The US Supreme Court's Thursday ruling in Kelo v. New London allowing local governments to expropriate private property for development has sparked intense negative reaction from defenders of private property rights, with a number hailing this...

Halbert v. Michigan, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 . Excerpt from...

Kelo v. New London, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that a local government authority can expropriate private property — land, homes and businesses — for private redevelopment that would confer economic benefits on the...

Democracy at Risk: The 2004 Election in Ohio, Democratic National Conmittee, June 22, 2005 . Read the full text of...

Mexico's House voted for an constiutional amendment Thursday that expunges the death penalty language from the country's present constitution by a margin of 412-0. The amendment calls for the current language to...

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the membership configuration of the California Coastal Commission's does not violate the separation of powers clause of the state's constitution. Four of the commissioners are appointed...

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee in a heated hearing on Iraq Thursday that a delay in Iraq's adoption of a constitution would be "an enormous disservice" while...

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Morgan Stanley has settled with stumbling Italian dairy giant Parmalat . Parmalat sued Morgan Stanley in February to recoup money Parmalat gave to Morgan Stanley shortly before the food...

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...

Leading Thursday's international brief, in an immense demonstration of cooperation, over 200 African and international NGOs have made a collective appeal to the United Nations and the African Union to force Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe ...