States brief ~ NJ to file lawsuit against Delaware over planned BP plant
Leading Thursday's states brief, New Jersey Acting Governor Richard J. Codey has ordered the state's Attorney General to file suit against Delaware in the US Supreme Court over British Petroleum's plans to build a...
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...
US Senators approved a provision Tuesday which permits US military bases to continue holding Boy Scouts events. The 98-0 vote was a tag-on to a larger bill outlining the Defense Department's policy for 2005. The...
US v. Kaczynski, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 21, 2005 [ruling ordering the US government to sell the writings and other materials seized from the home of "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski in 1996 and use the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the US government to sell writings and other materials seized from the home of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski in 1996 and use the proceeds to...
In the wake of the US Supreme Court's June decision in Kelo v. New London allowing a local government authority to expropriate private property for private redevelopment that confers economic benefits on the community, legislators...
Press statement on resumption of military commissions, US Department of Defense, July 18, 2005 . Excerpt:The Office of Military Commissions...
Israel's Polish Jews oppose Polish bill to return confiscated property
Polish Jews in Israel are strenuously objecting to a proposal now in the Polish parliament to return private property to Jews because it may also offer some validity to the Nazi Nuremberg laws put in place leading...
States brief ~ Illinois Supreme Court denies AP request for access to pre-trial transcript
Leading Monday's states brief, the Illinois Supreme Court has denied the request of the Associated Press and two newspapers for access to transcripts of a pre-trial hearing involving a state murder charge arising out of the...
Fomer Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov is being investigated by Russia's Prosecutor General for fraud and abuse of trust, according to Russian media reports Monday. Kasyanov is suspected of buying a $100 million country home and another...
