Loopholing – Law, Legal & Taxes

A bill to increase penalties for assaults on transit workers has been passed on a first reading by the District of Columbia City Council. It must also pass it on a second reading in order to become law. The Committee on Public Safety & Judiciary had recommended passage on February 26. The [...]

Police officers on horses come in between counter-protester Randall Terry and National Equality March demonstrators.
The National Equality March , organized and attended by members of the LGBT community and their allies, was a demonstration held on October 11, 2009 in Washington DC. The message of the demonstration was for equal protection under law in [...]

October 15, 2008
Speaker: Michael W. McConnell, Presidential Professor of Law, Judge, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Summary: The Sumner Canary Lecture
When faced with drafting a Bill of Rights, members of the First Congress were faced with an impossible problem: what to include and what to leave out. Lockean theory told them that after construction of [...]

The Politics Hour (April 16, 2010): 1n 1998, D.C.’s Corporation Counsel and the law firm Covington and Burling filed a lawsuit — Alexander v. Daley– alleging that “the denial of the D.C. community’s right to be represented in the U.S. Congress violates the rights of Equal Protection, Due Process, a republican form of government”.
In March [...]

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/05/Uncommon_Knowledge_Judge_Laurence_Silberman
Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, “It wasn’t a right to bear arms granted by the Constitution, it was a right that was protected by the Constitution.”
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Laurence Silberman, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of [...]

From STATter911.com http://www.STATter911.com: Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier confrms and stands by her decision to remove press from bridge near deadly Metro collision in part to keep photographers from taking pictures of dead bodies. Read more about the story – http://www.wusa9.com/news/columnist/blogs/2009/07/dc-fire-ems-chief-dennis-rubin-says.html
Duration : 0:3:5

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http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=4963
Love, D.C. Style
Watch as the first couples to marry under the Districts marriage equality law celebrate their love before a crowd of family, friends, supportersand media
Video by Aram Vartian
Last week the first same-sex couples in the District applied for legal marriage licenses on Tuesday, March 9, they were able to legally sanction their relationships. [...]

Retired U.S. federal marshal Matthew Fogg testifies in front of the Washington, D.C. City Council in favor of effective regulations for medical marijuana legalization. Matthew is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), which any citizen can join for free at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
Duration : 0:3:25

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DC City Councilman David Catania is honored at the 10th Annual Victory Champagne Brunch. Councilman Catania sponsored the marriage equality bill, which became law in the District of Columbia in 2010.
Duration : 0:10:0

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MPP director of communications Kurt A. Gardinier appears on Broadband Network 3 to discuss marijuana prohibition and the impending law allowing Washington DC residents to use medical marijuana for serious conditions. Also featured is Wayne Turner, one of the persons responsible for the original ballot initiative to allow medical marijuana in the District of [...]