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Acting on a government motion, a federal judge has withdrawn a ruling that the Bush administration unconstitutionally designated 27 groups and individuals as terrorists, the New…
Apr 25, 2007 6:12 PM CDT A federal judge says Los Angeles police officers are violating the Constitution when they question and sometimes search parolees and probationers without any evidence they committed crimes, the Apr 25, 2007 4:27 PM CDT The U.S. Supreme Court today hears a challenge to a federal law that restricts TV ads by unions and businesses in the weeks before an election. The U.S. Supreme Court considered the rights of passengers in cars during oral arguments yesterday. The New York Times reports that a majority of the justices…
Apr 24, 2007 1:42 PM CDT The U.S. Supreme Court has remanded two cases challenging state “partial-birth” abortion laws. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, No. 05-380 (PDF),…
Apr 23, 2007 7:37 PM CDT During his presidency, Boris Yeltsin pushed through a constitution that guaranteed a strong leader, the Associated Press reports in this obituary. Yeltsin has died at the…
Apr 23, 2007 5:14 PM CDT The New York Times talked to U.S. Supreme Court pundits who are debating how far Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s replacement will move the court to the…
Apr 23, 2007 1:35 PM CDT A former dean of the University of Chicago Law School joined today with vociferous critics of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court abortion ruling, castigating its so-called partial-birth abortion ban as…
Apr 20, 2007 11:48 PM CDT This week’s abortion decision illustrates how the U.S. Supreme Court will “move to the right step by step,” a law professor tells the Washington Post. The emerging…
Apr 20, 2007 3:35 PM CDT The fight over abortion moves to the states following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week upholding a ban on so-called partial birth abortion. Apr 20, 2007 2:01 PM CDT The Washington Supreme Court has ruled the state may collect DNA samples from convicted felons without violating the state or federal constitutions, the Associated Press reports. The…
Apr 19, 2007 8:55 PM CDT The justice who replaced Sandra Day O’Connor had the most important vote in yesterday’s 5-4 decision upholding the ban on so-called partial birth abortions, according to a story in the…
Apr 19, 2007 1:57 PM CDT The U.S. Supreme Court has for the first time upheld a ban on so-called partial birth abortions in a 5-4 decision. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. Apr 18, 2007 4:11 PM CDT A federal judge in Chicago has sided with a suburban school that banned anti-gay T-shirts. A student wanted to wear a shirt that read “Be Happy, Not Gay” as part…
Apr 18, 2007 3:47 PM CDT California prison officials have agreed to stop blocking distribution of a newsletter that circulates to some 1,000 state prison inmates, in alleged violation of their First Amendment rights. The state…
Apr 13, 2007 10:14 PM CDTHomeless Searches Unconstitutional, Judge Says
Court Hears Campaign Funding Case Today
Justices Skeptical of Traffic Stop
Two State Abortion Cases Remanded
Yeltsin Pushed New Constitution as President
First, Abortion. Next, Integration and Campaign Cash?
Former U of C Law Dean Slams Abortion Ruling
Prof: Court Will Move ‘Step by Step’ to Right
More Abortion Battles to Come
State High Court Allows Felon DNA Samples
Alito Vote Crucial in Abortion Decision
Ban on ‘Partial Birth’ Abortion Upheld
Judge Backs Ban of Anti-Gay Shirt
Prison Newsletter Free to Circulate in California
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