- Federal Trade Commission announced that Google will pay $22.5 million to settle privacy dispute.
- The case involved allegations that Google bypassed privacy settings of users of Apple’s Safari Internet browser.
- This is not the first time Google has run into trouble over its privacy practices.
- The company agreed to a settlement last year over allegations that it violated its privacy policies for Gmail users.
Google to Pay $22.5M to Settle Privacy Complaint.
“But before the White House gets too carried away in celebration, the reality is that the Court’s decision, as historic as it is, does not guarantee the survival of the law that is the signature accomplishment of Obama’s first term in office. This big legal victory gives the president a second chance to do what he flubbed the first time — persuade the country that this is not a partisan exercise.”
Even After Big Victory, Health Care Future Uncertain
“In Victory for Obama, Supreme Court Supports Health Care Reform:
- Mixed ruling upholds mandate
- Ruling appears to limit Medicaid expansion
- Roberts vote saves mandate
- Ruling a victory for Democrats, Obama”
- Mixed ruling upholds mandate
- Ruling appears to limit Medicaid expansion
- Roberts vote saves mandate
- Ruling a victory for Democrats, Obama”
High Court Upholds Health Care Law
The Demographics of Gay Marriage
A 2011 study by the Pew Research Center, showed that Americans are sharply divided over whether the changes the American family - including the growing acceptance of same-sex couples - has undergone in the past half-century are good for America.
Americans are generally divided into thirds, those who accept major social changes, those who reject it, and those who are tolerant but skeptical of it, the study showed.
Those tolerant skeptics were most conflicted of the three groups when asked what impact more same-sex couples raising children had on American society. A little more than half said that same-sex couples raising children made no difference to society, 14 percent said it was good, and less than 30 percent thought it was bad for society.
Those in the other two groups were much less conflicted.
More than 80 percent of people who were likely to accept social change thought that more gay and lesbian couples raising children is either good for American society or made no difference.
Of those who reject change, the vast majority (at nearly 90 percent of those surveyed) said that gay and lesbian couples raising children is bad for society.
“You want us to go through 2,700 pages?”
—Justice Antonin Scalia
Justices Signal Distaste for Cutting Up Health Reform Law
“By simply passing the law intended to crack down on illegal immigration, Arizona put a chip on its shoulder daring the federal government to knock it off.”
Fawn Johnson provides a Roadmap to Understanding the Ariz. Immigration Case Before the Supreme Court
Bradley Manning Gets Hit with More Charges
Among the 22 new charges is “aiding the enemy.”
