The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the corruption conviction of Vic Kohring, a former Republican member of the Alaska State Legislature . Kohring was caught on tape accepting cash from Bill Allen, an executive for Alaskan oil services and engineering company VECO Corp. . The court held that Kohring was unfairly [...]
US Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) and Senator Al Franken (D-MN) on Thursday introduced legislation to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in federally funded public elementary and high schools from bullying. The Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) was reintroduced in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate prompted by the suicides resulting [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to end torture, investigate all cases of abuse against peaceful demonstrators and stop prosecuting civilians before military tribunals. HRW went on to describe witness accounts of Egyptian soldiers and others in civilian clothing attacking demonstrators, finding that “he Supreme [...]
The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday failed to approve a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The Maryland Senate voted 25-21 to approve the Civil Marriage Protection Act last month and sent it to the lower house for a final vote. The failure to approve the bill makes it unlikely that [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday granted the Obama administration’s motion for expedited review over a Florida judge’s ruling that the health care reform law is unconstitutional. The appeals court has yet not made a decision regarding the request that the initial review be heard en banc before all 10 [...]
Javier Centonzio, Stetson Law ’12, is an Iraq War veteran. He writes about the veterans issues addressed by Veteran Treatment Courts… Throughout our nation’s history we have resorted to armed conflict to resolve differences among ourselves and other nations. We have been ready and willing to send our young men and women to far-off lands [...]
Patricia DeGennaro : “One Arab government after the other is falling – Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Following their lead are Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain and perhaps even Iraq. The kings from Jordan and Saudi Arabia are handing out money to quell any rebellion. All of this is happening and the US are still struggling to define [...]
US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) , along with five cosponsors, introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit funding for civilian trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees and place restrictions on the transfer of detainees to foreign countries. The Military Detainee Procedures Improvement Act of 2011 would require “greater scrutiny on the security situation and ability of the [...]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) on Friday signed legislation limiting the collective bargaining rights of state employees, ending a three-week stalemate over the issue. The bill requires state employees to contribute a percentage of their salaries to their pension and health care premiums, and eliminates the ability of public employee union members to collectively negotiate [...]
The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor concluded Friday leaving judges in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to deliberate on the verdict. The prosecution gave its closing arguments where it said Taylor was an intelligent many who had fooled many people and relied on fooling the judges in this case. [...]
