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High Court Rules In Immigration Case; Upholds Some Limits on Warrantless Searches
Posted on April 22, 2009NCLR's Seaton Says Hate Crime Murders Demonstrate Clear Need For Federal Law
Posted on April 21, 2009DOJ Releases Bush Memos on CIA Tactics; Issues Statement on CIA Officers Involved In Controversial Interrogations
Posted on April 16, 2009Iowa Gov. Unlikely To Support Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage
Posted on April 08, 2009Supreme Court Says Some Voluntary Confessions May Be Inadmissible; Rules In Indian Trust Case
Posted on April 06, 2009High Court Rules In favor of EPA's Clean Water Regulations; Sides with Employers in Arbitration Case
Posted on April 01, 2009High Court Dismisses Cigarette Maker's Challenge To Punitive Damages Award; Upholds Ill. Murder Conviction
Posted on March 31, 2009Careless Copyright Owners, Automated Takedowns: A Disaster for Online Creativity
Posted on March 28, 2009Impact of Wyeth v. Levine: High Court Refused To Wipe Out Consumers' Rights
Posted on March 13, 2009Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Forcing Fla. High School To Recognize Gay Rights Club
Posted on March 12, 2009High Court Limits Voting Rights Act; Dismisses Cases Over Gun Makers' Liability
Posted on March 09, 2009Justices Preserve Asylum Possibility; Deny Groups Challenge To Forest Service
Posted on March 03, 2009Fla. Students Challenge High School's Denial of Gay-Straight Alliance Club
Posted on February 11, 2009Federal Court To Consider Case Involving Rendition, State Secrets Privilege
Posted on February 06, 2009Study Sheds Light On Supreme Court Retirements; Student Rankles Scalia With Question
Posted on February 05, 2009Group Urges High Court To Review Case On Discriminatory Use of Employment Exams
Posted on February 04, 2009Media Reports Obama To Lift Global Ban on Funding of Family Planning Groups
Posted on January 23, 2009Keeping the Courthouse Doors Open: Analysis Of High Court's Fitzgerald v. Barnstable Decision
Posted on January 22, 2009In Celebration of Roe: Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of the Most Vulnerable
Posted on January 22, 2009Justices Reject Preemption of Gender Discrimination Claim In Public Schools
Posted on January 21, 2009Case Pits Parents' Religious Beliefs against State's Interest in Child Welfare
Posted on January 21, 2009New Report Indicates More Impropriety at the Ashcroft and Gonzales Justice Department
Posted on January 13, 2009Justices Consider Permit Allowing Mining Waste To Be Dumped Into Waterways
Posted on January 12, 2009High Court Agrees To Hear Case Involving Crucial Voting Rights Act Provision
Posted on January 09, 2009'Rising Political Star' Terrance Carroll Assumes Leadership of Colo. House of Representatives
Posted on January 08, 2009Minority Coaches Struggle To Land Top Posts In College Football, Article Finds
Posted on January 05, 2009Obama Taps Former ACS Board Member Dawn Johnsen For Key Justice Dept. Post
Posted on January 05, 2009New Administration, Congress Set To Move On Employment Discrimination Ruling
Posted on January 05, 2009Bush Should Share Sensitive Legal Memos With Transition Team, Professors Say
Posted on December 16, 2008High Court Orders Appeals Court To Reconsider Detainees' Charges of Torture, Religious Bias
Posted on December 15, 2008Senate Committee Ties Top Bush Officials To Severe Treatment of Detainees
Posted on December 12, 2008Justices Consider Questions On Police Searches, Discrimination Claims and Legal Immunity for Administration
Posted on December 10, 2008The Gem of the Constitution: The Text and History of the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Posted on December 09, 2008Pregnancy Discrimination Case Before High Court Wednesday is Ledbetter Redux
Posted on December 09, 2008Mont. Court Upholds Constitutional Right To Die For Terminally Ill Patients
Posted on December 08, 2008High Court to Consider Administration's Imprisonment of 'Enemy Combatant'
Posted on December 05, 2008Executive Oder Yanks Scores of Federal Workers From Collective Bargaining
Posted on December 04, 2008Utah Lawmaker Wants Retailers To Recognize Christmas, Not Holiday Season
Posted on December 03, 2008Taxpayers To Foot Bill For Gonzales' Private Representation In DOJ Lawsuit
Posted on November 18, 2008More Evidence Surfaces Of Political Involvement In Prosecution of Former Ala. Gov.
Posted on November 18, 2008Justices Air Plenty Of Scenarios In Dispute Over Religious Display In Utah Park
Posted on November 13, 2008Utah Case Presents High Court With First Amendment Issue, Just Not The One That Should Be Considered
Posted on November 11, 2008Justices Consider Case Over Presentation of Lab Evidence; Hear Argument Over Meaning Of Criminal Law Provisions
Posted on November 11, 2008Obama Team Considering Future of Military Tribunals and Bush Executive Orders
Posted on November 10, 2008An Examination Of High Court's Preemption Cases: Will Federal Law Protect Business Interests?
Posted on November 07, 2008Colo. Voters Defeat Anti-Equal Opportunity Ballot Measure; Neb. Voters Support Ban On Affirmative Action Policy
Posted on November 07, 2008Justices Don't Hear Expletives In Case Over FCC Ban on Fleeting Profanity
Posted on November 04, 2008High Court Adds Cases to Term; Set To Hear Arguments In Eight, This Week
Posted on November 03, 2008Top Republican Claims DOJ Has Been Politicized ... By the Democratic Party
Posted on October 31, 2008Voters Wrongly Yanked From Rolls In Colo. And Mich., Will Be Allowed To Vote, Courts Say
Posted on October 30, 2008Bush Administration Pushed Federal Courts Further Rightward, Studies Show
Posted on October 29, 2008Yale Professor Lauds New Wiki Election Monitoring Tool, But Notes 'Kinks' To Be Worked Out
Posted on October 28, 2008Author Says Constitution No Impediment To Moving Beyond Electoral College
Posted on October 28, 2008Officials Should Prepare To Help All Voters On Election Day, Says Berkeley Law Dean
Posted on October 28, 2008Agricultural Dept. Fails To Handle Complaints of Discrimination, Says GAO
Posted on October 23, 2008National News Network Misses Major Piece of ACORN Investigation, Group Says
Posted on October 22, 2008Ballot Measure To Strip Calif. Gay Couples of Marriage Rights Gaining In Polls
Posted on October 22, 2008ACS Promotes Proposals For Reforming Legal, Justice Polices In a New Administration
Posted on October 20, 2008Authors Explore Troubled Times For Seniors' Rights, Consumers In The Courts
Posted on October 20, 2008DOJ Claims Tax Dollars Can Support Religious Groups That Discriminate In Hiring
Posted on October 20, 2008Seeking to Help The Unaccompanied, Microsoft Launches Pro Bono Project For Children of Immigrants
Posted on October 17, 2008Racial Disparities in Capital Punishment: Desocialization Offers a Plausible Plan to Ensure Equal Justice
Posted on October 14, 2008Colorado Voters Could Face Major Election Day Troubles, Watchdog Groups Warn
Posted on October 10, 2008Calif. Ballot Initiative Threatens To Strip Marriage Rights From Same-Sex Couples
Posted on October 09, 2008Appeals Court Refuses To Force Bush Aides To Cooperate In Congressional Investigation Over Removal of U.S. Attorneys
Posted on October 06, 2008Republican Official Lodges Legal Action Against Mich. Newspaper Over Article On Home Foreclosure List and Voting
Posted on October 03, 2008Proposed Bush Administration Rule Fails to Strike Balance Between Religious Liberty and Access to Health Care
Posted on September 30, 2008New Study On Employment Discrimination Cases Subject of Judiciary Committee Hearing
Posted on September 25, 2008Pentagon Transfers Senior Official, Further Tainting Military Commissions
Posted on September 23, 2008Cornell Dean Says Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs Face Major Challenges In Federal Court System
Posted on September 22, 2008Senate To Hear Testimony On Federal Courts, Barriers To Equality For Workers
Posted on September 22, 2008New Data Unveiled: How the Federal Courts Are Treating Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs
Posted on September 19, 2008ACS Panel Delves Into DOJ's Proposed Guidelines On Intelligence Gathering
Posted on September 11, 2008Russia Takes Aim At 'South Park,' Following Religious Group's Complaints
Posted on September 08, 2008Pa. Town Denies Permit For Dance Studio, Sparking First Amendment Lawsuit
Posted on September 04, 2008Public School Voucher Amendments Won't Appear On Fla. Ballot, Court Rules
Posted on September 04, 2008University of Kentucky Students Rounded Up In RNC Protests Are Released From Jail
Posted on September 03, 2008Supreme Court Plaintiff To Highlight Workplace Discrimination At Denver Convention
Posted on August 26, 2008New Report: The Problems Surrounding Post-Conviction DNA Testing Policies and Procedures
Posted on August 21, 2008Issue Brief: NLRB Ignored Precedent in Graduate Research Assistant Decision
Posted on August 20, 2008Calif. High Court Says Anti-Discrimination Act Trumps First Amendment Rights
Posted on August 19, 2008ACS Executive Director Says Mukasey Offers Weak Response To DOJ Hiring Scandal
Posted on August 13, 2008The Dirty Dozen's Dirty Secret: The Conservative Legal Movement's Legitimacy Crisis -- Part II
Posted on August 12, 2008The Dirty Dozen's Dirty Secret: The Conservative Legal Movement's Legitimacy Crisis -- Part I
Posted on August 11, 2008Military Tribunal Convicts Salim Hamdan of Providing Material Support to Terrorism, Acquits of Conspiracy Charge
Posted on August 06, 2008Bill Aimed At Eradicating Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice System
Posted on August 04, 2008Advocacy Group's Report Says High Court Increasingly Conservative, Pro-Business
Posted on August 04, 2008Military Commission Proceeding Against Salim Hamdan -- "Black Clouds" of Coercion over Guantánamo
Posted on July 31, 2008Military Commission Proceeding Against Salim Hamdan - A "Show and Tell" Trial
Posted on July 30, 2008A.G. Mukasey Urges Congress to Again Intervene Regarding Guantanamo Detainees
Posted on July 25, 2008Government Documents Shed Light On Bush Administration's Interrogation Policies
Posted on July 25, 2008Virginia City Council Policy Against Sectarian Prayer Upheld By Appeals Court
Posted on July 24, 2008Military Commission Proceeding Against Salim Hamdan: The Military Commission Trial Shows Its True Colors
Posted on July 24, 2008Appeals Court Finds Unconstitutional Colorado Denial Of Student Financial Aid To Christian College
Posted on July 24, 2008Military Commission Proceeding Against Salim Hamdan --"Why Are You Doing This?"
Posted on July 23, 2008Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Supreme Court, Corporate Misconduct, and Regulation
Posted on July 23, 2008Military Commission Proceedings Against Salim Hamdan -- Is That What You're Wearing to Trial?
Posted on July 22, 2008Fourth Circuit Decision in Al-Marri "Repudiates the Most Fundamental Element of Constitutional Liberty"
Posted on July 22, 2008Prof. Lawrence Lessig on Money and Politics, Clerking for J. Scalia, and the Death Penalty
Posted on July 22, 2008Military Judge Cites Harsh Treatment In Barring Some Evidence At Hamdan Trial
Posted on July 22, 2008Have You Heard? The Supreme Court Voted in Favor of Reasonable Gun Restrictions
Posted on July 10, 2008The Supreme Court Strands Beneficiaries of Retirement and Health Benefit Plans
Posted on July 03, 2008Eighth Circuit Reinstates South Dakota's "Informed Consent" Abortion Law, Creates A New Standard of Review
Posted on June 27, 2008Preventing Disastrous Consequences: Author Asserts Amending Material Support Laws To Permit Rendering Humanitarian Aid
Posted on June 25, 2008Preventing Disastrous Consequences: Author Advocates Amending Material Support Laws To Permit Rendering Humanitarian Aid
Posted on June 25, 2008ACS Announces Winners of Richard D. Cudahy Competition, Other Awards At 2008 National Convention
Posted on June 18, 2008ACS National Convention Video: "What's At Stake: Law and Justice Policies in a New Administration"
Posted on June 13, 2008Issue Brief: The Pitfalls of Voter Identification Laws in a Post-Crawford World
Posted on June 12, 2008Three Unanimous Supreme Decisions: RICO, Private Attorney Generals, and Patent Law
Posted on June 09, 2008Supreme Court Limits Government Employees From Bringing Certain Employment Discrimination Lawsuits
Posted on June 09, 2008Khalid Sheik Mohammed To Be Arraigned Tomorrow Before Military Commission Tribunal
Posted on June 04, 2008Flyer Critical of Commencement Speaker A.G. Mukasey Distributed at B.C. Law School Graduation Ceremonies
Posted on May 23, 2008A Weakened Labor Environment: Professor Looks At Why Workers' Rights May Be Suffering
Posted on May 19, 2008Progressive Views of Young Adults Likely to Cause Big Changes in Labor and Health Care Law
Posted on May 08, 2008Where Art Thou Lou Dobbs? Is There A Natural Connection Between Immigration and America's Air Travel?
Posted on May 06, 2008Use of State-Secrets Privilege In Trying Groups With Alleged Ties To Terrorism
Posted on May 03, 2008Lawyers Raise Concerns Over Government Eavesdropping In Terrorism Investigations
Posted on May 02, 2008Meyerhoff: Senate Should Wait for Next President Before Considering Judicial Nominees
Posted on May 01, 2008Another Boycott at Guantánamo, Another Test for the Military Commission System
Posted on May 01, 2008Dawn Johnsen: "OLC Has Been Terribly Wrong to Withhold The Content of Much of Its Advice From Congress"
Posted on April 30, 2008Job Discrimination Safeguards at Risk Again: Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Posted on April 22, 2008Supreme Court Preview: The Latest Attack on McCain-Feingold: Davis v. FEC and the Millionaires' Amendment
Posted on April 21, 2008Public School Football Coach Cannot Join Players In Prayer, Says Appeals Court
Posted on April 15, 2008Sr. Bush Administration Officials Planned and Approved Specific Details Of Interrogations
Posted on April 10, 2008Paper: The Effect of Religion On The Politics and Jurisprudence of Abstinence Education
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