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Join James Court and Sweet Tee each week as they put their verdict on the controversial, the important and the downright strange that fills the world today.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/courtcase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

join us every week as we discuss the ongoing world of pro wrestling and pop culture. Hosted by Judge Julian Cannon and my co-host Judge Rob Base. Over the years since we launched the show back in June 2012, we have had special guests and interviews such as wrestling soup's anthony missionary thomas, jon draper and interviews from AJ Styles, Santana Garrett, Camp WWE's Aly Fainbarg, Joey Ace, Ronny Haze from Make A Path Presents, and Teddy Long. We were also nominated for two categories on the 2017 Wrestling Radio Awards and again in the 2018 edition of the Awards subscribe via itunes, ...

Comedy, basketball, and other stuff from hosts Gregg Gethard and Aaron Hertzog.

The All Night Society is a multi-award-winning Vampire: the Masquerade Camarilla chronicle following four neonate Kindred as they navigate the murky waters of Chicago politics. Prince Kevin Jackson has big plans for the Windy City, but Anarch agitators, rogue Lycans, and Sabbat terrorists threaten to undermine him at every step. Can the coterie help the young Prince build an empire to rival those of the Old World? Or will they join his broken regime in the ashes of vampire history?

The Revolución Podcast examines cultural trends in media, entertainment and advertising. Hosted by advertising professional Kathryn Garcia Castro, thought leader and consumer researcher Linda Lane Gonzalez, ad agency executive Diego Lastra, and writer Court Stroud, each episode aims to inform, entertain and inspire audiences—Hispanics and non-Hispanics alike—through interviews of experts, newsmakers and celebrities. Guests include Gloria Estefan, Maria Hinojosa, Andrés Cantor, Don Francisco (Mario Luis Kreutzberger), and Edward James Olmos. "Ours is a revolution of mind and heart ... "...

Twenty years ago, 18-year-old Francis Quick was convicted of murdering her best friend, Cora King, and sentenced to death. Now the highly debated Accelerated Death Penalty Act has passed, giving Frankie 30 final days to live. Surprising everyone, one of the King family members sets out to challenge the woefully inadequate evidence and potential innocence of Frankie Quick.

Keep your family safe from bulbs and batteries that go bump in the night by listening to Sparks. Fifteen electrifying tales of horror, sci-fi, bizarro, and fantasy. Visit post-apocalyptic nightmare worlds, listen to recordings of the dead, feel the friction of electric lady love, and be struck by lightning from the past.

Tineka Smith always knew that growing up Black in America meant certain restrictions. Don’t talk back to white people, expect to be stopped by the police, always be on your guard. So, when she moved to the UK - and fell in love with Alex Court, a white man - she wondered if things might be different. When Alex proposed to Tineka, it was the easiest decision in the world. What he didn’t anticipate was the reaction - sometimes subtle, sometimes overt - from friends and strangers alike.

The Heart of the Lightkeeper's Daughter is the first book in the romantic suspense series based in the Sea Crest lighthouse community. In this fast-paced romantic novel Kate, a coast guard search and rescue helicopter pilot, has saved many lives but can she save her heart? She meets her match when Michael arrives. Their love - hate fun begins when they are locked inside the lighthouse for days - together! Watch their worlds collide as Kate and Michael try to outsmart each other as they try and figure out how to get rescued.

Step back into the shadow cast by the world again in this collection of 24 eclectic short stories ranging from satire through to horror and science fiction.

In this creative and thoughtful look at how we live, Creeden a financial advisor, shares a new perspective toward life born out of the struggles that so many shared with him over the years. Creeden's unique insight, creative analogies, and well-timed humor will have you looking at your daily decisions in an inspiring new way. He provides us with the insight and confidence to break from the herd and create our own path for the life we truly want to be living to finally find the "blue goat" within and the life-changing power of being yourself.

Decided together with Abernathy v. Sullivan, this case concerns a full-page ad in the New York Times which alleged that the arrest of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. for perjury in Alabama was part of a campaign to destroy King's efforts to integrate public facilities and encourage blacks to vote.

In 2000, the citizens of California passed Proposition 22, which affirmed a legal understanding that marriage was a union between one man and one woman. In 2008, the California Supreme Court held that the California Constitution required the term “marriage” to include the union of same-sex couples and invalidated Proposition 22.

At a school-supervised event, Joseph Frederick held up a banner with the message "Bong Hits 4 Jesus", a slang reference to marijuana smoking. Principal Deborah Morse took away the banner and suspended Frederick for 10 days. She justified her actions by citing the school's policy against the display of material that promotes the use of illegal drugs. Frederick sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the federal civil rights statute, alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

Citizens United sought an injunction against the Federal Election Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent the application of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) to its film Hillary: The Movie. The Movie expressed opinions about whether Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a good president.

The Pennsylvania legislature amended its abortion control law in 1988 and 1989. Among the new provisions, the law required informed consent and a 24 hour waiting period prior to the procedure. A minor seeking an abortion required the consent of one parent (the law allows for a judicial bypass procedure). A married woman seeking an abortion had to indicate that she notified her husband of her intention to abort the fetus. These provisions were challenged by several abortion clinics and physicians.

For the first time in 70 years, the Court heard a case regarding the central meaning of the Second Amendment and its relation to gun control laws. After the District of Columbia passed legislation barring the registration of handguns, requiring licenses for all pistols, and mandating that all legal firearms must be kept unloaded and disassembled or trigger locked, a group of private gun-owners brought suit claiming the laws violated their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enacted in 1996, states that, for the purposes of federal law, the words “marriage” and “spouse” refer to legal unions between one man and one woman. Since that time, some states have authorized same-sex marriage. In other cases regarding the DOMA, federal courts have ruled it unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment, but the courts have disagreed on the rationale.

In 1997, the Texas legislature enacted a law requiring the University of Texas to admit all high school seniors who ranked in the top ten percent of their high school classes. After finding differences between the racial and ethnic makeup of the university's undergraduate population and the state's population, the University of Texas decided to modify its race-neutral admissions policy. The new policy continued to admit all in-state students who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school classes.