Recent Updates
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Bush reaffirms strong backing to Gonzales
Legal News Center 03/20/2007[##_1L|1292870233.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]President Bush renewed his support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday in the face of resignation calls, as the Democratic-led Congress moved to widen its probe into the firings o...
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U.S. judge OKs prison healthcare lawsuit
Legal News Center 03/17/2007A lawsuit alleging female inmates in Wisconsin receive deficient medical care took another step forward Thursday.In a class action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, female prisoners at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution argu...
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Court rules against dying woman in marijuana case
Legal News Center 03/16/2007Dying mother Angel Raich, 41, has lost her appeal in federal court Wednesday to use marijuana for medical purposes. Her doctor claims marijuana is the only medicine that will keep Raich alive. The mother of two, from Oakland, CA, has scoliosis, chron...
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Bush in strife over role in lawyer firings
Legal News Center 03/14/2007[##_1L|1367455542.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday it's up to President Bush whether he remains in the administration and said he wants to stay and explain to Congress the circumstance...
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Lawmakers Call for Gonzales to Resign
Legal News Center 03/12/2007Several high-ranking Democratic senators have called for the resignation of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in the wake of revelations in an official audit that the FBI broke and misused laws in the process of obtaining personal information from...
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Clifford takes shots at Ziegler during debate
Legal News Center 03/10/2007After a week of news reports questioning Supreme Court candidate Annette Ziegler's judicial ethics, opponent Linda Clifford wasted no time in firing the opening salvo at a debate, charging that Ziegler's record in this regard was "lacking." After Cli...
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Supreme Court rules in Colorado redistricting
Legal News Center 03/06/2007[##_1L|1389998690.jpg|width="104" height="138" alt=""|_##]The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Monday, including Lance v. Coffman, where the Court concluded that four Republican voters in Colorado did not have standing to challenge...
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Homeland Security extends REAL ID compliance deadline
Legal News Center 03/03/2007The US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday agreed to extend by 18 months the compliance timeline for the REAL ID Act until December 31, 2009. In addition to the extension of the deadline imposed on states, DHS will allow states to use as much a...
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Washington Senate passes domestic partnership bill
Legal News Center 03/02/2007The Washington State Senate passed a domestic partnership bill (SB 5336) Thursday which would establish a domestic partner registry, giving same-sex couples enhanced rights including inheritance, hospital visitation, and the power to authorize medica...
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Hawaii lawmakers shelve civil union bill
Legal News Center 02/28/2007Hawaii legislators have shelved a proposal to create civil unions for same-sex couples, indicating that the state legislature did not have enough votes to pass the law. The state House Judiciary Committee declined to vote on the proposal after hours ...
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CA appeals court upholds stem cell research program
Legal News Center 02/28/2007A California state appeals court ruled Monday that the state's stem cell research program "suffers from no constitutional or other legal infirmity," leading the way for approximately $3 billion in grant money to be awarded to researchers. The Court o...
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DOJ Releases New Americans with Disabilities Act
Legal News Center 02/27/2007The Department of Justice today released new technical assistance materials to help state and local governments comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The materials are part of the “ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Gove...