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Ulster County Court Judge J. Michael Bruhn reinstated 24 criminal misdemeanor charges against New Paltz Village Mayor Jason West late Wednesday for marrying 24 gay couples in February 2004. West was charged with the misdemeanor counts last...

Attorneys for Basic Rights Oregon filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the constitutionality of Measure 36 , a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage approved by Oregon voters that states "It is the policy of Oregon, and its...

Richey v. Mitchell, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr., January 25, 2005 [overturning UK national Kenny Richey's murder conviction and sentence and ruling that he must be released from death row in...

In Tuesday's international brief, Southern Sudan officials Monday ratified the proposed peace treaty between the now-autonomous South and the Khartoum government of the north. The 224-seat National Liberation Council, the legislative branch of the now-ruling Sudan People's...

Illinois v. Caballes, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Stevens, January 24, 2005 [ruling that a driver stopped for speeding and then subjected to a "dog sniff" that revealed the presence of drugs in a particular location of the...

Wednesday's scheduled execution of convicted mass murderer Michael Ross was postponed indefinitely Monday by order of District Judge Robert N. Chatigny, so that Chatigny can hear arguments on Ross' mental capacity. Had the execution by lethal injection...

Peter Henning, Wayne State University Law School:"At the risk of speaking without thoroughly reviewing all the opinions (wading through Justice Scalia's attack, which includes a reference to "Wonderland"; will have to wait), a couple initial impressions (with quotes).  For a...

After hearing two days of oral argument on the constitutionality of California same-sex marriages, Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer asked Thursday for written arguments to be submitted to him by January 14. After submission, he will have up to...

A federal judge Wednesday lifted a interim hold on Proposition 200, the voter-approved initiative that would deny illegal immigrants certain government benefits. The temporary restraining order was orginally placed by US District Judge David Burry to determine the constitutionality...

A CA judge will hear arguments Wednesday in San Francisco's challenge to a state law banning same-sex marriage. San Francisco drew the national spotlight when it issued about 4,000 same-sex marriage licenses in February and March, but the CA...