Texas Supreme Court judge admonished by ethics board for Miers statements
The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct , an independent state agency charged with investigating judicial improprieties, has admonished Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht for using the prestige of his office to promote the nomination...
Mississippi abortion ban bill fails as legislators miss deadline for compromise
The Mississippi Legislature failed to reach a compromise on an abortion ban bill before a Monday night deadline, preventing it from becoming law during the current legislative session. The proposed bill would have prohibited most abortions...
International brief ~ Afghan citizen faces death penalty for converting to Christianity
Leading Monday's international brief, an Afghani man is on trial for criminal charges punishable by death related to his conversion from Islam to Christianity over 16 years ago while working for a Christian aid organization in Pakistan. Abdul Rahman...
German engineer Gotthard Lerch went on trial in Mannheim, Germany, Friday on charges that he aided Libyas abortive efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Lerch is widely known as a member of a clandestine network led...
Federal appeals court OKs Tennessee pro-life-only license plate plan
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday ruled 2-1 in a three-judge panel decision that Tennessee can offer a pro-life specialty license plate even though it does not offer a pro-choice...
Tennessee Senate votes to remove abortion right from state constitution
The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed a bill to remove from Tennessee constitutional law any guarantees of a woman's right to abortion. The vote was 24-9. Under Tennessee law, both chambers of the...
BREAKING NEWS ~ South Dakota governor signs bill banning most abortions
AP is reporting that South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed legislation that will ban most abortions in the state, excluding only those necessary to save a woman's life. Under the bill , approved by the state...
Missouri high court upholds 24-hour informed consent abortion law
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a 24-hour informed consent abortion law in a unanimous decision, ruling that the law does not violate the Missouri constitution . The law requires doctors to wait 24 hours after...
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States, February 28, 2006 . Read the full text...
US Supreme Court rules against abortion clinic, antitrust claims
The US Supreme Court issued two unanimous rulings Tuesday, limiting the scope of both the Hobbs Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act . In Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. [Duke Law...
