Domestic Glance
The Supreme Court split 4-4 Tuesday on a challenge brought by public school teachers who objected to paying union dues, delivering a big win for the unions – in the first major case where the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s vote would have proved decisive.
The California teachers in the case had challenged a state law requiring non-union workers to pay “fair share” fees into the public-employee unions to cover collective bargaining costs.
Supreme Court split over teachers' dues delivers win for unions
Georgia's Gov. Deal to veto 'religious liberties' bill
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said Monday he would veto a controversial bill allowing faith-based organizations to deny services to gay people.
The Republican governor, who until 1995 was a Democrat, said HB 757 or the so-called "religious freedom" bill, opposed by gay rights advocates and businesses, "doesn't reflect the character of our state or the character of its people."
'Maverick' assistant police chief in Alabama sentenced to 41 months in prison
A former Alabama assistant police chief was sentenced to 41 months in prison for beating a suspect and selling marijuana from the evidence room.
Chris Miles, 41, served in Tallassee, Ala. before pleading guilty on Nov. 17 to one count of deprivation of civil rights, two counts of false statements and one count of possession with intent to distribute.
Pentagon chief used personal email account until December 20
Newly released documents show Defense Secretary Ash Carter used his personal email account for government business for nearly a year, until December 2015, when news reports revealed the practice.
The Pentagon late Friday released 1,336 pages of the emails in response to Freedom of Information Act requests by The Associated Press and other news organizations.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook says in a statement to the AP that the release shows that none of the emails contained classified information.
UCal Vote: Anti-Zionism Does Not Equal Religious Bigotry
The University of California’s regents declared on Wednesday they would not tolerate anti-Semitism on campus but rejected a proposal to equate anti-Zionism with religious bigotry, as they tried to defuse tensions between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian students.
The statement of principles, approved unanimously by the university’s governing board, stems from concerns among Jewish students and faculty about a rise in anti-Semitism on several UC campuses in response to recent student activism in support of Israel.
Aide says Nixon's war on drugs targeted blacks, hippies
One of Richard Nixon's top advisers and a key figure in the Watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a political tool to fight blacks and hippies, according to a 22-year-old interview recently published in Harper's Magazine.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people," former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman told Harper's writer Dan Baum for the April cover story published Tuesday.
Disney, Marvel to break ties with Georgia if state passes antilaw
Disney and Marvel are threatening to take their filming business elsewhere if Georgia passes a controversial law the inclusive companies say is discriminatory and "anti-gay."
Called the Free Exercise Protection Act, or House Bill 757, the bill would legally protect faith-based companies and other entities that refuse to provide services that they claim violate their beliefs. If enacted, the legislation would act as a buffer for opponents of same-sex marriage who refuse service to gay and lesbian couples.
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