"A federal judge in Pennsylvania yesterday," reports The New York Times, "struck down ordinances adopted by the City of Hazleton to bar illegal immigrants from working or renting homes there, the most resounding legal blow so far to local efforts across the country to crack down on illegal immigration." According to the report, "The decision, by Judge James M. Munley of Federal District Court, presents a new roadblock to local officials who want to take action against illegal immigration after broad federal legislation to address the issue failed in the Senate last month."

The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana reports, "A sharply divided 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans threw out on Wednesday a 2-year-old lower court decision that had blocked prayers from being said at Tangipahoa Parish School Board meetings, court records show." According to the report, the appeals court found that the parties that brought the lawsuit against the board did not show they had standing to file suit against the School Board three and a half years ago.

The New York Times reports, "A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantanamo detainees who are challenging their detention, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department to limit disclosures and setting the stage for new legal battles over the government's reasons for holding the men indefinitely." "The ruling, which came in one of the main court cases dealing with the fate of the detainees," explains the report, "effectively set the ground rules for scores of cases by detainees challenging the actions of Pentagon tribunals that decide whether terror suspects should be held as enemy combatants."