Indiana

Update on Death Penalty Case in Indiana
Here's an update from The Journal Gazette on the case of Joseph Corcoran, a severely mentally ill death row inmate in Indiana ("Quadruple-murderer loses death penalty appeal," December 31, 2008):The state of Indiana can once again reinstate the death penalty against convicted quadruple-murderer Joseph E...

Federal Judge Reviews Controversial Indiana Law Blocking Abortion Funding
A federal judge today heard arguments in a case involving a controversial Indiana law that bans organizations, including Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid funds if they provide abortions.

Supreme Court vacates habeas petition on state law claim
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday unanimously ruled [opinion, PDF] that lower federal courts may not issue writs of habeas corpus to state prisoners unless their confinement violates federal law...

Trial in Case Challenging California's Prop. 8 Wraps Up
Wall St. Journal: Gay-Marriage Trial Wraps Up, by Geoffrey A. Fowler:Lawyers Give Closing Arguments in Fight Over California Measure Prohibiting Same-Sex Weddings SAN FRANCISCO?A federal judge heard closing arguments in the trial over California's gay-marriage ban, with a ruling expected...

Federal Judge To Decide Fate Of Religious Ed Program In Huntington County
Indiana’s News Center reports: A Federal judge in Fort Wayne heard arguments Wednesday on whether a form of religious instruction in Huntington County should be forced off the property of a public school...

Alaska Judge Wants Abortion Law Issues Heard
ABC News: Anchorage Superior Court Judge John Suddock on Friday rejected the state's attempt to have certain issues tossed from a lawsuit to be heard Feb. 13.

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions

Hurricane Ike
Gulf Coast Residents Fight for Compensation

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Mars Petfood
79 People Sick So Far

Salmonella Outbreak
50 People Sick in Five States