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Law & Policy
Second Prop. 8 case Expedited
The Ninth Circuit Court on Tuesday morning ordered an expedited review of a second appeal on California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage — a...
News Corp. Gave $1 million to GOP Governor’s Assoc.
(NYT) News Corp., owner of the Fox network, Fox News and newspapers including the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, gave $1 million...
Blagojevich found Guilty on only 1 of 24 Counts, Jury Deadlocked on others
(NYT) Prosecutors here once said that the conduct of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, was so despicable it would make Abraham Lincoln...
South Carolina Democratic Senate Candidate Indicted
(AP) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Longshot Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to...
Chicago Charter Schools Running a Deficit
(NYT) Even as the Obama administration promotes charter schools as a way to help raise the academic performance of the nation’s students, half of Chicago’s charter...
Judge Keeps Gay Weddings on Hold for Now
(Seattle Times) Gay and lesbian couples can resume marrying in California next week, a federal judge ruled Thursday, unless a higher court steps in. Chief U.S. District...
Court of Appeal Rebuffs CA Governor’s Appeal
(ABC) A state appellate court has denied Gov. Schwarzenegger's appeal to overturn a lower court's ruling blocking his executive order mandating furloughs for some 150,000 state workers. The...
NY Transit Authority Relents on Anti-Mosque Ad
(WSJ) An ad intended for New York City buses sparked a free speech furor in the ongoing controversy over a planned mosque near the World Trade...
34 Year-old Tapped as Acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General
(BLT) In a surprise announcement, the Department of Justice announced today that Leondra Kruger, a 34-year-old assistant to the solicitor general, has been named acting principal...