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Lawyers Spar Over Abortion Law

A lawyer for abortion opponents told a federal appeals court yesterday than an injunction blocking an abortion warning law is interfering with the rights of pregnant women in South Dakota. The women are losing their “rights to a relationship with their children,” said Harold Cassidy, chief counsel for anti-abortion centers…

Apr 12, 2007 3:45 PM CDT

8th Circuit Reconsiders Abortion Issue

A federal appeals court will sit en banc today to reconsider an injunction blocking a South Dakota abortion law from taking effect. The 2005 law requires abortion providers to tell patients that the procedure will “terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being,” the New York Times…

Apr 11, 2007 1:33 PM CDT

Sweet Music to Jim Morrison Fans: A Pardon?

Is it time to pardon Doors frontman Jim Morrison, famous for his music and infamous for his bad behavior? Dave Diamond, a cable TV producer from Dayton, Ohio, thinks so. He wrote to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist last month asking him to pardon the hard-living rocker and Florida native for…

Apr 11, 2007 12:59 AM CDT

Study This, Mr. Principal: Student Wins Web Case

Placing a middle school student on probation for criticizing a school principal in expletive-laden language on a MySpace page violated her First Amendment right of free speech, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday. It ordered a juvenile court that had found her delinquent and put her on probation to…

Apr 11, 2007 12:19 AM CDT

A Sixth Sense About Criminal Trials

A young litigator unites Justice Scalia and the court’s liberals over defendants’ rights

Apr 2, 2007 6:30 AM CDT

A Death Sentence Is Brought to Mind

Court examines mental illness and an inmate’s understanding of execution

Apr 2, 2007 6:26 AM CDT

Court Takes Cases Out of the Office

Firing, racial bias, minimum wage fill out employment law issues

Apr 2, 2007 6:14 AM CDT

April 20, 1971

School Busing Gets the Green Light

Apr 2, 2007 6:12 AM CDT

Paging Dr. Miles: Antitrust Law Examined

Absent for a decade, price-fixing and competition are back before the high court

Mar 24, 2007 7:50 AM CDT

High Court Holds a ’60s Revival

Warren era comes to life in cases on student signs and standing to sue

Feb 21, 2007 10:51 AM CST

Violation or Salvation?

Prosecutors say it’s a sex crime. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs says it’s counseling his flock.

Feb 21, 2007 9:32 AM CST

Following the Beat of the Ban

After a loss in South Dakota, many in the anti-abortion movement reassess their legal strategy

Feb 21, 2007 8:53 AM CST

January 22, 1973

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Roe v. Wade

Jan 5, 2007 1:29 AM CST

Death Be Not So Complicated

U.S. Supreme Court addresses fairness of four sentencing hearings

Jan 5, 2007 12:51 AM CST

A Deal with Death

More states make child molestation a capital crime—and face likely challenges

Jan 5, 2007 12:44 AM CST

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