United States v. Ameline, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 1, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in...

HB 1041, Women's Health Care, signed into law by Florida Governor Jeb Bush on May 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper...

AFL-CIO v. Chao, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, May 31, 2005 . Excerpt:Because section 208 limits the Secretary's authority to promulgate rules...

Tory v. Cochran, Supreme Court of the United States, May 31, 2005 . Excerpt from the court's...

Andersen v. US, Supreme Court of the United States, May 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion...

Cutter v. Wilkinson, Supreme Court of the United States, May 31, 2005 [ruling that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 gave Congress the power to require officials of state and local prisons and jails to find...

Report 2005, Amnesty International, May 25, 2005 [report highlighting the failure of national governments and international organizations in dealing with human rights violations, and calling for greater international accountability; the US is cited for grave abuses at Guantanamo Bay and...

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, passed by the US House of Representatives on May, 24 2005 . Read the full text of the bill...

Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Scalia, May 23, 2005 [ruling that the government had the right to force beef producers to pay for a multi-million dollar marketing campaign even though some individual cattle...

Lingle v. Chevron USA, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice O'Connor, May 23, 2005 [ruling that the state of Hawaii did not overstep its authority by imposing caps on the rent paid by dealer-run gas stations in an effort...