Religion & Law

Ninth Circuit: Arizona Must Allow "Choose Life" License Plates
Reuters: Anti-abortion slogan OK'd on Arizona license plates: An Arizona agency wrongly denied an anti-abortion group permission to print their message "Choose Life" on license plates, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday...

Coming Soon To Arizona Roads: Choose Life License Plates
Arizona Life Coalition v. Stanton, 05-16971 (9th Cir., Jan. 28, 2008) Pro-lifers won a big victory today, courtesy of the Ninth Circuit. A coalition of pro-life and pregnancy support groups asked the Arizona License Plate Commission to start issuing speciality plates with the message, “Choose Life...

"Court OKs 'Choose Life' license plates in Arizona"
"Court OKs 'Choose Life' license plates in Arizona": Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle provides this news update. The Arizona Daily Star provides a news update headlined "Court OKs anti-abortion license plates for Arizona vehicles....

"'Choose Life' license plate ruled free speech"
"'Choose Life' license plate ruled free speech": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. And The Arizona Daily Star reports today that "U.S. appellate court OKs pro-life AZ license plates...

Supreme Court Won't Review Ariz. License Plates Case
The justices refused today to consider a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found an anti-reproductive rights group can force Arizona officials to create license plates that promote its cause...

Lawsuit Challenges "I Believe" License Plates
Americans United has filed suit over the controversial South Carolina specialty license plate that allows residents to choose a tag with a cross and the slogan "I Believe". The Americans United lawsuit says the Christian license plate violates the separation...

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

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Compound License
Palatin Technologies pays Competitive Technologies $800,000 agreement dispute settlement.

Institutionalized Medicaid Recipients
Sue For Right To Choose Where They Live

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

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.

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop