A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) to provide health benefits to the same-sex...
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Federal judge orders health benefits for same-sex spouse of federal employee
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Israel Supreme Court bans for-profit prisons
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Same-sex marriage benefits ruling [NY CA]
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Senate confirms Obama’s earliest judicial nominee after delay
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US only holdout on UN child rights treaty after Somalia announces intent to ratify
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Ninth Circuit upholds ruling to block advocacy intervention in Proposition 8 suit
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Argentina Senate approves law to compel DNA from suspected ‘Dirty War’ children
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New York high court rules same-sex spouses of state employees entitled to benefits
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Somalia, Afghanistan ranked most corrupt countries in annual survey
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Russia Constitutional Court extends moratorium on death penalty
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The Supreme Court of Israel banned privately-run prisons on Thursday, ruling 8-1 that they violate prisoners' fundamental rights and introduce an element of profit into the prison system. The decision followed a...
Godfrey, et al. v. Spano, et al., New York Court of Appeals, November 20, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...
The US Senate on Thursday voted 59-39 to confirm Judge David Hamilton to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , overcoming Republican opposition to secure President Barack Obama's first and...
The Somali Transitional Federal Government on Friday announced its intention to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) , which, if successful, would make the US the only UN member state not to...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's denial of a conservative advocacy group's motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition...
The Argentine Senate on Thursday voted 57-1 to approve a law that authorizes the government to obtain DNA samples from individuals suspected to have been born to forced disappearance victims of the 1976-1983 "Dirty...
The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a challenge to two policies that provide benefits to same-sex couples married outside of the state. The first policy was a 2006 decision by the Westchester...
The conflict-ravaged nations of Somalia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan, and Iraq rank among the world's most corrupt, according to the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) prepared by Transparency International (TI) . The index, released Tuesday, ranked...
The Constitutional Court of Russia on Thursday extended the moratorium on the death penalty until the Russian parliament ratifies an international treaty abolishing capital punishment. In 1997, Russia...
