Politico Wash. state Senate passes gay marriage lawUPI.comWhile senators mostly followed party lines in Wednesday's vote, four Republicans supported the law, including two who had not announced their intentions in advance. Same-sex marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia.Indiana will become first Rust Belt state with right-to-work lawLos Angeles TimesMitch Daniels [...]
WXYZ Half of Michigan voters oppose legal potUPI.comOnly 5 percent of respondents said they are undecided, while 45 percent support legal pot. In 2008, 63 percent of Michigan voters approved a referendum to legalize marijuana for medical uses, and advocates of complete legalization have launched a …EPIC: Mich voters close on legal potWOOD-TVPoll: Voters wary [...]
CTV.ca Egypt rallies as crisis law partly liftedUPI.com25 (UPI) — Egyptian activists decried Wednesday's revolution anniversary-linked partial lifting of emergency law as tens of thousands gathered for anti-junta protests. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Egypt's de facto head of state, said in a televised …Egyptian leader partially ends hated emergency lawSan Francisco ChronicleUS praises lifting of [...]
Los Angeles Times Buffett faults laws for Romney's tax rateUPI.com23 (UPI) — The low 15-percent tax rate paid by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is the law's fault, not Romney's, US billionaire Warren Buffett said. "It's the wrong policy to have," Buffett said on Bloomberg Television Monday.Warren Buffett blames federal law for Mitt Romney's 15% [...]
BBC News EU eyes legal action against HungaryUPI.com19 (UPI) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered to make changes to controversial new laws when threatened with legal action by the European Union. The new series of laws involve making the central bank less independent, a removal of a great …EU Begins Legal Cases Against HungaryWall [...]
Jose Baez quits Casey Anthony's legal teamUPI.com12 (UPI) — Florida lawyer Jose Baez has left the legal team for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder in her daughter's death in July. Baez removed himself from Anthony's legal team because of a recent falling out between the two, …and more » View full post on legal [...]
KIMA CBS 29 Law enforcement: '11 deaths up 13 percentUPI.com28 (UPI) — The number of law enforcement officials killed in the line of duty in 2011 was 173, a 13 percent increase over last year, a report released Wednesday indicated. The primary cause of death in 2011 was gunfire, claiming 68 officers, …US police fatalities [...]
Online Casino Reports Online poker could be legal under rulingUPI.com27 (UPI) — A decision by the US Department of Justice could make online lotteries and online poker legal, analysts say. In reinterpreting the Wire Act of 1961, the department ruled the law's banning of wagers by way of telecommunications that cross …New DOJ Opinion Paves [...]
Alleged hazing victim eyes legal actionUPI.comATLANTA, Dec. 14 (UPI) — An Atlanta attorney says Bria Hunter, an alleged victim of hazing by the Florida A&M University marching band, is planning to sue the university. Attorney BJ Bernstein accused the university of ignoring a problem they've …and more » View full post on legal – Google News
abc11.com NC Senate vote may void racial bias lawUPI.comFor example, research from Michigan State University's law school that shows defendants who killed a white person in North Carolina were 2.5 times more likely to be given a death sentence than those whose victims were black can be introduced during …North Carolina's death-row racial bias law [...]
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