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Two immigration reform groups filed suit in an Arizona state court Thursday seeking to expand the effect of Proposition 200 , a state ballot initiative approved by voters earlier this month that would deny certain government benefits to undocumented...

Weighing in on the debate over changes to the federal sentencing guidelines, the Justice Department has suggested that minimum sentences should remain the same but that judges should be given the flexibility to give longer sentences, up the maximum...

Ellen Podgor, Georgia State University College of Law:"As everyone awaits the post-Blakely decisions of Fanfan and Booker, the DOJ has decided to start its campaign to fight back with legislation, just in case the decision is not to their liking. ...

Stephen Bainbridge: UCLA Law School:"'House Republicans proposed changing their rules last night to allow members indicted by state grand juries to remain in a leadership post, a move that would benefit Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) in case he is...

Larry Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law:"The Disney trial on the hiring and firing of Ovitz continued yesterday with Eisner's direct testimony. As previewed here, Eisner will have to draw a fine line between justifying hiring Ovitz, and justifying...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to file civil fraud charges this week against former Hollinger International chairman Conrad Black and former Hollinger president David Radler, according to a Monday Wall Street Journal report . In...

Jack Balkin, Yale Law School:"From Newsday:Departing Attorney General John Ashcroft on Friday lashed out at federal judges who have dealt setbacks to President George W. Bush's anti-terrorism and wartime policies, accusing them of "invasive oversight and micromanagement.""The danger I see...

State of Arizona, Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General Opinion re: State and Local Public Benefits Subject to Proposition 200, November 13, 2004 [ruling that Proposition 200, the Arizona state initiative aimed at keeping illegal immigrants from receiving public...

Proposition 200, the Arizona state initiative aimed at keeping illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits, is limited to certain welfare-related programs, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard ruled Friday. Goddard wrote an advisory legal opinion to clarify some of...

Gay rights groups have adopted a cautious legal approach to challenging 11 state constitutional bans on gay marriage adopted by referendum in the Nov. 2 elections. Many of the groups fear that an all-out legal assault on the new...