U.S. Supreme Court

If Your Facebook Pic Is Red Today, Maybe Take Five Seconds to Let Your State Legislators Know You Support Domestic Partnerships

If you've been on Facebook in the past 24 hours, you've surely noticed the explosion of people using a red version of the Human Rights Campaign's logo to express their support for gay marriage as the U.S. Supreme Court hears two potentially landmark cases. That's very nice and all, but the Supreme C ... More >>

Barack Obama, LeBron James, and Trayvon Martin Gave Us Two Wins and a Travesty

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke looks back on the year the Apocalypse didn't happen.The world won't end in 2012. Why? Because LeBron James still has more NBA cha ... More >>

Mass Shootings Prove Gun Buyers Should Be Drug Tested

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke tackles the touchy subject of gun control.As a responsible gun owner, I am a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment right to b ... More >>

Miccosukee Tribe Again Avoids Lawsuit Over Fatal 2009 Car Crash

A wrongful death lawsuit against the Miccosukee Tribe over a fatal car accident on tribal lands has once again run into resistance in the courts. On January 20, 2009, Coconut Grove resident Tatiana Furry left Miccosukee Resort and Gaming after a night of gambling and drinking, then got into a head- ... More >>

Five Ways to Abuse Obamacare

Luke's Gospel: Obamacare Is as American as Apple Pie and Free Speech

Obamacare Ruled Constitutional By Supreme Court; Sorry, Pam Bondi

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld President Obama's health care mandate, with Chief Justice John Roberts casting the surprising, deciding vote that the sweeping reform is constitutional. The ruling is a blow to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who spearheaded the first national court ch ... More >>

Obamacare Is American As Apple Pie and Free Speech

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke weighs in on Obamacare. As someone who's knows what it's like to fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, I'm very happy for ... More >>

Protest Stupid, Racist Laws

The U.S. Supreme Court and President Obama leave the undocumented and their allies no choice but to escalate civil disobedience.

America's War on Mexicans Starts Now

A hostile Supreme Court and a feckless Obama administration have gone too far.

New Voting Laws Could Take Out Barack Obama This Fall

Florida Cop Dresses as Electric Company Worker to Snoop For Pot Without Warrant

​Florida cops, it seems, will do just about anything to find that marijuana plant growing in your closet. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether Miami police violated the Constitution by routinely sniffing around suspected grow houses with drug-smelling dogs without first getting a search ... More >>

Fane Lozman's Houseboat Case Going to The U.S. Supreme Court

​One word describes Fane Lozman perfectly: Pugnacious. Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the ex-U.S. Marine pilot's appeal that the City of Riviera Beach violated his first amendment rights when it towed his "floating home" and all his possessions in 2009 from the city's marina as retali ... More >>

Cell-phone tracking: Miami cops know where you are

In 2011, Luther Campbell ran for mayor, sued Nevin Shapiro, and called out rappers

Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled Better Give Back In 2012 or Answer to Mayor Luke

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell looks back on the Year of the Booty Man.I had an exciting, productive 2011. I set goals for myself and accomplished quit ... More >>

Walt Disney Doesn't Want You To Know Which Political Campaigns It's Paying For

​Walt Disney might be known best for sunny characters like Mickey Mouse, but that doesn't mean it's opposed to a little dark political skullduggery on the side. Disney is worst among big American corporations in terms of political transparency, according to the D.C.-based nonpartisan Center for Po ... More >>

The Occupy movement needs you, Miami

The Occupy Movement Needs You, Miami

​Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses the Occupy movement sweeping New York, Miami, and other American cities.The tens of thousands of proteste ... More >>

Overanxious Florida Republicans May Ensure Obama Win

​A Florida commission appointed by Republicans will likely vote today to move up the state's Republican primary election to January 31.Though party muckety-mucks are still working on a compromise that could delay the election until February 21, the decision will probably create chaos.Given last we ... More >>

Kids aren't racist, schools are

Vice Magazine: Florida "is a Violent, Dong-Shaped Netherworld"

Jaded Hipster bible Vice has no love for the Sunshine state. Blogger Sam McPheeters unleashed on our peninsula in a recent blog post, casting the state as "a violent, dong-shaped netherworld of grifters, drug smugglers, gun runners, swamp nazis, hobo killers, killer hobos, elder abusers, kidnappers, ... More >>

Robaina promises thousands of jobs for Dade residents

Julio Robaina squirms and Michael Putney flubs

The Music Making Industry Is Harder Than County Politics

Alex IzaguirreUncle 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 Miami New Times. In this special edition, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- explains how running a music record business is to ... More >>

NFL players should form their own teams

CBS and Sports Illustrated lie about black athletes

National Signing Day: pettiness reigns

Pettiness Rules The High School Recruiting Season

​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 Miami New Times. This week, Luke addresses the pettiness of college football's National Signing Day.I have to admit University of Miami Hurricanes head fo ... More >>

Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Sean Combs flex hip-hop's financial muscle

2010 was not a good year for African Americans

Aliens, military wackos, and the next war

The U.S. Military Ready to Wage War on Outerspace Terrorists

​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 Miami New Times. This week, Luke dissects the worldwide UFO conspiracy.A propaganda campaign to prepare us for the next big war is underway. But this time ... More >>

Elena Kagan helped 2 Live Crew and blacks, so confirm her already

Elena Kagan Will Make A Fine Supreme Court Justice

​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 Miami New Times. This week, Luke analyzes Elena Kagan's nomination to the highest court in the land. I'm happy to see that Barack Obama nominated El ... More >>

Vamos a Cuba Denied Entry to Supreme Court

​The big legal battle over a little book has come to an end today. The U.S. Supreme Court decided it won't take up the case.The Miami-Dade County School Board removed Vamos a Cuba from library shelves in 2006 after a parent complained that the 32-page book for young readers portrayed a sunny descr ... More >>

Charlie Crist Finally Makes up His Mind About Sotomayor

Charlie Crist had been awkwardly mum on whether he would support the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Now that it's almost assured she'll get confirmed, he has finally decided to let everyone know that, no, he would not vote to confirm this lady. Here's his statement (via Nake ... More >>

Where's Timoney Now? In D.C. Supporting Sotomayor

We all know Miami Police Chief John Timoney likes to get out of town every chance he gets, so he couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet Vice President Joe Biden and talk up President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. "She's done all right for herself. She's the quintessential America ... More >>

Where's Timoney Now? Up in DC Supporting Sotomayor

We all know Miami Police Chief John Timoney likes to get out of town every chance he gets, so he couldn't pass up a chance to meet Vice President Joe Biden and talk up President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. "She's done all right for herself. She's the quintessential American s ... More >>

Spies in the Magic City

The Supreme Court will decide whether to reconsider conviction of the Cuban Five.

Marco Rubio Takes a Swipe at Sonia Sotomayor

Wing-nut Cuban-American criticizes first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

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2 Live Crew

Fair Weather Freedom Fighters

The Latin Grammys got the headlines, but brave and bruised theater director Alberto Sarraín got the honors

Frank Talk About Free Speech

Attorney Victor Diaz chats up the ACLU's Howard Simon

In the Rough

A half-century before the Tiger Woods era, black Miamians fought a losing battle to hit the links

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

Our Garbage, Ourselves

Scaling Mount Trashmore, sorting through the clues to the mystery of everyday life

Smooch

There Ought to Be a Law