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Statement on today's Supreme Court decision
Mon, 3 May 2010 14:44:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 5/3/2010 EST Boy Scouts of America is grateful that the Supreme Court of the United States considered hearing an appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America ...

Boy Scouts ask US Supreme Court to hear appeal
Thu, 7 May 2009 12:07:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 4/4/2009 EST Boy Scouts of America and San Diego-Imperial Council, Boy Scouts of America have filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Court to review the Ninth Circuit ...

Ninth Circuit sends San Diego Boy Scout case to Cal Supreme Court with "unprecedented" standing ruling
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:35:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 12/31/2008 EST Boy Scouts of America issued the following statement today: Boy Scouts of America and San Diego-Imperial Council, Boy Scouts of America are disappointed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...

Scouts pass key test in Philly lawsuit
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:37:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/27/2008 EST The Philadelphia Daily News reported today that the Cradle of Liberty Council's lawsuit against the City could move forward on First Amendment grounds. A federal judge threw out the City's assertions that, as ...

U.S. Ninth Circuit issues order in San Diego appeal
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:59:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 6/11/2008 EST Boy Scouts of America and San Diego-Imperial Council, Boy Scouts of America note that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America has decided to certify ...

Boy Scouts sues City of Philadelphia
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:57:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 5/23/2008 EST The Cradle of Liberty Council of Boy Scouts of America today sued the City of Philadelphia to prevent the City from violating the Scouts' constitutional rights. The lawsuit can be downloaded by clicking here ...

Chicago Tribune: "Boy Scouts push for new relevance"
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:49:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 4/29/2008 EST The Chicago Tribune looks at the Boy Scouts of America in today's newspaper as the organization approaches its centenary in 2010: "Bruised by America's culture wars, battered by lawsuits alleging that ...

Washington Post features Eagles' achievement
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:00:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/22/2008 EST Nice to have a national newspaper like the Washington Post recognize the transformative power of Scouting. Read here. ...

Scouts ask California Supreme Court to protect Good Samaritans from lawsuits
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:33:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/10/2008 EST Boy Scouts of America submitted a friend of the court brief to the California Supreme Court in a case about the interpretation of that state's "Good Samaritan" statute. Van Horn v. Watson , No. S152360. The ...

Philly Boy Scouts help family who lost home in fire
Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:14:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 12/27/2007 EST Fox 29 in Philadelphia reports on how Boy Scouts from the Cradle of Liberty Council helped a Philadelphia area family who lost their home in a fire. Interesting contrast: the family was displaced by a fire an ...

Op-ed: "The War on the Boy Scouts"
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:05:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 12/19/2007 EST Denver Post Columnist Al Knight writes today: Some topics are best left both out of sight and out of mind. The American Civil Liberties Union's war on the Boy Scouts is not one of them. The AC ...

Opinion: Philly Wrong about Scouts
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:36:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 12/7/2007 EST From today's Philadelphia Daily News , Christine M. Flowers writes that the city is wrong on the Scouts: CHILDREN are dying in the streets. Cops are targets. The murder toll is one a day. But City ...

What WAPO left out of its story on the Philly Scouts
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:59:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 11/21/2007 EST WAPO, aka The Washington Post , ran a story about the city of Philadelphia giving the Boy Scouts the virtual boot out of the headquarters it has occupied since 1928. "While we respect the right of t ...

More on the Cambridge kerfuffle
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 11/20/2007 EST The vice mayor of Cambridge, MA, weighs in at length today in the Boston Herald . While this is an extremely unfortunate event, it was caused by an apparent lack of communication and understanding r ...

Laura Ingraham features Cambridge incident on Fox News
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:08:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 11/18/2007 EST Cambridge dust up on Fox News Friday night. Laura Ingraham filling in for Bill O'Reilly interviewed a lawyer from Cambridge, although it was not clear what if any connection he had to the issue. ...

Cambridge stubs toe again over Scout donation boxes
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:26:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 11/17/2007 EST While the Boston Herald reported that Cambridge's vice mayor essentially apologized for the removal of Boy Scout collection boxes from polling places last week and blamed the incident on a breakdown in c ...

Paper: "Clueless in Cambridge"
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:17:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 11/16/2007 EST The Boston Herald reports , and its editors opine, about the Cambridge Boy Scouts whose efforts to collect donations for U.S. soldiers in Iraq were thwarted by the city's Election Commission. Cambridge's ...

Paper:"Cambridge boots Boy Scouts, calls support for soldiers 'pro-war'"
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:45:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 11/15/2007 EST The Cambridge (MA) Chronicle reported yesterday that a the local Election Commission removed Boy Scout donation boxes for US troops from polling places last week. Election officials ordered the r ...

Boy Scouts first to help, last to leave
Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:20:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/27/2007 EST The last fire evacuees are leaving Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Boy Scouts were there to help reports today's San Diego Union Tribune : Brian Miller was the last person out of the stadium and the only ...

To the rescue: "Who else? -- a couple of troops of Boy Scouts"
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:32:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/24/2007 EST News coverage of the fires in California is at once frightening and inspiring. There are a lot of stories of people helping people, but this being a Boy Scout website we are focused on these tidbits in the new ...

Scouts carry injured hiker 3 miles, honored as heroes
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:05:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/24/2007 EST The Associated Press reports that a Scout troop from the Cradle of Liberty Council came to the rescue of a hiker who had fallen and hit her head on the Appalachian Trail, building a stretcher from scratch and ...

Investor's Business Daily editorial on Philly fracas
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:19:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/20/2007 EST October 19, 2007--Political Correctness: The city of Philadelphia raises the nominal rent on a city building the Boy Scouts use because it says the group discriminates against gays. Is the City of Brothe ...

Philadephia hikes Boy Scouts' rent by $199,999
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:11:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/20/2007 EST The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Thursday, October 18, 2007: The Boy Scouts of America's refusal to bend its rules to permit gay scouts will cost the organization's local chapter $200,000 a year i ...

AP: 'God' Back on US Flag Documents
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:09:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/11/2007 EST By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — A 17-year-old Eagle Scout wanting to honor his grandfather's "love of God, country and family" with a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol has helped remove ...

Marine hero inspired Scouts to do their best
Mon, 28 May 2007 18:29:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 5/27/2007 EST Area Scouts honor Maj. Rick Gannon, who was killed in Iraq, and others on Memorial Day Published May 27, 2007, The Capital , Annapolis, Md. By E.B. FURGURSON III, Staff Writer Maj. Rick Gannon ...

BSA attorney discusses victory in Jamboree case
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:26:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 4/6/2007 EST BSALEGAL.org today interviewed George A. Davidson, BSA National Counsel, about the Seventh Circuit's ruling this week in the Jamboree case. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the podcast icon. ...

Court: 2010 Jamboree can go forward
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:28:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 4/4/2007 EST Irving, TX / April 4, 2007 — Boy Scouts of America is pleased that the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the ACLU's lawsuit against the Department of Defense for supporting the ...

New Book: Legacy of Honor
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:54:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 2/26/2007 EST There is a great new book out called Legacy of Honor, The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts . The common thread of all Eagle Scouts is "an abiding faith in an ideal called honor," says author Al ...

LA Times: "To stop gangs, call the Scouts"
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:57:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/26/2007 EST Heather McDonald , a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, recently published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times challenging the city's anti-gang program. Her solution: The understandable desire to elimin ...

Letter: "Boy Scouts still brings boys into manhood "
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:29:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/18/2007 EST A letter to the editor in today's Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent said in part: Recently, my wife Bonnie and I were privileged to be invited to attend an Eagle Court of Honor for a young man in our neighborh ...

Ninth Circuit asked to rehear Boy Scout appeal en banc
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:49:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/4/2007 EST Boy Scouts of America has asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear its appeal in Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America . On December 18, 2006, a three-judge panel of the Ni ...

57,000 turn out to say farewell to President Ford
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/3/2007 EST From WMMT News Channel 3, Grand Rapids, MI : An estimated 57,000 people filed through the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids to pay their final respects to President Gerald R. Ford. They began Tuesday afternoon ...

Ford's death refocuses attention on Scouts
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:39:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/3/2007 EST Eagle Scout President Gerald R. Ford honored by Scouting Here's a great story from WMMT News Channel 3, Grand Rapids, MI, that was posted on YouTube. And here's a link to another wonderfu ...

Scouts, students at Gerald Ford Elementary honor his memory
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:32:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/3/2007 EST Students honor President Ford's memory, KESQ News Channel 3, Indian Wells, CA: Local Boy Scouts and Brownies brought the flag to half staff as the school watched. Scout Leader Wynn Storton says the scou ...

More media on Ford and Scouts
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/3/2007 EST Hundreds of Scouts honor one of their own , Detroit Free Press, January 2 Ford became an Eagle Scout in 1927, and he upheld its principles in office, said Michael Sulgrove, Scout executive for the Gerald R ...

Boy Scouts Line Street for Ford's Funeral Procession
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:34:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/2/2007 EST WLIX, News 10, Lansing/Jackson, MI, filed this report about Eagle Scouts lining the streets for President Ford's funeral procession. ...

Boy Scouts honor Ford during funeral events
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:02:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/2/2007 EST From WWMT, Grand Rapids, MI: President Ford earned the highest honor in scouting to become an Eagle Scout. Tuesday, Gerald Ford's Boy Scout troop took time to pay tribute to him. A huge banner was hun ...

Scouts' tribute
Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:50:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/2/2007 EST Scouts (at bottom) salute President Ford's casket as it leaves National Cathedral From the New York Times today: When the cathedral's limestone arches echoed, it was with the drums and brass of Aaron C ...

Scouts salute one of their own
Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:28:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/2/2007 EST Boy Scouts have met and saluted former President Ford every step of the way on his journey home. In this video from MSNBC, they honor their fellow Eagle Scout at the World War II Memorial. ...

Scouts Mourn First Eagle Scout President
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 12/27/2006 EST Boy Scouts and leaders across West Michigan to remember Eagle Scout and the United States' 38th President with an Honor Guard of Local Scouts GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 30 ...

Decision published in Boy Scout appeal
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:56:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 12/18/2006 EST Boy Scouts of America today issued the following statement about the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America: Irving, TX / December 18, 2006 —Boy ...

Suit against Scouts dismissed by federal judge
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:32:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/30/2006 EST Boy Scouts of America issued the following statement today: Irving, TX -- Boy Scouts of America announced today that a federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the parents of an aut ...

For Boy Scouts, speech is no longer free in Berkeley
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:57:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/16/2006 EST The Supreme Court of the United States today denied the Berkeley Sea Scouts' petition to hear an appeal of a California Supreme Court decision. The official Boy Scout statement is below: Irving, TX / Octo ...

House passes Public Expression of Religion Act
Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:40:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/4/2006 EST The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Public Expression of Religion Act of 2006 (PERA, HR 2679) by a vote of 244 to 173. Here is the statement issued today by the Boy Scouts of America: Boy Sco ...

Newspaper: "Reach high, avoid violence"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:57:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/19/2006 EST At a time when some local governments and school boards are taking exception to Boy Scouts, here's a story from today's Philadelphia Inquirer that puts it all into perspective. Frank "Tick" Coleman, ...

Letters: "A win for the Boy Scouts"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:58:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/16/2006 EST More letters to the editor at The Oregonian about our win before the Supreme Court: Thank you, Oregon Supreme Court, for ruling in favor of the Boy Scouts ("Court OKs Boy Scout recruiting at schools," Se ...

"For Boy Scouts, speech is no longer free in Berkeley."
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:58:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/15/2006 EST Boy Scouts filed a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court of the United States this week supporting the reversal of the California Supreme Court's decision in Evans v. Berkeley . As Boy Scouts ...

Letter: ACLU leader's remark about Boy Scouts is absurd and offensive
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:52:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/15/2006 EST Chris Bishop writes today to the editor of the Salem, OR, Statesman Journal : I applaud the Oregon Supreme Court for not fully adopting the ACLU's view of the Boy Scouts of America. David Fidanque's (ex ...

Poll: "Should Boy Scouts Recruit at Public Schools?"
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:36:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/10/2006 EST Portland, OR, TV station KOIN is running an online poll: "Should Boy Scouts Recruit at Public Schools?" PORTLAND - A long, drawn-out fight over the Boy Scouts of America has finally come to an end. ...

Paper: "Court OKs Boy Scout recruiting at schools"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:59:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/9/2006 EST From today's Oregonian , by Steven Carter and Scott Learn: , by writers Steven Carter and Scott Learn: The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that Portland Public Schools didn't discriminate against a ...

Scouts win in Oregon Supreme Court
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:02:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/8/2006 EST The Boy Scouts of America issued the following statement today: Boy Scouts of America welcomes today's decision from the Oregon Supreme Court declaring that the Portland Public School District did not discrim ...

The American Legion, ACLU and Boy Scouts
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:46:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/29/2006 EST American Legion attorney, Rees Lloyd, reports today in The Record Gazette from the organization's National Convention in Salt Lake City. Among its many important activities is the Legion's "Defense of Ameri ...

Here are some great Scouting promo videos
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:18:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/18/2006 EST We just came across a bunch of really wonderful Boy Scout promotional videos and PSAs at YouTube.com. They capture the essence and values of Scouting. We've taken the liberty of posting links to them on bsale ...

"ACLU's tactics are backfiring"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/16/2006 EST "The American Civil Liberties Union is running scared. Its strong-arm tactics to extort cities and other organizations to strip religious symbols from the public square are finally backfiring." writes Margare ...

"Return of the Boy Scouts"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/10/2006 EST "After a six-year absence, the Boy Scouts of America are back in the high court again. This time it is their brother Sea Scouts who are asking the Supreme Court for a lifeline. The case of Evans v. City of Ber ...

Philly Letter to Editor: "Let scouting make a difference"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:03:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/8/2006 EST Robert F. Leopold III, a Philadelphia Inquirer reader wrote the paper on August 8: I am a little confused. Mayor Street bemoans youth violence in Philadelphia while his administration attacks the Boy Scouts ...

Cradle of Liberty Council non-discrimination statement
Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:34:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/28/2006 EST By the way, here is the Cradle of Liberty Council non-discrimination statement . ...

Local news video of Philadelphia dispute
Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:35:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/28/2006 EST Watch local Philadelphia news coverage of the city's attack on the Cradle of Liberty Council. 6ABC video . Fox 29 video . And listen to Cradle of Liberty spokesman Jeff Jubelier on talk radio . ...

Talker Michael Smerconish on Philly mess
Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:36:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/27/2006 EST Radio talk show host Michael Smerconish writes in today's Philadelphia Daily News , "It's not too late. Mayor Street can still follow the scout motto and "Do a Good Turn Daily." He can tell gay groups he's sy ...

Philly wants dialogue with Boy Scouts
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:30:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/27/2006 EST Today's Philadephia Inquirer update on the Boy Scout eviction story -- "Diaz seeks 'dialogue' with Boy Scouts; the solicitor says his own homosexuality didn't enter into the city's effort to force the local c ...

Editorial: "Cities should encourage scouting to help boys stay out of trouble"
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:04:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/25/2006 EST "The City of Philadelphia apparently has decided that political correctness is more important than saving the lives of boys. The administration of Mayor John Street is expected to boot the Boy Scouts from its ci ...

"Wrong To Evict Boy Scouts"
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:37:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/25/2006 EST "In the midst of Philadelphia's worst crime wave in memory, including 220 murders already this year, a shrinking police force and failing schools, who has Philadelphia Mayor John Street bravely targeted as public ...

Boy Scouts will fight
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:38:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/25/2006 EST "The Boy Scouts of America will fight to stay in the city-owned building they have occupied since 1928, saying the City of Philadelphia has no right to force them to change their policy barring gay members," writ ...

"Berkeley Policy Against Sea Scouts Assaults Civil Rights"
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:39:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/17/2006 EST Harold Johnson of the Pacific Legal Foundation published an op-ed in the Daily Californian about the PLF's appeal of the Evans decision to the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

Berkeley Sea Scout Decision Appealed to United States Supreme Court
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:04:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 7/11/2006 EST Sacramento, CA. July 11, 2006 -- Pacific Legal Foundation announced today that it has appealed to the United States Supreme Court to review and reverse the California Supreme Court's decision allowing the City ...

Sunday night was a study in contrasts
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:07:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 3/13/2006 EST "Sunday night was a study in contrasts," writes Dr. Terry Paulson. "There was the glitz and glamour of the 78th Academy Awards Ceremony, and there was the heartwarming satisfaction of attending a Boy Scout Eagle ...

California Supreme Court Ignores Constitutional Rights
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:05:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 3/9/2006 EST IRVING, TX, March 9, -- Boy Scouts of America is dismayed by the decision of the California Supreme Court in the Berkeley Sea Scouts lawsuit against the City of Berkeley. The Court chose to ignore United States S ...

Oral arguments are scheduled for April 6 in the appeal of Winkler v. Rumsfeld
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:31:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 3/7/2006 EST Oral arguments are scheduled for April 6 in the appeal of Winkler v. Rumsfeld , the case challenging the constitutionality of military support for the National Scout Jamboree. The argument will be held in the U ...

Legion Launches National Awareness Campaign to Stop Abuse of the Taxpayer
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:35:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 2/28/2006 EST "Meeting on Capitol Hill for its annual Washington Conference, the nation's largest veterans organization today launched a national effort to close a legal loophole that gouges taxpayers when lawsuits against rel ...

The Boy Scouts are a Religion?
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:39:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 2/16/2006 EST "That any federal judge considered the BSA a religion is truly unbelievable. But the idea that using the "G" word in a sentence prevents you from consideration at all by any level of government is even more prepo ...

BSA Counsel Carla Kerr sums up the arguments in Ninth Circuit on the Roger Hedgecock Show on KOGO radio San Diego
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:50:00 EST
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Pacific Legal Foundation explains the issues behind tomorrow's argument before the California Supreme Court in Evans v. City of Berkeley
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:52:00 EST
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Hans Zeiger publishes an op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune on the Boy Scout appeal.
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:53:00 EST
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Press coverage of the Barnes-Wallace argument
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:56:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 2/15/2006 EST Here's the press coverage of the Barnes-Wallace argument from Associated Press , Copley News Service and Pasadena Star-News ...

Watch post-hearing press conferences
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:46:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 2/14/2006 EST Watch post-hearing press conferences by BSA National Counsel George Davidson and Chapman University Law Professor John Eastman ...

BSA National Counsel George Davidson defends the Scouts in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:59:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 2/14/2006 EST Listen to him make the case. ...

Boy Scout attorney Carla Kerr is interviewed on KOGO radio in San Diego by host Mark Larson about the Barnes-Wallace appeal to be argued February 14 before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:00:00 EST
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Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune previews the Boy Scouts' appeal of the Barnes-Wallace case in the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:00:00 EST
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Columnist Hans Zeiger's take on the upcoming Barnes-Wallace appeal
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:01:00 EST
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Read about the Support Our Scouts Act of 2005
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:03:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/21/2006 EST An important law effecting Scouting was signed into law by President Bush on December 30, 2005. The Support Our Scouts Act of 2005 protects Boy Scouts' rights to be treated the same as other youth and community o ...

Here's how New York Sun reporter Josh Gerstein covered the Evans v. City of Berkeley argument before the California Supreme Court
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:04:00 EST
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Please see our new page devoted to the Winker case in Chicago
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:10:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/12/2006 EST This case was brought by the ACLU and is attempting to end military support for the Jamboree. ...

Oral arguments in Evans v. City of Berkeley were held today in the California Supreme Court
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:11:00 EST
Message by BSALegal.org on 1/10/2006 EST To watch an archived webcast of the arguments, please click here . To learn more about the case, please click here . ...

Pacific Legal Foundation explains the issues behind tomorrow's argument before the California Supreme Court in Evans v. City of Berkeley
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:12:00 EST
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Read more in the 2004-2005 archives
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:22:00 EST
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