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Day in Court for California Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy'
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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California Law Banning Gay Conversion Therapy' Gets Day in Court Published: April 17, 2013 Whether a California law banning gay conversion therapy for minors is an unjustified infringement on free speech or a valid effort to prevent therapeutic
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NY federal appeals court: SEC's off the hook for 'regrettable inaction' during Madoff fraud
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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A federal appeals court in New York says defrauded investors cannot hold the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for failing to expose Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme...Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the lawsuit by investors on Wednesday.
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Bipartisan group pushes appeals judge confirmation
Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 month ago
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A dozen lawyers who served Democratic and Republican presidents are pushing for the confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to the federal appeals court in Washington. The letter signed by attorneys who have represented the federal
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Sidebar: One-Person-One-Vote Rule Reaches Supreme Court
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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A brief from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund responded that there is nothing new about concentrations of nonvoters in particular areas. Blacks and women were long excluded from the franchise, minors still are and the
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Appeals court revives suit over CIA drone records
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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In a rebuke of government secrecy, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the CIA must give a fuller response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking CIA records about drone attacks.
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Appeals court upholds California terror conviction
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
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A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a California man who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan and plotting to attack targets in the U.S. Hamid Hayat was convicted in 2006 of
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Court: TV anchor can keep MLK papers
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 2 months ago
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The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press A federal appeals court is allowing a Mississippi television anchorman to keep documents and other material tied to the Rev...District Court in Jackson, Miss. The estate wanted
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GOP opposes nominee over guns
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Senate Democrats will attempt Thursday to break another filibuster on the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C...Continue Reading Halligan has already failed to garner the needed 60 votes to break a
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In 2nd legal victory, Chicago mom ordered released from prison
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 months ago
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Just months after a federal appeals court threw out Nicole Harris' murder conviction, the Chicago woman has won another legal victory...Court of Appeals ordered Harris released from prison no later than noon on Monday seven years into her 30-year
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Court's Rejection of Marijuana Reclassification Encounters Resistance from MacGregor & Collins, LLP
Herndon :: VA :: USA | 4 months ago
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When a federal appeals court recently rejected the reclassification of Marijuana (Americans for Save Access v...January 28, 2013 When a federal appeals court recently rejected the reclassification of Marijuana (Americans for Save Access v...
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