http://www.bsalegal.org/ This website was created on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America to inform the public about the legal issues that confront Scouting. en-us Copyright 2006 on Behalf of the Boy Scouts of America All Rights Reserved. Tue, 13 May 2008 10:10:00 EST 20 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=122 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 ... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:49:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=122 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=121 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. ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:00:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=121 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=120 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 ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:33:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=120 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=119 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 ... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:14:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=119 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=118 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 ... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:05:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=118 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=116 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 ... Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:36:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=116 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=112 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 ... Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:59:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=112 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=111 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 ... Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=111 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=110 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. ... Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:08:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=110 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=109 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 ... Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:26:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=109 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=108 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 ... Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:17:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=108 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=107 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 ... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:45:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=107 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=106 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 ... Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:20:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=106 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=105 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 ... Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:32:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=105 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=104 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 ... Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:05:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=104 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=103 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 ... Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:19:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=103 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=102 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 ... Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:11:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=102 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=100 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 ... Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:09:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=100 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=99 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 ... Mon, 28 May 2007 18:29:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=99 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=97 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. ... Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:26:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=97 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=96 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 ... Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:28:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=96 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=93 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 ... Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:54:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=93 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=92 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 ... Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:57:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=92 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=91 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 ... Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:29:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=91 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=89 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 ... Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:49:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=89 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=88 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=88 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=87 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 ... Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:39:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=87 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=86 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 ... Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:32:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=86 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=85 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=85 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=84 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. ... Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:34:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=84 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=83 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 ... Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:02:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=83 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=82 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 ... Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:50:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=82 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=81 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. ... Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:28:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=81 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=79 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=79 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=76 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:56:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=76 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=52 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 ... Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:32:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=52 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=51 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:57:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=51 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=48 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 ... Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:40:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=48 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=45 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, ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:57:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=45 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=44 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:58:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=44 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=43 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:58:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=43 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=42 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 ... Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:52:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=42 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=41 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. ... Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:36:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=41 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=40 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:59:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=40 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=39 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 ... Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:02:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=39 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=38 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 ... Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:46:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=38 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=29 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 ... Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:18:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=29 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=31 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=31 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=30 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=30 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=35 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:03:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=35 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=34 Message by BSALegal.org on 7/28/2006 EST By the way, here is the Cradle of Liberty Council non-discrimination statement . ... Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:34:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=34 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=32 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 . ... Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:35:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=32 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=33 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 ... Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:36:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=33 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=28 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 ... Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:30:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=28 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=24 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:04:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=24 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=27 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 ... Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:37:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=27 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=26 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 ... Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:38:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=26 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=25 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. ... Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:39:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=25 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=3 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:04:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=3 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=4 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 ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:07:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=4 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=5 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 ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:05:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=5 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=6 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 ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:31:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=6 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=7 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 ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:35:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=7 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=8 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 ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:39:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=8 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=9 Message by BSALegal.org on 2/16/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:50:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=9 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=10 Message by BSALegal.org on 1/9/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:52:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=10 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=11 Message by BSALegal.org on 2/16/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:53:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=11 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=12 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 ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:56:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=12 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=13 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 ... Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:46:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=13 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=14 Message by BSALegal.org on 2/14/2006 EST Listen to him make the case. ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:59:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=14 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=15 Message by BSALegal.org on 2/13/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:00:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=15 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=16 Message by BSALegal.org on 2/13/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:00:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=16 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=17 Message by BSALegal.org on 2/13/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:01:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=17 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=18 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 ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:03:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=18 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=19 Message by BSALegal.org on 1/17/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:04:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=19 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=20 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. ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:10:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=20 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=21 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 . ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:11:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=21 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=22 Message by BSALegal.org on 1/9/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:12:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=22 http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=23 Message by BSALegal.org on 1/1/2006 EST ... Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:22:00 EST http://www.bsalegal.org/bsa-legal-blawg-200.asp?i=23