United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, October 15, 2004 [affirming a lower court's dismissal of claims by working mothers who contended that voting in person is a hardship and that the US Constitution requires Illinois to...

Evans and Jordan v. Stephens, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 14, 2004 [holding that President Bush acted legally when he appointed William Pryor to the appeals court bench during a holiday recess of the...

Iguarta de la Rosa v. US, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 14, 2004 . Read the full text of...

In Re: Nomination Paper of Ralph Nader, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, October 13, 2004. Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Report of the Department of Justice's Task Force on Intellectual Property, October 12, 2004 . An accompany DOJ press release notes that in addition to recommendations regarding civil...

Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Seismic Entertainment Productions, Inc., SmartBot.net, Inc., and Sanford Wallace, Defendants., United States District Court, District of New Hampshire, filed October 6, 2004. Read the full text of the complaint here and the memorandum in...

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, petition to the US Supreme Court for writ of certiorari . Read the petition here ,...

US Commission on Civil Rights staff report released October 5, 2004 ....

HR 4520, passed in the House Thursday on the basis of a conference committee report and awaiting approval in the Senate, October 11, 2004 [providing $136 billion in tax cuts for corporations and repealing a $5 billion annual subsidy for...

HR 5107, passed in the House and passed by voice vote in the Senate without amendment, October 9, 2004 [to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA...