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Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Feb. 28.The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In...

Jim Maule, Villanova Law School:"...ost, if not all, of the discussion presupposes continuation of the social security system, with changes in the way revenues are gathered to fund it. A few proposals discuss changing benefits, either...

Thousands of Russians, many of them pensioners, marched in several major cities Saturday continuing four days week of protests against the Putin government's repeal of a Soviet-era social benefits law and its replacement by a program of minimal monthly...

Daniel Tokaji, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"While some advocates are looking to Congress to fix some of the problems that emerged in the 2004 election, this report from electionline.org suggests that they may have better luck in the...

Anna Ryzhova, Kyiv:"Ukraine has bravely overcome the third Presidential election round. Last Sunday, Dec. 26th, as many as 77% of Ukrainian voters participated in the revote choosing their President.By 10 pm Dec 27th, the Central Elections Commission ("CEC") has processed...

Ukraine's Supreme Court has voided as unconstitutional part of the electoral reform package approved earlier this month by the Ukrainian parliament, just one day before the country re-runs its presidential election, the results of which were voided by the...

Signed into law by President Bush December 3, 2004 . Read the full...

President Bush Friday signed into law H.R. 1350, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), designed among other things to ensure that students with disabilities will have special education teachers with the skills and training to...

US District Judge Thelton Henderson has stayed his own ruling that UPS violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by barring deaf and hearing-impaired workers from driving delivery trucks. After handing down his opinion in October, Henderson had given the...

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego says that perhaps the most far-reaching impact of the upcoming November election is who will get to appoint the nation's judges - including its Supreme Court...