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Court Expands Gun Rights
(AP) -- The Supreme Court held
Monday that Americans have the
right to own a gun for self-defense
anywhere they live, expanding the
conservative court's embrace o f gun
rights since John Roberts became
Chief Justice.
By a 5-4 vote, the justices cast
doubt on handgun bans in the Chi­
cago area, but signaled that some
limitations on the Constitution's
"right to keep and bear arms" could
survive legal challenges.
On its busy final day before a
three-month recess, the court also
ruled that a public law school can
legally deny recognition to a Chris­
tian student group that won't let
gays join, jumped into the nation's
charged immigration debate by
agreeing to review an employer
sanctions law from Arizona.
In the guns case, Justice Samuel
Alito said for the court that the
Second Amendment right "applies
equally to the federal government
and the states."
Two years ago, the court de­
clared that the Second Amend­
ment protects an individual's right
to possess guns, at least for pur­
poses o f self-defense in the home.
That ruling applied only to federal
laws.
late Saturday that Miguel Camellor
Montalvo was charged with murdei
Police arrested a 35-year-old man and booked into the Multnomah
accused o f fatally stabbing his girl­ County Jail. Friends o f the 28-year-
friend at a home in the 600 block o f old Babb described her as a funny
North Alberta Street.
and friendly woman who loved tc
The Portland Police Bureau said play rugby.
Girlfriend Murdered
lune 30, 2010
Road to Equality Exhibit
Clark County Historical Museum
has opened its newest exhibit, Road
to E quality: The S truggle for
W omen’s Rights in the Northwest.
In the works since the museum held
focus groups with local women in
April 2009, this new exhibit contin­
ues the recognition o f the centen­
nial o f Washington State women
gaining the right to vote in 1910.
From the victory o f the 19th
Amendment to the struggle to pass
the Equal Rights Amendment, many
women - and men as well - have
worked their entire lives to secure
wom en’s rights.
Today, in the Northwest and
across the United States, women
have made inroads into formerly
male-dominated fields, but it has
been a long road and large dispari­
Abigail Scott Duniway votes in Portland fora 1914 election.
ties still remain. This exhibit, which
Duniway worked for decades to help secure the vote for women in runs through Dec. 31, challenges as
Oregon as well as in neighboring Washington and Idaho.
well as entertains as you learn more
about some o f the Northwest’s hero­
ines and heroes from pioneer times
until today.
The Clark County Historical
Museum is located at 1511 Main St.
in Vancouver. For more informa­
tion, call 360-993-5679 or visit
cchmuseum.org.
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(AP) -- People who sign petitions
calling for public votes on contro­
versial subjects don't have an auto­
matic right to hide their names, the
Supreme Court ruled Thursday as it
sided against W ashington state
voters worried about harassment
because o f their desire to repeal that
state's gay rights law.
The high court ruled against Pro­
tect Marriage Washington, which
organized a petition drive for a pub­
lic vote to repeal the state's "every-
thing-but-marriage" gay rights law.
Petition signers wanted to hide
their names because o f worries o f
intimidation. But the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court o f Appeals in San Francisco
refused to keep their names secret.
The Supreme Court stepped in and
temporarily blocked release o f the
names until the high court could
make a decision.
The court now says disclosing
names on a petition for a public
referendum does not chill the
signer's freedom o f speech enough
to warrant overturning the state's
disclosure law.
C hief Justice John Roberts, writ­
ing the 8-1 judgment for the court,
said it is vitally important that states
Justice Clarence Thomas dis­
sented from the court's opinion.