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Court Funding Crisis: Our Very Democracy is at Stake
Court funding failures in states nationwide are so severe that they “are resulting in the failure to deliver basic justice,? David Boies, co-head of an ABA task force on court funding issues, warned in a New York Times article...

Court Funding Cuts in the News Across Nation
Chief U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District of New York told a task force that budget cuts of $170 million for state courts pose safety risks in a time prominent terror trials...

Ohio "non-recourse" funding legislation
Anthony Sebok devoted one of his FindLaw commentaries earlier this week to what he terms ?Ohio?s wisely correcting a mistake that was made by its Supreme Court five years ago.? ( Here ) ?In 2003,? he writes, ?in Ransman v...

Anti-Drug Task Force Funding Leads to Police Corruption and Destruction of Lives
Huffington Post Anthony Papa Anti-Drug Task Force Funding Leads to Police Corruption and Destruction of Lives Posted April 29, 2008 In early March, a federally-funded narcotics task force struggling to increase its fiscal support carried out a crime sweep in...

Judges to ABA Task Force: More Resources Needed
Heavy trial delays stemming from funding cuts and the lack of resources to meet needs of citizens in the court system were top concerns discussed at a recent hearing of the ABA Task Force on the Preservation of the Justice System...

Florida Governor Pledges Priority for Court Funding
Gov. Rick Scott told prosecuting attorneys he will make Florida court funding a priority, and he also said efficient court funding is imperative. “I am acutely aware of the funding crisis faced by the courts,” Scott said, according to an Associated Press article...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

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

Consumer Funding
BlueHippo Funding agrees to set up $5 million restitution fund after modifying its computer sales program.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.