Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed on logistical terms governing the upcoming vote for President of the Palestinian Authority, according to a senior Palestinian negotiator speaking Wednesday. The terms for the poll will be the same as they were...
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine parliament approves electoral, constitutional reforms
BBC News is reporting that the Ukrainian parliament has passed reform measures to eliminate fraud from the re-run of the presidential vote later this month, and to weaken the president's powers.9:15 AM ET - More details are now available...
Ghosh [Buffalo]: Supreme Court oral arguments in Swedenborg case
Shubha Ghosh, University at Buffalo Law School:"The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in the wine distributor case, Swedenborg. Here are two links to NPR coverage of the case from today and yesterday. At issue in the case is...
Ruling upholding restraints on First Amendment rights of government employees [US SC]
City of San Diego v. Roe, Supreme Court of the United States, Per Curiam, December 6, 2004 [ruling unanimously that the City of San Diego's decision to terminate a police officer who made and sold sexually explicit videotapes of himself...
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected hearing an appeal by the Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan challenging the constitutionality of New York Penal Law 240.35(4) that bans the wearing of masks at public...
Godsey [Cincinnati]: Supreme Court to Hear Two Criminal Cases Today
Mark Godsey, University of Cincinnati College of Law:"On Monday December 6, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Texas death row inmate, Thomas Miller-El, claiming Texas prosecutors improperly struck minorities from his jury. This is the second time...
Corporations & securities brief ~ SEC finalizes hedge fund rule
In Monday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has released a final rule relating to the registration of hedge fund advisors with the agency by February 1. Critics charge that the SEC does not have the legal authority...
Supreme Court upholds restraints on First Amendment rights of government employees
In a per curiam decision handed down Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the City of San Diego's decision to terminate a police officer who made and sold sexually explicit videotapes of himself in uniform did not...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, December 6.The US Supreme Court will hear 10 AM ET oral arguments in Wilkinson v. Dotson (case summary from Duke Law School), where...
Ruling permitting the Interior Department to stay online [DC Circuit CA]
Cobell et al. v. Norton, Secretary of the Interior et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, December 3, 2004 [ruling that the US Interior Department does not have to disconnect its computers from the Internet despite...