Election-Campaign Law

New Speech/Debate Clause case
Former Rep. William J. Jefferson, facing trial this year in a high-profile corruption case, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block any charges that were keyed in any way to evidence about his work as a lawmaker...

11th Rejects Argument That Threatening Speech Is Protected By Speech and Debate Clause and Enforces NLRB Order
NLRB v. United States Postal Service, __F.3d ___(11th Cir. May 2, 2008), is an unusual case...

Jefferson Trial Suspended Pending Appeal
U.S. District Judge suspended the trial date for U.S. Rep. William Jefferson pending his appeal...

New Filing: Cert. Petition in Abbott v. Abbott
On Friday we filed this cert. petition in No. 08-645, Abbott v. Abbott.  At issue in the case is whether a ne exeat clause ? which precludes a parent from taking his or her child out of the country without the other parent?s permission ? is a ?right of custody? for purposes of the Hague [...

Sup. Ct. on Water, Religious Monuments, Payroll Deducations, and the "Speech or Debate" Clause
SCOTUSBlog has full coverage of the Supreme Court's decision in a water boundaries case, its refusal to grant certiorari in a "speech or debate" clause case arising from the FBI's search of a Congressional office, and its grants of certiorari regarding a religious sect that wants to add a 10 Commandment-like monument to a public park and a First Amendment challenge to an Idaho law that prohibits local governments from allowing employee payroll deductions to pay for political activities by labor unions...

Revisiting Apodaca
SCOTUSBlog (via Volokh) has Lee v. La, which I discussed here, as a cert petition to watch...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

How to get a used car dealer to honor warranty for repairs required two weeks after purchase?
What was the defect? Rust? A hole? Bad converter? Broken hangers? If it was rust...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Jefferson County Sewer System
alleging fraud, negligence, and conspiracy resulting in excessive fees.

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

Gleevec
Possible Case of Kidney Damage Reported

Hampton Inn
Third Case of Legionnaires' Disease Linked to McHenry Hampton Inn Hot Tub

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