration authorities to verify the individual's immigration status if he has a …Supreme Court immigration case weighs states' [...]

Environmental, legal expert speaks about recent 'fracking' legislationLehighvalleylive.com (blog)By BROWN AND WHITE STAFF Michael Krancer, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), spoke and answered questions about Act 13 —a new state law establishing regulations over the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

Fort Worth Star Telegram Law that makes it a crime to lie about military honors could be overturnedFort Worth Star TelegramIf the court's rulings in First Amendment cases in recent years are any indication, the law may well fall. However personally galled and angered Burkett is by phonies, he is equally frank about the possibility [...]

IBNLive.com US fears about India tax law misplaced -MukherjeeReutersWASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday dismissed as unfounded concerns by US business groups that revised Indian tax laws might make foreign investors retroactively liable for taxes dating back decades.India reaffirms its stand on tax law changesNew York Daily NewsIndia's Mukherjee [...]