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U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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    May 9, 2012

    Proposed Bill Won't Allow Therapists to "Cure" Gay Teens

    North Carolina's most notorious nut job, Pastor Sean Harris, would be disappointed to learn that not only do we not beat the gay out of our kids in California, but we really aren't interested in trying to "cure" them either.In other words, gay kids will be gay kids. At least that's what Sen. Ted Lie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Posting Copyrighted Music to YouTube Might Soon Earn You Jail Time

    ​You might want to think twice before posting that video of your cat "dancing" to a Lady Gaga song. Not just because nobody wants to see it, but because it might earn you a few years in the Federal pen. Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a bill for the Senate that would ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Users: How Much Longer Until Your Boss Can't Fire You?

    Does this mean you could be governor AND smoke pot?​Just like the industrious Walmart worker in Michigan, YOU, too, can get fired from your job for using medical marijuana -- even if you are employee of the month. Which clearly makes no sense, considering medical marijuana is legal. That's why Sen ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    Does this mean you could be governor AND smoke pot?​Just like the industrious Walmart worker in Michigan, YOU, too, can get fired from your job for using medical marijuana -- even if you are employee of the month. Which clearly makes no sense, considering medical marijuana is legal. That's why Sen ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

    Does this mean you could be governor AND smoke pot?​Just like the industrious Walmart worker in Michigan, YOU, too, can get fired from your job for using medical marijuana -- even if you are employee of the month. Which clearly makes no sense, considering medical marijuana is legal. That's why Sen ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Worlds Apart

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Time Bomb

    Weather Underground leaders claimed their bombings were devised to avoid bloodshed. But FBI agents suspect the radical '70s group killed an S.F. cop in the name of revolution.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Mark Leno's Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' In Support of Medical Pot Passes Senate Committee

    Last month, we reported on a Mark Leno bill introduced simultaneously in the Assembly and Senate -- a "joint resolution." The moniker was especially fitting, however, because the resolution supported medical marijuana users, and called for an end to the federal crackdown on dispensaries. Well, when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Independent Radio Threatened with Higher Fees

    Sindre SkredeToday the House Judiciary Committee is hosting a hearing to consider the Performance Rights Act. One activist's missive suggested the act would cost indie radio stations an additional $1000 a year and force DJs to submit monthly reports of everything they've played. It's therefore being ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2009

    What’s in David Chiu’s political baggage?

    Sindre SkredeToday the House Judiciary Committee is hosting a hearing to consider the Performance Rights Act. One activist's missive suggested the act would cost indie radio stations an additional $1000 a year and force DJs to submit monthly reports of everything they've played. It's therefore being ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

    Sindre SkredeToday the House Judiciary Committee is hosting a hearing to consider the Performance Rights Act. One activist's missive suggested the act would cost indie radio stations an additional $1000 a year and force DJs to submit monthly reports of everything they've played. It's therefore being ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    The Chron Behind Bars

    A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?

  • Film

    October 5, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    An Endowed Chair

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1997

    Unspun

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • Calendar

    March 5, 1997

    Mulch

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • Calendar

    September 18, 1996

    Unspun

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    Deadbeat Heaven

    Parents who refuse to pay child support don't have much to worry about in California. Or, for that matter, San Francisco.

  • News

    May 22, 1996

    Against All Odds

    Fundamentalists want to ban same-sex marriage. All across California, people are mad as hell. So how come nobody's doing anything about it?

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