court decisions

Positioned immediately under the U.S. Supreme Court the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 ruled against Noreen Jean Renier, a woman who poses as a credible psychic detective and has falsely claimed to have been directly hired by public law enforcement...

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/07/breaking-same-sex-marriage-is-now-legal-in-california/

Linky The argument seems to be something like this: the password to an encryption is not incriminating evidence, so no 5th amendment protection. If the data the password unlock is incriminating, then too bad for you. Sounds like this one will hit SCOTUS....

In a strong ruling, the Col Supreme Court threw out an order for a new trial on a lawsuit against Wal Mart stemming from an accident caused by company negligence. A lower court had ordered a new trial after the jury had given an award the lower court called: Wal Mart also had contended that...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/obama-s-health-care-law-requiring-insurance-upheld-by-appeals-court-panel.html I'm sure Fox "News" will be all over this.

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Today, a Federal appeals court ruled that a gay judge's opinion is just as valid as a straight judge's. The ruling that threw out Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, has been upheld. Glad to hear it.

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/ollective-bargaining-law-to-take-effect "MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Republican governor has won a major victory: the state Supreme Court says his polarizing union rights law can go into effect. Gov. Scott Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of...

From the San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/27/fireworks-shows-need-environmental-review/ In brief: A California Superior Court judge has decided that an environmental assessment study is now required for fireworks displays. This ruling is likely to be...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/26/wisconsin.collective.bargaining/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

http://www.indystar.com/article/20110302/LOCAL18/103020335/Judge-Star-IBJ-must-identify-anonymous-poster

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110110/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_birthers Bye bye Orly. :)

http://articles.ktuu.com/2010-11-19/murkowski-campaign_24842367 "The ballots in the U.S. Senate race are counted, but the legal battle is far from over. On Friday afternoon, a federal judge temporarily stopped the certification of the race’s results, provided Republican candidate Joe Miller...

http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2010-11/muslim-advocacy-group-sues-over-okla-shariah-ban The measure passed 70% to 29%. The amendment's author, Sytate Senator Rex Duncan (R) said in June that "Oklahomans recognize that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles," and that this...

...and why is the current Justice department appealing the Mass. ruling against it? Clinton was a staunch supporter of gay rights. Obama has said repeatedly that he thinks DOMA is discriminatory. I don't understand why they support DOMA. Is the Justice department required to appeal? Why can't...

Probably going nowhere but there it is.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100928/national/bawdy_law_challenge

URL: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019717896 What's your opinions, isn't this absolutely absurd?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/07/court_strikes_down_fcc_indecen.html The moral degredation of America continues. ;)

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38201135 Switzerland refuses to extradite Roman Polanski right now. If they do decide to extradite him he can appeal to Swiss law. Looks like he got away with raping that girl.

Federal gay marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional It's a big step. Not a full win, but a big step.

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In what has been termed a landmark decision (the first time a case like this has gone to judgment) the Australian Federal Court has decided that a major ISP, iinet, is not liable for it's members downloading movies and so on. It's significant in that all the major studios and a large Australian...

The EU courts decided against Microsoft with respect to bundling the IE browser with Windows. They said it gave them an unfair advantage over other browser makers. So, when Windows 7 is released in the EU, it will not have a browser installed. How many users in the EU do you think will find...

9th Circuit Incorporates 2nd Amdmt (and forecloses a "living Constitution" to boot!) Nordyke v. King was issued Monday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Background: Appellant Nordyke operated gun shows on Alameda County grouds (I think fairgrounds) until 1999 when Alameda County...

Iowa, declared to be the "land of the sodomite damned"... Now it's official. Today our state supreme court overturned the ban on gay marriage. It's good to be damned.

I am watching the news right now and am really angry about a court ruling about the registrar who refused to perform civil partnerships as it was against her religion and claimed she was discriminated against (her claim was upheld). This is ridiculous. She was being asked to perform a legal...

With all the threads involving Tasers of late, readers might be interested in a bit of case law that just came down. Without going into a lot of extraneous detail: An individual on a two-day crack and marijuana binge decided to rob a convenience store to fuel his ongoing party. He was...

Just heard of the amount: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/31/funeral.protests.ap/index.html

I believe Nelson said it best, when he said: "HAW HAW!" http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-westboro1031,0,7191706.story

An "activist judge" has ruled that the Iowa gay panic sanctity of marriage law is unconstitutional. Link