In re: Candidacy of Independance Party Candidates, James Moore et al. v. Mary Kiffmeyer, Secretary of State for Minnesota, Supreme Court of Minnesota, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, November 10, 2004 [ruling that a state law requiring candidates to reach a...
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a state law requiring candidates to reach a vote threshold in a primary election before appearing on the general election ballot violated "important constitutional rights that are central to the preservation of...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, November 10.The US Supreme Court hears 10 AM ET arguments in two cases today. In the first, Illinois v. Caballes (case summary from...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Nov. 8.The US Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases Monday, with the first to begin at 10 AM ET. In Devenpeck v....
Why the Supreme Court is Not an Election Issue, and Why It Should Become One
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross of Cumberland Law School at Samford University says that although the US Supreme Court has not been a significant issue thusfar in the current Presidential campaign, the likelihood of Presidential appointments to the Court...
Iguarta de la Rosa v. US, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 14, 2004 . Read the full text of...
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 28, 2004 . Read the opinion here . Excerpt: We deal here with a novel First...
US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Judge Jan E. DuBois, September 10, 2004 [ruling that a Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block websites with child pornography on them is unconstitutional because of its effect on...
JURIST Guest Columnist LTC John M. Bickers, a law professor at the US Military Academy at West Point, says that two recent decisions regarding the death penalty show that the Supreme Court seems to accept capital sentencing as a punishment,...
JURIST Guest Columnist and constitutional law scholar Thomas E. Baker of Florida International University College of Law says that the US Supreme Court's 2000 ruling in Bush v. Gore is a precedent that could be repeated after the presidential election...
