Thursday, May 31, 2007
Big Disparities in Judging of Asylum Cases
The New York Times has this report discussing some of the major problems affecting the adjudication of asylum cases in the United States. The report explains that “Asylum seekers in the United States face broad disparities in the nation’s 54 immigration courts, with the outcome of cases influenced by things like the location of the court and the sex and professional background of judges.”
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Justices’ Ruling Limits Suits on Pay Disparity
The New York Times reports, “The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay, insisting in a 5-to-4 decision on a tight time frame to file such cases.” According to the report, “The decision came in a case involving a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire plant in Gadsden, Ala., the only woman among 16 men at the same management level, who was paid less than any of her colleagues, including those with less seniority.”
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Parents of Disabled Child Win Ruling
“The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that parents of disabled children do not have to hire lawyers to sue school districts when they attempt to ensure that their children's special needs are adequately met,” reports The Washington Post. The report explains, “The court found that the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which guarantees children a ‘free appropriate public education,’ gives rights to parents as well.”
High Court Will Hear Ky. Bond Case
The Courier-Journal, a leading newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky, is reporting, “The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Kentucky can let its residents collect interest on the state's municipal bonds tax-free while taxing the same kind of bonds from other states.” According to the report, “The issue has broad implications for the $3 trillion municipal bond market because most states have similar regulations aimed at creating markets for their public-agency bonds.”
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Justices’ Vote in Death Case Is Close Again, but Differing
The New York Times reports, “For the fourth time in a row, the Supreme Court on Monday decided a death penalty case by a vote of 5 to 4.” “But this time,” explains the report, “contrary to the court’s overturning of three Texas death sentences last month, a narrow majority went the other way and reinstated the death sentence of an Arizona man who argued that his lawyer had failed to discover or present crucial evidence that could have persuaded the jury to spare his life.”
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Christian Postings' Removal Upheld
“School officials did not violate a teacher's First Amendment rights when they removed Christian-themed postings from his classroom, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.” According to The Associated Press, the case, which attorneys for The Rutherford Institute are considering appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, involved classroom postings that included a flier publicizing the National Day of Prayer, a depiction of George Washington praying at Valley Forge, and articles about President Bush’s religious faith and former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s prayer meetings with his employees.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Missouri Abortion Law Ruled Legal
According to The Kansas City Star, “The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that lets parents sue anyone who helps their minor daughters get abortions.” “The law, enacted in 2005, allows legal damages against anyone who would ‘cause, aid or assist’ a girl under 18 in getting an abortion without consent of a parent or a court.”
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Supreme Court Won't Decide Va.-Vermont Lesbian Custody Fight
According to The Virginian-Pilot, “U.S. Supreme Court justices sidestepped Monday a rancorous child custody battle entangled in questions over the legal status of same-sex civil unions.” As a result, “The high court let stand without comment a Vermont state court ruling that a woman in that state has visitation rights with a Virginia child who was conceived by another woman while the two were joined in a civil union.”
Justices Again Refuse Guantanamo Bay Cases
“For the second time in a month,” reports The Washington Post, “the Supreme Court decided yesterday not to hear appeals from terrorism suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, refusing to call a halt to the military commissions they face after Congress authorized the trials last fall.” As the report explains, in deciding not to hear the cases, the court rejected an appeal by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who won a landmark Supreme Court case, and Omar Khadr, a Canadian charged in the killing of an Army medic in Afghanistan.
Noise Law Enforced Fairly, Court Rules
“A federal appeals court upheld San Francisco's enforcement of an anti-noise ordinance against street preachers Monday, saying they had been cited for the volume of their amplified messages, not their content,” reports The San Francisco Chronicle. The ruling came in response to a claim by evangelists affiliated with American Christian Enterprises and SOS Ministries against the city in 1996 on the grounds that they had been singled out because police or some listeners disliked what they said.
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