Blackenship et al. v. Blackwell, Secy. of State, et al., Ohio Supreme Court, October 22, 2004 [rejecting the Nader campaign's petition to have the state election board review voter registration lists to validate election petitions to put Nader on the...

US v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan; US v. David Matthew Hicks, US Department of Defense Appointing Authority for Military Commissions John T. Altenburg, Jr., October 21, 2004 [holding that, upon challenge as to their fitness and impartiality, three of the designated...

US v. Stewart and Bocanovic, Brief for the Defendant-Appellant Martha Stewart, October 20, 2004. Read the full text of the brief here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Al Odah v. US, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, October 20, 2004 ....

Comfort et al. v. Lynn School Committee et al., United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 20, 2004 [ruling that the school desegregation policy of the town of Lynn, Massachusetts, is unconstitutional because it considers race as...

Bay County Democratic Party et al. v. Land, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Judge David Lawson, October 19, 2004 [holding that ballots cast in the correct city or township but wrong voting precinct in Michigan...

Signed into law by President Bush October 19, 2004 . Read the full text...

AFL-CIO v. Hood, Florida Supreme Court, October 18, 2004 . Excerpt:We conclude that the precinct-specific provision in section...

Signed into law by President Bush October 16, 2004 . Read the full text of the Act here . Reported in...

Bourgeois et al. v. Peters et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 15, 2004 . Excerpt: While the threat of terrorism...