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Constitutional Law

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Rick Scott's State Employee Drug Testing Ruled Unconstitutional

    Fire up those spliffs, DMV workers of Florida: A Miami federal judge has ruled that Gov. Rick Scott's plan to randomly drug test all state employees is unconstitutional. Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled today that random tests of 85,000 state employees would be an unreasonable search and seizure and issued ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Trayvon Martin Tragedy Should Inspire Black Voters to Go to the Polls

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for. This week, Luke says African-Americans need to march to the polls on Election Day.For more than two weeks, tens of thousands of African-Americans have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do During MLK Weekend Under $10

    ​It's the first long weekend of the year, a three-day celebration of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King would've been 83 years old if he hadn't been gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray, an evil son-of-a-bitch who hated social justice and equality. Thankfully, ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    North Miami Beach Police Employees Fired Over Santeria Curse On City Manager UPDATE

    ​North Miami Beach has fired two police department employees after they allegedly were caught in the office trying to cast a Santeria curse on the city manager shortly before mass layoffs were planned. Veteran officer Elizabeth Torres and office manager Yvonne Rodriguez were canned last week over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    PETA Sues SeaWorld Over Alleged "Whale Slavery"

    Does this orca have Constitutional rights?​PETA, everyone's favorite group of totally rational animal activists, has launched a new legal attack against SeaWorld this morning, accusing parks in Orlando and California of mistreating five killer whales. Which, actually, OK! There are lots of reasona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Al Cardenas' Wife: Homosexuals "Threaten the Moral Fiber of Our Society"

    ​Al Cardenas, the Miami mega-lobbyist and lawyer who once headed the Republican Party of Florida and now head of the influential American Conservative Union, has exercised his right to be married to a woman named Diana for the past 32 years. Though, it seems Diana is dead set against extending the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Pride Performed

    ​Al Cardenas, the Miami mega-lobbyist and lawyer who once headed the Republican Party of Florida and now head of the influential American Conservative Union, has exercised his right to be married to a woman named Diana for the past 32 years. Though, it seems Diana is dead set against extending the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Marco Rubio Really Admires Dead Racist Jesse Helms

    ​Asked to name a senator he'd like to pattern his own career after, Marco Rubio told the National Review that he really admires Jesse Helms. Yes, Helms, the late North Carolina Republican senator with notorious and well-documented racist and homophobic views. He once called the landmark Civil Righ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Chick-fil-A: Florida Students Disagree Over Restaurant's Right To Be On Campus

    via Flickr SanFranAnnieShould good food outweigh common decency?​Some people are really serious about food. Chick-fil-A, a Christian restaurant chain, came in as the number one choice in a survey among Florida Gulf Coast University students when asked which restaurants they wanted in their student ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Where Are WikiLeaks' Media Friends? UPDATED

    Julian Assange​UPDATE: WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard---and Worst of All, the MediaWhere are the First Amendment's establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down WikiLeaks?Hackers with computers, not hacks with press passes, have been the first line of res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Gay Adoption Ban Dead: Bill McCollum Will Not Appeal Ruling

    Martin Gill and his sons are now legally a familyAn appellate court's decision that Florida's ban on gay adoption will stand, meaning potential gay parents through out the state will be able to adopt. Attorney General Bill McCollum's office had until 5 pm today to decide whether or not to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Living Dead Take Over Lincoln Road

    Martin Gill and his sons are now legally a familyAn appellate court's decision that Florida's ban on gay adoption will stand, meaning potential gay parents through out the state will be able to adopt. Attorney General Bill McCollum's office had until 5 pm today to decide whether or not to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Cleveland Fans Hate First Amendment Almost As Much As They Hate LeBron

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy, the man who bravely wore a LeBron James Miami Heat Jersey to a Cleveland Indians game only to get escorted out and allegedly berated by police, is now a first amendment martyr. And Cleveland fans absolutely hate the very Constitution of this fine country, at least accord ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Manley Business

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy, the man who bravely wore a LeBron James Miami Heat Jersey to a Cleveland Indians game only to get escorted out and allegedly berated by police, is now a first amendment martyr. And Cleveland fans absolutely hate the very Constitution of this fine country, at least accord ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    America Made Beautiful

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy, the man who bravely wore a LeBron James Miami Heat Jersey to a Cleveland Indians game only to get escorted out and allegedly berated by police, is now a first amendment martyr. And Cleveland fans absolutely hate the very Constitution of this fine country, at least accord ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant

    After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    NPR, WaPo Refuse to Report That Outrage Is About Crist

    You've probably already heard about Outrage, the new documentary that aims to out closeted politicians who hypocritically vote for anti-gay legislation. Since you live in Florida, you've probably also heard that the film prominently features our own tanned gubernatorial whiz-kid and maybe gay guy Ch ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    Homeland Security, No!

    Janet Napolitano's sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Obama's cabinet.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Election Night: Save Dade's Amendment 2 Party

    Janet Napolitano's sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Obama's cabinet.

  • Film

    October 30, 2008

    Angelina Jolie in Changeling

    Clint Eastwood's latest takes on a serial killer and the system.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Amendment 2: Two Bishops, Two Views

    Clint Eastwood's latest takes on a serial killer and the system.

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2008

    Lift Every Voice and Sing!

    Clint Eastwood's latest takes on a serial killer and the system.

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Letters from the Issue of March 6, 2008

    "She can try out for American Idol as a reporter."

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2008

    Before Madonna and Brangelina

    Josephine Baker set the benchmark for fabulosity.

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    John Timoney, America’s Worst Cop

    He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2007

    Still Dribbling

    The Globetrotters play for a living

  • Music

    May 18, 2006

    Charley Pride

    The Essential Charley Pride (RCA/BMG Heritage)

  • Culture

    March 9, 2006

    History Lesson

    New Theatre pieces together Cooper's sprawling mess of a play

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Bob Marley

    "Slogans" (Island/Tuff Gong/UMe)

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of March 11, 2004

    Art and ethnicity and cops with nothing better to do

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Now Entering Fort Miami

    Don't forget to bring your gas mask and flak jacket

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2003

    People Power

    Assuring rights for immigrants

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    One Man, One Vote, One Problem

    Redland activists have a name for their inability to exercise self-determination: Steve Shiver

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Will Adams Embargo

    The sad saga of how the feds hounded a senior citizen over, what else, Cuba

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    La Cosa Nuestra

    The war on sexual orientation reveals the organization and structure of the Take Back Miami-Dade political family

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    The Art of War

    Rep. Carlos Lacasa adds a new chapter to the Sun Tzu classic, set in Miami-Dade County

  • Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Place To Dance In Your Speedos For A Cause

    The Winter Party

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Local Boy Made Good

    Dan Blonsky

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Cuba Ordinance 101

    A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

  • Film

    October 28, 1999

    Twice the Insanity

    Crazy in Alabama

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Letters

    Crazy in Alabama

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    A Crash Course in Tolerance

    Rosie Heffernan's students are no dummies when it comes to the U.S. Constitution -- as their parents are learning

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Remains of the Day

    The Cuban American Defense League wanted a little official recognition. They got it.

  • Music

    August 21, 1997

    Cuba's Finest Banned

    The Cuban American Defense League wanted a little official recognition. They got it.

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    A Cocked Pistol

    Miami Herald sports columnist Dan Le Batard goes Cosmo and cements his reputation as the paper's gender-relations expert

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    Freedom of Speech in Handcuffs

    Miami police use an obsolete law to arrest two union activists. Too bad they didn't know the ordinance was being taken out of the code.

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    Letters

    Miami police use an obsolete law to arrest two union activists. Too bad they didn't know the ordinance was being taken out of the code.

  • News

    October 28, 1992

    Why Can't They Do It In the Road?

    For two local street artists, the law giveth and the law taketh away

  • Music

    July 15, 1992

    Body Count Down

    But the album's sales are up, up, up. No wonder so many more cops are dying now.

  • News

    June 17, 1992

    Letters

    But the album's sales are up, up, up. No wonder so many more cops are dying now.

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