NRA Sues San Francisco Over Its Handgun Ban- June 28, 2008http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703227.html?nav=r... Punishing an Enormity- June 28, 2008 IT IS NOT EVERY day that we greet with conflicting feelings the release of a Supreme Court decision with which we agree. But such is the case with Kennedy v. Louisiana. Even while concurring with the majority's decision, handed down Wednesday, to strike down the death penalty for child rapists, we join Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s declaration in dissent that "the very worst child rapists -- predators who seek out and inflict serious physical and emotional injury on defenseless young children...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703199.html?nav=r... Appeals court upholds FCC on cable rules- June 27, 2008 CINCINNATI -- A federal appeals court Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to set rules meant to make it easier for new cable TV competitors to gain local franchises.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062701751.html?nav=r... Justices add 2 cases to docket, break for summer- June 27, 2008 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to step into an environmental dispute over a gold mining operation near Juneau, Alaska and a California criminal case in which a convicted killer was granted a new trial.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062701271.html?nav=r... Navy approves plan for sonar training off Hawaii- June 27, 2008 HONOLULU -- The Navy has adopted a new plan for training in Hawaii waters that it says will allow it to accelerate some exercises and hold them more frequently while continuing to limit the effects of its sonar on marine mammals.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062701051.html?nav=r... High court affirms gun rights in historic decision- June 27, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062700628.html?nav=r... High court affirms gun rights in historic decision- June 27, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601694.html?nav=r... Today in History - June 27- June 27, 2008 -- Today is Friday, June 27, the 179th day of 2008. There are 187 days left in the year.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062700014.html?nav=r... Justices Reject D.C. Ban On Handgun Ownership- June 27, 2008 The Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun possession yesterday and decided for the first time in the nation's history that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a gun for self-defense.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062600615.html?nav=r... TODAY'S NEWS- June 27, 2008http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603278.html?nav=r... |