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REGION: Board's map would violate law, critics sayNorth County TimesThe San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is expected to redraw its political boundaries —- and when it does, critics say, it will violate federal law. The law in question is the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Civil rights activists say the …Do Latinos [...]

Motions Online New law school dean focuses on jobsDaily CameraPhil Weiser — the University of Colorado's incoming dean of the Law School — has created a new position to bolster career resources at the school, following up on a promise he made during the interview process. …Introducing Stephen Ferruolo, USD School of Law's Incoming DeanMotions [...]

Globe and Mail The Dominique Strauss Kahn circus rolls into townTelegraph.co.ukIndeed, Mr Sharpton was the model for the character of Rev Reginald Bacon in The Bonfire of the Vanities, the blockbuster Tom Wolfe novel that detailed how race, politics and class intertwined with the legal system of the New York of that era. …IMF chief's [...]

The Guardian Armed groups attack law enforcement personnel in SyriaNewstrack IndiaDamascus, July 31 (ANI): Armed groups have reportedly attacked law enforcement members and a police station in Syria's Deir al-Zour area and stolen weapons and ammunition. According to a Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) report, miscreants barricaded some …Cabinet Approves Local Administration LawSyrian Arab News [...]

ThirdAge Kansas law defunding Planned Parenthood clinic faces first legal testKansas City StarWICHITA | A new Kansas statute stripping a Planned Parenthood chapter of its federal funding faces its first test today in a federal courtroom. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has asked US District Judge J. Thomas Marten to block the …Kan. law [...]

Anonymous, Congressional Cyber-Law Action Dominate Week`s Security NewseWeekAnonymous dominated headlines this week, as law enforcement officials arrested suspected members and the collective continued its online mayhem. British authorities arrested a 18-year old male from a residential address in the Shetland Islands, …and more » View full post on law – Google News

Reuters Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan failed as law makers say …GlobalPostSenate majority leader Harry Reid holds a press conference after Republicans shot down his deficit reduction plan. He says late night negotiations are ongoing at the White House. (Alex Wong/AFP/Getty Images) The Senate failed on Sunday to advance …Obama Makes Urgent Plea [...]

Car seat law gets 'boost' beginning MondayKXRMA new law goes into effect Monday that will affect thousands of Colorado parents. Beginning August 1, the one-year grace period for booster seat violations will expire. Last year, Colorado lawmakers extended the state's child passenger saftey laws, …Colorado's booster-seat law extends to older kids starting MondayDenver PostBooster seat [...]

ThirdAge Kansas law defunding clinic faces first legal testKansas City StarWICHITA | A new Kansas statute stripping a Planned Parenthood chapter of its federal funding faces its first test today in a federal courtroom. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has asked US District Judge J. Thomas Marten to block the …Kan. law defunding clinic [...]

Daily Beast Is Congress Really Serious About Domestic Radicalism?Huffington PostThe New York Times revealed on Sunday that a Brooklyn attorney named David Yerushalmi has spearheaded the movement across the country to rid the United States of Sharia – the traditional Muslim law – notwithstanding that except in some private …The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah MovementNew [...]