Subject: U.S. Supreme Court

• Bong Hits 4 Jesus

  June 25, 2007

• Trying to Make Amens

  If only there were school prayer. If only it were that simple.

  March 30, 2000

• Dimitri's Last Stand

  Will naturalists rid the wetlands of a wily immigrant's sex clubs?

  May 11, 2000

• This Just In: Sometimes Voters Aren't Very Informed About Candidates

  October 14, 2008

• Death Row Show

  The media makes causes of more and more capital murder convicts. Meanwhile, John Albert Burks dies almost unnoticed, just another inmate moving along on the efficient execution assembly line of Texas justice.

  July 13, 2000

• Knowing Right from Wrong

  Did Johnny Penry's abusive childhood prevent him from developing a moral compass that might have stopped him from murdering Pam Carpenter? Or is he just another cold, calculating killer?

  March 8, 2001

• Best Court Ruling

  U.S. District Judge David Hittner

  September 26, 2002

• Houston Astrologers Pick The Presidential Race

  November 3, 2008

• The Nation Notices Harris County Ain't Killing People Much These Days

  We first broke the news in October; the Houston Chronicle noticed it earlier this month, and now Time magazine has discovered it: There will be no one sent to Death Row from Harris County this year.Which, in historical terms, is kind of like saying Texas high schools will not be sending anyone to big-name college football programs.As we noted, 2008 was the first year since 1977 -- when the death penalty was reinstated -- without a capital murder conviction in Harris County. Time says its prime e

  December 23, 2008

• Texas Exorcism Case Goes to Washington

  With the Christmas season lingering, there's one fellow who's been left out of the merriment and good tidings. A certain fellow with horns and a pitchfork. And he seems to be doing whatever he can to snatch a bit of the spotlight, as evidenced in an exorcism lawsuit that might be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case centers on Laura Schubert Pearson, a Dallas/Ft. Worth-area girl who is suing members of the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God, who performed an exorcism on Pearson in 1996, whe

  December 30, 2008

• Letters

  August 11, 1994

• Pray

  September 14, 1995

• Letters

  February 13, 1997

• Letters

  May 15, 1997

• Rough Justice

  May 22, 1997

• A Family Affair

  December 18, 1997

• Press Picks

  February 12, 1998

• Do Not Go Gentle

  September 10, 1998

• The Judge Who Couldn't Wait Files A Response

  Sharon Keller, chief justice of the state's highest criminal court, has filed her response to charges that she refused to keep the office open for an hour to accept an appeal on behalf of a guy being executed that night.Essentially, none of it's her fault, and the guy was guilty anyway.The Houston Chronicle has posted a pdf of the actual appeal; it's only 12 pages and worth a read. (But damned if I can find the link to it anymore -- it was on the front page, but it's not part of the linked story

  March 25, 2009

• News of the Weird

  July 22, 1999

• Pigskin Parade

  September 14, 2000

• Guantánamo's Final Days

  As America prepares to close the infamous camp, what about those prisoners?

  February 26, 2009

• Blessed and Bewildered

  Recent debacles demonstrate why District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal needs more than a moustache to match the legacy of Johnny Holmes

  July 31, 2003

• Sign Me Up

  They'll take Iraq over Houston

  January 31, 2008

• Glen Cheek, Sexual Harassment, Randall Kallinen, Dildos, Ed Emmett and Property Taxes

  October 18, 2007

• Almighty Municipality

  With League City controlled by the Christian right, citizens can rezone - and repent

  March 2, 2000

• Jerry Payne, attorney and ex-strip club owner, vs. the IRS and the Houston Chronicle

  The Long Shot

  April 26, 2007

• No Pain, No Gain

  Our solution for saving Texas's claim to capital punishment fame

  May 26, 2005

• Danburg: Montrose's Davy

  Debra Danburg

  May 5, 2005

• The Thin Gray Line

  March 24, 2005

• A Matter of Trust

  Creditors of an estate debt try to collect from a councilmember and the former U.S. solicitor general

  January 27, 2005

• Draining the Swamp

  A scorched-earth management philosophy is sucking the life out of our region's wetlands

  January 13, 2005

• Ties That Bind?

  The D.A. shares something with those he's supposed to be probing: campaign support

  January 15, 2004

• Best Court Ruling Best Court Ruling

  The Supreme Court's sodomy decision

  September 25, 2003

• Back Door to History

  Thank J.R. Quinn for the gay celebrations

  July 10, 2003

• Dumb and Dumber

  Rod Paige does no better when he doesn't have an answer than when he does

  April 17, 2003

• War Is Not Hell

  The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

  April 10, 2003

• Jailhouse Mock

  Pot calls kettle black! Tonight on KHOU!

  March 20, 2003

• Memories

  The Chronicle locks away the Post archives

  December 12, 2002

• Docket Rockers

  Five lawyers and a homicide detective want to give you Death By Injection

  November 28, 2002

• Child Support

  The same extreme measures that saved Sidney Miller at birth also severely disabled her 11 years ago. Texas courts are still trying to determine who should pay for it -- and could set a legal precedent in the process.

  May 2, 2002

• Like It's 1999

  A not-exactly-original idea (at 7 a.m., 4, 5 and 10 p.m.)

  February 22, 2001

• Left Return

  Once burdened by debt and internal politics, a rejuvenated Texas ACLU is back mixing it up with those who dare to trample on the U. S. Constitution.

  January 18, 2001

• Hanging with Mr. X

  Quanell comes on strong at Graham's execution, then vanishes

  June 29, 2000

• Janet Jackson's Houston Nipple Flash Refuses To Die

  What, you thought you were getting nip?The single greatest news event to occur in Houston since the turn of the century -- one that's clearly gotten more ink than Ike -- is Janet Jackson's Super Bowl-icious nipple. (Katrina we're counting as a N'Awlins event.)The Awesome Areola is back in the news yet again this morning, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court.A lower court had set aside the ridiculous $550,000 fine against CBS, which happened to be broadcasting the event and inadvertently aired

  May 4, 2009

• For Continental's 75th Anniversary: Five Not-So-Great Highlights

  Houston's Continental Airlines announced today it's taking delivery of a plane done up in "retro livery," which to the rest of us means an old-school paint job and decoration, to celebrate the 75th anniversary.It's "The Blue Skyway" design from 1947, in case you're interested, and was chosen by current and retired employees in a poll. We would have gone for a 1970s look that included hot pants, but we had no vote.Continental is the only major airline based in Houston, of course, so we should hon

  June 24, 2009

• Five Great Moments In Houston's Gay History

  Gays, lesbians, transgenders, bisexuals, transsexuals and their friends will be marching in the 2009 Houston Pride parade Saturday night (this year's theme is "Out for Justice").To add to the festivities, we thought we'd recap some of the highlights of Houston's GLBT history. 1958: Ray Hill came out Hair Balls could have easily filled our top five list of Houston GLBT moments with Ray Hill achievements alone, but we thought we'd go back to what started it all. In 1958 (which in gay history year

  June 26, 2009

• Sotomayor and cojones vs huevos

  July 23, 2009

• No Justice

  October 29, 2009

• Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Involving Alleged Spy Shot By HPD Officers

  ​In the court of law, it never really mattered whether Roland Carnaby was a spy, as he claimed just before police gunned him down along the highway following a high-speed chase. After all, his widow, Susan, was suing the City of Houston and a pair of its police officers in federal court for excessive force and other civil rights violations.On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison chucked Susan Carbaby's lawsuit out of court before a jury ever got the chance to hear testimony or see the

  October 29, 2009