A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday temporarily blocked several provisions of a human trafficking law approved by voters Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern...
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ACLU challenges California’s Proposition 35 increasing penalties for sex offenders
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Canada high court rules against Pfizer on Viagra patent
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ICC prosecutor urges Libya not to grant amnesty for war criminals
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Europe rights court upholds ban on use of Holocaust images
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Army private charged in WikiLeaks case offers partial guilty plea
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Federal appeals court dismisses torture suit against Rumsfeld
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Supreme Court hears arguments on trademarks, attorney’s fees
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Colorado, Montana pass ballot measures seeking campaign finance reform
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Montana approves parental notification abortion law
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Maryland, Montana vote on immigration issues
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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the Viagra patent held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is no longer valid, opening the door for generic competition. The court ruled 7-0...
Libya should not grant amnesty for war crimes committed on either side of the country's uprising against former leader Muammar Gaddafi , International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday upheld a German injunction preventing the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) from using Holocaust images...
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning , who is accused of leaking confidential documents to WikiLeaks , offered a guilty plea on Wednesday to several of the charges that the government has leveled against...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , sitting en banc Wednesday, ruled that two American citizens cannot sue former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged torture by US soldiers in...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. The issue in the first case, Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. , was whether a federal court has Article...
Voters passed ballot measures on Tuesday seeking to limit the amount of money that can be directed to political campaigns in Colorado and Montana . The measure in Colorado will amend...
Montana voters on Tuesday approved a referendum that would require parental notification prior to an abortion for a minor. The measure, which was passed by 66 percent of Montana voters, would require abortion facilities and...
Voters in Montana and Maryland went to the polls to decide upon two state immigration initiatives on Tuesday. In Maryland, Question 4 , often called "Maryland's Dream Act," passed with approximately 59 percent of the votes affirming the law's...
