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Thursday, March 1st, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Alabama’s immigration law. Another three-judge panel will hear challenges to the Georgia law. The Arizona case will be heard in April by the Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to order emergency measures that might prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite a warning that the exotic fish pose a “dire threat” to the region’s environment and economy.
Pray for the wisdom of the courts as they consider such diverse issues as illegal immigration and exotic fish threats.
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
The United States Supreme Court said it will revisit the issue of affirmative action as it relates to university admissions using race as a factor when it hears a case involving the University of Texas next fall.
The Supreme Court of Alabama appears to have affirmed the concept of “personhood” by suggesting that states simply “reject” of pre-viability abortion-at-will that comes from Roe v. Wade until the Supreme Court overrules the precedent.
Pray for wisdom for our jurists as they deal with issues impacting individual rights and social mores.
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
North Carolina’s Supreme Court heard arguments on whether consumers should be able to take hospitals to court to justify bills that seem excessive, such as medications which were billed at 24 times what a pharmacy would charge.
Questions about the safety of Supreme Court Justices have been raised by U.S. Marshals in the wake of a robbery involving Justice Stephen Breyer on the island of Nevis. The FBI is searching for the machete-waving thief.
Pray for the safety of the members of our courts, whether on the bench, at home, or on vacation.
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg advised the Egyptian people to ignore the U.S. Constitution when preparing their own, saying it is “just too old” to have any teaching value or to be used as an example for democracy.
Pray for wisdom for the jurists who rule from the many courts across the nation- the Supreme Court to municipal ones.
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
The California Supreme Court upheld legislation that ended a roughly 60-year-old program intended to combat urban blight. As a result, more than 40 redevelopment agencies have closed, and cities are scrambling to find an alternative.
Multiple “friend of the court” briefs have been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of free speech for students and parents in what has become known as the “Candy Cane Case,” about religious symbols of the candy.
Pray for wisdom for the members of the Courts from local levels up to the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to overturn a 9th Circuit ruling that a mathematics teacher must remove banners declaring “In God We Trust” and other slogans from his classroom.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that police officers cannot use GPS devices to track a suspect without first obtaining a warrant, saying it would constitute unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.
Pray about the “cleansing” of classrooms of our Christian heritage under the guides of protecting cultural diversity.
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1994 law that extends copyright protection to books, musical compositions and other works by foreign artists that had been available without payment of royalties.
The U.S. Supreme Court left in place a federal appeals court ruling that held that predominantly Christian prayers at the start of county meetings violated the First Amendment’s prohibition on government endorsement of religion.
Pray for wisdom for the nine Supreme Court Justices as they work through their very heavy case load.
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
A Texas abortion law requiring doctors to show sonograms to patients can be enforced while opponents challenge the measure in court, a federal appeals court said in a ruling that signaled the judge’s belief that the law is constitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that bans foreign nations from spending to influence U.S. elections, saying that the right to live and work in the U.S. does not include the right to influence voting.
Pray for the courts of the U.S. all of whom are overwhelmed with heavy docket loads.
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
Three cases from Texas involving voting rights or redistricting, with potentially enormous legal and political consequences, will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on January 9.
A U.S. Appeals Court said a 2008 law granting telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the National Security Agency with intelligence-gathering eavesdropping and surveillance is constitutional.
Pray for wisdom for our judicial officers in courts all across the land, and especially the Supreme Court Justices.
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
When the U.S. Supreme Court resumes on January 9, it will take up a trio of politically sensitive issues including redistricting maps, whether media can be fined for “fleeting expletives” and possible EPA over-regulation.
The Court for the Southern District of New York has found that Iran provided safe haven to Al Qaeda leaders of 9/11 and operatives, keeping them out of the hands of U.S. forces, a claim which Iran has rejected.
Pray that in 2012 the judges and justices of the land will hold to the Constitution and avoid politically-based rulings.
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