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CorruptionChronicles.com is reporting on a 17 year long battle in California to have a cross removed from a war memorial on state land. Somehow, every court that has heard the case has ruled that the cross violates Article 1, Section 4 of the California Constitution. I will quote it here:

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 1 DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

SEC. 4. Free exercise and enjoyment of religion without
discrimination or preference are guaranteed. This liberty of
conscience does not excuse acts that are licentious or inconsistent

DeseretNews.com reports:

A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a 2001 law passed by the Utah Legislature that banned payroll deductions for political organizations for employees of school districts and other government entities.

In her ruling published Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell found that the law served no "compelling state interest" in limiting the ability of school districts and other governmental entities to offer voluntary payroll deductions for their employees for organizations like the Utah Education Association. The judge also said the law violated government employees' freedom of speech.

The Hooksett Banner Reports:

As local planning experts predicted more than a year ago, Hooksett’s growth management ordinance has been ruled unconstitutional.

The superior court ruling comes as a number of largescale residential and commercial development plans are looming, and as planners draft new residential growth limits for voters to consider.

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Merrimack Superior Court Justice Kathleen McGuire, in a ruling issued April 27, sided with the developer, and wrote that the ordinance “does not rest on scientific and statistical evidence.”

Eyewitness News RI Reports:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that parts of Rhode Island's campaign finance laws regarding ballot questions are unconstitutional.

Not sure yet what I think about this one. I think campaign finance laws are a thin line to walk. On one hand, you want to make sure that our politicians are not owned by special interest groups. On the other hand, without campaign contributions only the super rich could afford to run. Quite possibly, th

WNBC News Reports:

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Six illegal immigrant day laborers sued a Westchester village in federal court Thursday, claiming they were being harassed by the police to keep them from soliciting work in public places.

The workers claimed that new Mamaroneck village regulations and the selective enforcement of them were infringing on their right to free speech. They said it was unconstitutional to keep them from speaking with contractors who drive by to hire manual labor for repairing and landscaping area homes.