Left Side of the Aisle #165

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of July 3-9, 2014

This week:

Good News: marriage justice continues to advance
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2014/06/25/judge-throws-indiana-ban-sex-marriage/11354083/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/01/same-sex-marriage-kentucky/11903703/
http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/13/13-4178.pdf
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/utah-gay-marriage_n_5529845.html
http://newsok.com/10th-circuit-court-says-states-cant-ban-gay-marriage/article/4954878

Racism (on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/1235-50th-anniversary-of-march-on.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/04/1565-outrage-of-week-scotus-ignores.html
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/05/08/man-tries-to-run-over-crowd-at-crime-scene/20882757/
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/04/27/obama-weighs-in-on-racist-comments-by-clippers-owner-donald-sterling/20876560/
http://www.studentimpactproject.org/reports
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/06/27/white-high-school-drop-outs-are-as-likely-to-land-jobs-as-black-college-students/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/10/judging-judges-effort-address-racial-bias-judicial-reviews-has-created-racial-firestorm-bench/Iq3x11bGAJuDWJbsIGLkpM/story.html
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/12/3447645/lawyers-systematically-rate-black-judges-less-favorably-study-finds/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2219763/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/04/1565-outrage-of-week-scotus-ignores.html

Clown Award: Ann Coulter (cancelled)
http://www2.thepostgame.com/blog/daily-take/201406/ann-coulter-fifa-world-cup-immigration-ted-kennedy-american-soccer-usa
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/06/25/coulter-growing-interest-soccer-sign-nations-moral-decay/11372137/

Outrage of the Week: Hobby Lobby decision
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/06/30/justices-cant-make-employers-cover-contraception/20922400/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/ruth-bader-ginsburg-write_n_5544111.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/how-many-americans-impacted-by-hobby-lobby-ruling
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/rachel-maddow-hobby-lobby-scotus_n_5547211.html
http://newsok.com/peyote-hobby-lobby-and-the-religious-freedom-law/article/3946316

Thoughts for the Fourth: on patriotism
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/07/point-of-personal-privilege.html