States brief ~ CA Supreme Court orders reregulation of power market back on ballot
Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court today overturned a lower court and ordered that state voters will be given the opportunity to vote on Proposition 80 during a November 8th special election [California Secretary of State election...
Federal judge orders oversight of California prison health care system
Carrying out his May threat to take over the California prison health care system , US District Judge Thelton Henderson said Thursday he will appoint an independent overseer for the medical facilities. The appointment is expected to take...
Leading Friday's states brief, Florida Governor Jeb Bush Friday signed legislation overhauling Florida's state growth and development guidelines for the first time in twenty years. The legislation calls for $1.5 billion of state money to be spent...
Science under Siege: The Bush Administration's Assault on Academic Freedom and Scientific Inquiry, American Civil Liberties Union , June 21, 2005 [report detailing how the US government has attacked the free exchange of technology information in the name of homeland...
French court widens scope for disability claims from nuclear testing
A French pensions court Thursday awarded disability benefits for a non-cancer illness contracted by soldier who participated in French nuclear testing over 40 years ago in the Sahara desert. The ruling marked the first example in Feench...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a native of Aix-en-Provence who returned to France to vote in its referendum on the European Constitution, says that...
US District Court Judge Martin Jenkins ruled Friday that there was not enough evidence to sustain many of the counts against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko . In a complex trial that ended nearly one year...
Reinstatement of suit against gun manufacturers [DC Court of Appeals]
District of Columbia v. Beretta, U.S.A., Corp., et al.; Lawson, et al. v. Beretta, U.S.A., Corp., et al., District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Associate Judge Farrell, April 21, 2005 [allowing individuals, but not the government, to sue gun manufacturers...
Who Will Take the Lead in Exiting Iraq: Congress or the President?
JURIST Guest Columnist Jide Nzelibe of Northwestern University School of Law says that if the new Iraqi government can stabilize the country's internal security situation, the time may be coming for President Bush to declare victory and order a US...
Corporations and securities brief ~ Canada, EU retaliate against US Byrd Amendment
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Canada has retaliated against several US goods by levying a 15% surtax on cigarettes, oysters, and live swine. The action is a response to the Byrd Amendment which allows American companies...
