Canada police arrest 17 suspected of planning major terror attack
Canadian security authorities said Saturday that a major terrorist attack on Canadian targets had been thwarted by the arrests of twelve men and five youths in Ontario Friday. A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
Congress approves restrictions on demonstrations at military funerals
Congress has approved and sent to President Bush for his signature a measure designed to prevent demonstrators from getting close to military funerals at national cemeteries. The US Senate approved the final version of the Respect for America's Fallen...
US prison population continues to rise to almost 2.2 million people
The US prison and jail population added prisoners from mid-2004 to mid-2005 at a rate of 2.6 percent and more than 1,000 new inmates a week, reaching a total of 2,186,230 inmates behind bars according to a...
Number of women imprisoned in US on upswing propelled by Mountain states
The number of women incarcerated in the United States for periods longer than a year grew 757 percent between 1977 and 2004, with Oklahoma and Mississippi showing the greatest increases, according to a report released Sunday from the Women's...
Finstuen v. Edmondson, District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Judge Robin Cauthron, May 20, 2006 [striking down a two year-old amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that prevented Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by gay parents that were finalized in...
Federal judge rules Oklahoma gay adoption ban unconstitutional
US District Court Judge Robin Cauthron Friday struck down a two year-old amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that prevented Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by gay parents that were finalized in other US or foreign jurisdictions....
US House votes to restrict demonstrations at military funerals
The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill limiting protests during military funerals. The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act is aimed mainly at the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church...
Environmental brief ~ Canada unveils plan to improve native drinking water
Leading Wednesday's environmental law news, Canadian Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announced a new plan to improve drinking water in "First Nation communities," i.e., Indian reservations. The plan includes mandatory training for treatment plant...
Brian J. Foley : "If U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema throws out the government's bid to have the death penalty imposed on confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, as a result of apparent misconduct by government lawyers...
South Dakota governor Mike Rounds has signed into law a bill limiting protests during funerals. SB 156 was passed in response to recent picketing at the funerals of US soldiers who died in...
