Liberty Counsel Press Release A federal appeals court has reversed the decision in American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Dixie County Florida. Last summer, a U.S. District Judge ruled in favor of the ACLU and ordered Dixie County to remove the six-ton granite monument of the Ten Commandments. The recent ruling reverses that […]
Owner Of Village Sensations To Pay $15,000 For Violating State Labeling Laws Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday, August 14 that a judge has signed a consent order and judgment demanding mislabeled or unlabeled products, including synthetic marijuana and other intoxicants, be permanently removed from the store shelves of Village Sensations in Nanuet. In […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Imagine this life-or-death scenario: An airplane with hundreds of people on board is descending in the darkened sky to land at an airport. Passengers are busying themselves with tray tables, checking their children’s seat-belts and packing up their bags in anticipation of landing. Up in the cockpit, the flight crew is systematically […]
The Rockland Roundtable Initiative is taking part in United We Serve, a national effort launched by President Obama to engage more Americans in serving their communities this summer. The Rockland Roundtable Initiative will be hosting a variety of volunteer opportunities as part of the summer service initiative. “In these tough economic times, communities need volunteers […]
Below are the federal income tax rates that went into effect under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, and remained in place for over 30 years. Roosevelt’s tax rates kept America in the Depression until he got us into World War II. He knew the Japanese were planning to attack Pearl Harbor, but did not even […]
Federal Law is Changing Rockland’s Zoning Landscape BY LEGAL LARRY In 2000, Congress enacted a law known as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. This law is commonly known by the acronym “RLUIPA.” The crux of this article will focus on the first part of the law concerning religious land use. It is […]