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News States brief ~ NY Court of Appeals orders anti-war protestors’ records resealed
States brief ~ NY Court of Appeals orders anti-war protestors’ records resealed
Rachel Felton
July 6, 2005 06:07:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the New York Court of Appeals ruled today that the prior dismissed charges against four anti-war protesters are to be resealed and not used against the protesters in determining their sentences for later...

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News States brief ~ Oklahoma  Supreme Court strikes down collective bargaining act
States brief ~ Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down collective bargaining act
Rachel Felton
July 5, 2005 03:46:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday struck down the Oklahoma Municipal Employees Collective Bargaining Act as unconstitutional. The state law allowed municipal employees to unionize in cities with populations greater than 35,000. The court found...

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News States brief ~ NC Supreme Court rules more civil penalties to go to public education
States brief ~ NC Supreme Court rules more civil penalties to go to public education
Rachel Felton
July 1, 2005 07:09:00 pm

Leading Friday's states brief, a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling today expanded the number of civil penalties which properly belong to school districts under the state constitution . The court upheld most of a 2003 court of...

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News States brief ~ WA high court  finds for Seattle Times in joint operating agreement dispute
States brief ~ WA high court finds for Seattle Times in joint operating agreement dispute
Rachel Felton
June 30, 2005 05:33:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Washington Supreme Court ruled today that the Seattle Times could count monetary losses it incurred during a 2000 strike in its effort to end its joint operating agreement with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer...

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News States brief ~ California Supreme Court allows domestic partner law to stand
States brief ~ California Supreme Court allows domestic partner law to stand
Rachel Felton
June 29, 2005 05:22:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court has let stand a new law granting registered domestic partners many of the same rights and protections of heterosexual marriages. Without comment, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of...

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News States brief ~ WI Supreme Court allows power plant expansion
States brief ~ WI Supreme Court allows power plant expansion
Rachel Felton
June 28, 2005 05:20:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that the state's Public Service Commission acted properly in approving a coal-fired power plant in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. S.C Johnson & Son and the environmental...

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News States brief ~ Colorado Supreme Court upholds juror questioning of witnesses
States brief ~ Colorado Supreme Court upholds juror questioning of witnesses
Rachel Felton
June 27, 2005 05:38:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled today that allowing jurors to submit questions to witnesses is not a per se violation of a defendant's right to a fair trial in criminal cases. One defendant's...

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News States brief ~ FL Governor signs state growth legislation
States brief ~ FL Governor signs state growth legislation
Rachel Felton
June 24, 2005 05:14:00 pm

Leading Friday's states brief, Florida Governor Jeb Bush Friday signed legislation overhauling Florida's state growth and development guidelines for the first time in twenty years. The legislation calls for $1.5 billion of state money to be spent...

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News States brief ~ CA high court rules "forgetting" to register as sex offender no excuse
States brief ~ CA high court rules "forgetting" to register as sex offender no excuse
Rachel Felton
June 23, 2005 05:22:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 4-3 decision that forgetting to register for Megan's Law because of stress is an insufficient excuse. The Supreme Court overturned the decision...

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News States brief ~ PA Supreme Court upholds slot-machine law
States brief ~ PA Supreme Court upholds slot-machine law
Rachel Felton
June 22, 2005 05:12:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld the state's slot-machine gambling law . While rejecting some parts of the law, the court found that the process used by the legislature to enact the law was constitutional....

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Magna Carta established fundamental rights in England

On June 15, 1215, King John sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede, establishing certain fundamental rights as part of the law in England.

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On June 15, 1804 the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, creating separate votes in the electoral college for President and Vice-President. In prior elections, the country experienced problems with the original system in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the Constitution, failed to adequately segregate votes for President and Vice-President. This led to a tie in the 1800 election between Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates of the same party.

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