Election-Campaign Law

Arizona Rep. Rick Renzi Indicted for Fraud and Other Charges
GOP Rep. Rick Renzi (Ariz.) has been indicted on charges of fraud in questionable land deals as well as money laundering...

Renzi Probe Could Shed Light on U.S. Attorney Firings
Friday’s 35-count corruption indictment of Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi could presage a mess of problems for Republicans in Congress...

Arizona: Renzi indicted
ABC News reports: A federal grand jury in Arizona has indicted three-term Republican Congressman Rick Renzi and two of his business associates on charges that include wire fraud, money laundering, insurance fraud and extortion...

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...

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...

Arizona congressman pleads not guilty to fraud in connection with land deal
[JURIST] US Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) [official website] pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the US District Court of Arizona [official website] to charges [indictment, PDF text] including extortion, money laundering, and wire fraud in connection with a complex land scheme...

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

What is comparative negligence and strict liability in tort law?
A. comparative negligence
B. seller sells to buyer
B. defense of ...

How to prove housing discrimination based on sexual orientation in student housing?
There are several things you can do. First of all, contact any welfare advisors,...

Does this clause enable my landlord to raise my rent in the middle of the lease (PA)?
No, If the lease term has not expired the rent will remain as specified original...

Can a landlord break a lease to sell the property?
Your lease will contain a clause that it is "binding on all successors and ...

My children's school is falsely charging me with truancy. The local district justice works for the school in the most blatently open way. And his wife works for the district, too! They have violated private health record
I am no lawer by any means, so I would love for someone to verify what I have to...

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.

Hewlett-Packard and Staples
allegedly violated antitrust laws in collaborating on the sale of replacement ink jet printer cartridges.

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.