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AP is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminals' sentences, a decision that puts in doubt longtime sentencing rules.10:32 AM ET - The ruling is in the consolidated cases...

Michael Newdow {JURIST Newsmaker], the same individual who sued to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, has filed a suit to bar the planned recitation of a prayer at the presidential inauguration ...

The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Monday that a Bible had to be removed from a display funded by the private homeless mission Star of Hope outside the courthouse in Harris County, Texas...

Mark Godsey, University of Cincinnati College of Law:"Handing a major victory to the Bush Administration, the Ninth Circuit on Monday in U.S. v. Afshari overturned a lower court decision and held Title 18 U.S. C. 2339B(a)(1) constitutional. This statute provides...

Stewart v. Blackwell, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Judge David D. Dowd, December 14, 2004 . Excerpt:The primary thrust of...

David Wagner, Regent University School of Law:"ACLU Files Suit in Pa. Over Evolution... The state American Civil Liberties Union plans to file a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a Pennsylvania school district that is requiring students to learn about alternatives to...

Anna Ryzhova, Kyiv, Ukraine:"Three events featured on Ukraine's political landscape yesterday, all of which went someway towards resolving the political impasse brought on by the scandalous Presidential election.First, the Parliament of Ukraine agreed to hold its extraordinary meeting on Dec...

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...

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...

The UN panel charged with suggesting reforms to the UN Security Council is scheduled to present its proposals in New York Thursday. The panel's two main proposals reportedly include expanding Security Council membership by nine seats. The first proposal...