Ethiopian federal police Friday confirmed the release of 2,665 people arrested during recent election-related protests . The Ethiopian Human Rights Council had estimated over 3,000 arrests were made during demonstrations. According to police, the released prisoners...
Interim Dean of Florida A&M University Law School James Douglas said Thursday that about 10 professors at the law school who have not been paid for the first summer session have threatened to stop teaching if they...
The director of Iraq's looted National Museum warned a UNESCO meeting of the International Coordinating Committee to Safeguard the Cultural Heritage of Iraq Thursday that the purchase of stolen artifacts from Iraq...
The Wisconsin Assembly voted Thursday to approve one of the country's broadest bans on human cloning in the state where embyonic stem cell research was pioneered and...
Marine Forests Society, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al., Supreme Court of California, June, 23, 2005 ....
The People v. Sorden, Supreme Court of California, June 23, 2005 . Excerpt:We now hold that the willfulness element of the offense may be negated by...
Exxon Mobil Corp v. Allapattah Services and Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that a rule requiring a federal court claim in a diversity action to be worth $75,000 is...
The US Supreme Court's Thursday ruling in Kelo v. New London allowing local governments to expropriate private property for development has sparked intense negative reaction from defenders of private property rights, with a number hailing this...
Halbert v. Michigan, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 . Excerpt from...
Kelo v. New London, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that a local government authority can expropriate private property — land, homes and businesses — for private redevelopment that would confer economic benefits on the...