Nov 7, 2012

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Obama win clears health law hurdle, challenges remain
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election eliminates the possibility of a wholesale repeal of his signature healthcare reform law, but leaves questions about how many of the changes will be implemented as the national focus shifts to ...
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3 strikes law reformed, fewer harsh sentences
San Jose Mercury News
LOS ANGELES—California voters reined in the nation's harshest three strikes law Tuesday with the passage of a ballot measure that allows for shorter sentences for some third-time offenders. With 26 percent of precincts reporting, Proposition 36 passed ...
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Same-sex marriage upheld by Spain's highest court
Chicago Tribune
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's highest court upheld the country's gay marriage law on Tuesday, rejecting an appeal lodged by the ruling People's Party seven years ago and confirming the legality of same-sex unions. By the end of last year, more than 21,000 ...
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Michigan's toughened emergency manager law rejected
Detroit Free Press
It also puts in doubt the status of emergency financial managers in Michigan cities and school districts who have been operating under the former law, Public Act 72 of 1990, since Public Act 4 was suspended in August. And the repeal clouds the issue of ...
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Maryland approves same-sex marriage law
Washington Post
Voters in Maryland narrowly upheld the state's same-sex marriage law, a historic victory for the national gay-rights movement that highlights the country's evolving definition of marriage. Before Tuesday, gays and lesbians had been granted the right to ...
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Longtime Etan Patz suspect released, then held on Megan's Law violation
Fox News
A man long considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of a New York City boy more than three decades ago was released from a Pennsylvania prison on Wednesday then immediately arrested on a Megan's Law violation, state police said.
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Michigan Proposal 1 Results: State Emergency Manager Law Fails
Huffington Post
In a victory for unions and grassroots organizers, Michigan voters struck down a law that allowed state-appointed emergency managers to renegotiate union contracts, change pension agreements and sell public assets to right the finances in fiscally ...
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Obama win boosts health law, but states still control its destiny
Atlanta Journal Constitution
State lawmakers will control whether millions of uninsured people get coverage through Medicaid beginning in 2014, as the law envisions. They'll also decide whether to set up online markets where individuals can shop for coverage and seek federal ...
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Pennsylvania Election Day Plagued By Confusion Over State's Blocked Voter ID ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- In October, a Pennsylvania judge blocked the state from implementing its voter ID law in time for the 2012 elections. But his opinion was complicated: Election officials are allowed to ask voters to show photo ID, but they can't require ...
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Rutgers-Camden law students help monitor voting
Philadelphia Inquirer
All volunteers, they were monitoring the voting process and evaluating whether the polling places met Board of Elections standards. Starting before daybreak, the students by midday had examined every one of the 30 or so city polling places. First-year ...
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Obama Win Keeping Health Law Buoys Hospitals Shares
Businessweek
"Volumes of business will improve for hospital companies and bad debt will go down with the reduction in the uninsured" as the law moves forward, said Frank Morgan, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets in Brentwood, Tennessee. While a Mitt Romney win ...
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Thomas Sowell: Obama mocks the rule of law
OCRegister
Among the objections to Obamacare, one that has not gotten as much attention as it should is the president's power to waive the law for any company, union or other enterprise he chooses. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides for "equal ...
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Egypt's Brotherhood won't join Islamic law rally
Boston.com
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood says it will not take part in a protest to demand a greater role for Islamic law, or Shariah, in the constitution now being written, because agreement on the issue is near. The Brotherhood dominates the ...
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After car booster seat laws, child deaths fell
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. states with laws requiring kids to ride in car booster seats have had fewer child deaths in accidents, especially among 6- and 7-year-olds, researchers reported Monday. Nearly all U.S. states require that children who ...
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Pa.'s new voter ID law causes confusion, voters say
Philadelphia Inquirer
Voters were not always asked for photo ID, as was supposed to happen during the so-called soft rollout. Anyone who could not or would not show an ID should have been allowed to vote as usual. But some voters complained that poll workers demanded an ...
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Exit polls find voters split on Obama health law
The Hill (blog)
Exit polls found an almost even split between supporters and opponents of the health law Tuesday. The New York Times reported that one-quarter of voters surveyed want the Affordable Care Act repealed while one-quarter would repeal some parts but not ...
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Bad Medicine for Women
New York Times
The Ninth Circuit case tests the constitutionality of an Arizona law, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer in April, that bans all abortion procedures beyond 20 weeks from a woman's last menstrual period, or about 18 weeks after fertilization. The law, part of a ...
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Can the Law Make Us Be Decent?
New York Times
OF all the tragedies wrought by Hurricane Sandy, one has stood out as a horrifying exception to the tales of selflessness and bravery. On Staten Island, according to several news accounts, a woman named Glenda Moore tried to flee the storm on Monday by ...
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Rule of Law 3, Argentina 0
Wall Street Journal
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that the government of Argentina must not discriminate among its creditors. Let's hope that principle also applies in America the next time the government ...
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Ky. inmate, fiancee suing to marry
USA TODAY
The state revoked the marriage license for inmate Jeremy Devers, above, and his fiancee based on the interpretation of a state law requiring the future husband and wife to both appear in person at the clerk's office to apply for a marriage license ...
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Mass. voters OK medical marijuana, auto repair law
Boston.com
BOSTON (AP) — State voters legalized medical marijuana on Tuesday and approved a law that will require new cars to have diagnostic systems that are accessible to all mechanics, not just the dealerships that sold them. A ballot question that would ...
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Stanford Law School's Three Strikes Project Represents NAACP Legal Defense ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Stanford Law School's Three Strikes Project Represents NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Historic Reform of the United States' Harshest Sentencing Law. Published: November 7, 2012. 2012-11-07T14:29:54Z. Stanford Law School. Tweet · 0 Comments E-mail ...
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Insolvency law put to the test in South Africa
The Deal Pipeline
"There's a lot of movement in this space," said Eric Levenstein, a director with Johannesburg-based law firm Werksmans Attorneys, which specializes in insolvency and distress. On Nov. 1, On Digital Media (Pty) Ltd. filed for protection under Section ...
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Dem proposes expanding healthcare law coverage to US territories
The Hill (blog)
This program was only designed to last until 2014, since under the health reform law, most insurers will not be able to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions beginning in 2014. The healthcare law allocated $5 billion to create the ...
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Post away: An election law voters don't have to sweat
KTAR.com
The Arizona law language is posted on Gizmodo, a technology site, and others that cited a report by the Citizen Media Law Project, a project of Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Project director Jeff Hermes said the ...
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Education reform law turned back
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A group backing the law reported contributions totaling $113,500, which came mostly from Sioux Falls business leaders and StudentsFirst, a national political action committee led by reform-minded Democrat Michelle Rhee. Valerie Schonewill, a 29-year ...
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Law Enforcement Reacts to Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado
KKTV 11 News
This morning 11 News spoke with law enforcement from across southern Colorado to find out their take on the passing vote for Amendment 64 to legalize recreational use of marijuana in the state. Officers and deputies say there is a long road ahead ...
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Law Beat: Courts were able to adapt to Sandy
Albany Times Union
Hurricane Sandy has left unprecedented devastation in New York City — with wrecked homes and lives taken from Staten Island to Queens. The court system, however, could have been hit far worse by the monster storm. "Remarkably, the courts by and large ...
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Blogs12 new results for law
 
Sean Hannity May Have Broken Law While Tweeting Picture Of ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Did Sean Hannity break the law while voting on Tuesday? That's what Think Progress wondered after the Fox News host tweeted a picture of his ballot.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Meets Reality On Election Day ...
By Ryan J. Reilly
Voting and civil rights activists said Tuesday that Pennsylvania's new voter ID law was causing mass confusion across the state as people tried to go to the polls.
TPMMuckraker
Did Sean Hannity Break The Law By Tweeting Pictures Of His ...
By Alex Alvarez
This morning, Fox News host Sean Hannity Tweeted out a picture of his completed ballot, prompting liberal blog ThinkProgress to wonder whether the media personality was breaking the law.
Mediaite
'Law & Order: SVU' Enlists Patricia Arquette, Anne Meara ...
By Lesley Goldberg
Anne Meara and Patricia Arquette are heading to NBC's Law & Order: SVU. The actress/comedian and the former Medium star have been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode, playing mother and daughter, The Hollywood Reporter ...
Television
Obama Win Boosts Health Law, But States Still Control Its Destiny ...
By Phil Galewitz
President Barack Obama's re-election ensures the survival of his landmark health care law, but predominantly Republican state officials will get a big say in how it is carried out. State lawmakers will control whether millions of uninsured people ...
All Kaiser Health News
Prop. 36 Passes: 3 Strikes Law Reformed To Allow For Lighter ...
By snelsonkovr
The nation's harshest three strikes law has been reformed to allow for shorter sentences for some offenders.
CBS Sacramento
Fox News' Sean Hannity may have broken law with ballot tweet ...
By Ugonna Okpalaoka
Amidst warnings circulating today that it's against the law in some states to take and post a photo of your ballot online, Fox News' Sean Hannity, host of The Sean Hannity Show, joined the ranks of a number of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram ...
theGrio
Why California law, not the election, is a carbon game-changer ...
By Lawrence Goldenhersh
A prediction: A federal cap-and-trade program will be in place by 2016, no matter who gets elected president.
GreenBiz.com Green and Sustainable...
Go ahead, brag: This is one election law voters don't have to worry ...
By Paige Schwahn
WASHINGTON – Scottsdale resident Ramsey Bergeron thought posting a picture of his marked ballot on the Web was a good thing, showing his support for President Barack Obama and maybe encouraging others to vote. He quickly pulled ...
Cronkite News
Stop! You Could Be Breaking the Law on Election Day! - Fox 4
By Michelle Pekarsky
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For many people, life has become about 'sharing.' We share pictures of our latest culinary creation on Pinterest. We share our pet pictures and pictures of our kids on facebook and twitter.
fox4kc.com – Kansas City news...
FDA Law Blog: "New" CDER Exclusivity Board Focuses on Clarity ...
By FDABlog HPM
By Kurt R. Karst – FDA recently announced that the Agency has established within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ("CDER") an Exclusivity Board "to provide oversight and recommendations regarding exclusivity determinations ...
FDA Law Blog
Spain's constitutional court upholds gay marriage law | The News ...
By AFP
Madrid: Spain's constitutional court Tuesday upheld a 2005 gay marriage law, throwing out a long-standing appeal by the now-ruling Popular Party. The court ruling dealt a resounding legal defeat to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's ...
The News Tribe

Web5 new results for law
 
State Law: Documenting the Vote 2012 | Citizen Media Law Project
On this page, we provide a list of election laws, websites, and contact information for election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Contacting ...
www.citmedialaw.org/state-law-documenting-vote-2012
Insurers: Health law still flawed - The Hill's Healthwatch
The health insurance industry congratulated President Obama on Wednesday but said certain pieces of his signature healthcare law should still be repealed or ...
thehill.com/blogs/.../266549-insurers-health-law-still-flawed
3 Strikes Law Reformed, Fewer Harsh Sentences « CBS Los Angeles
California voters reined in the nation's harshest three strikes law Tuesday with the passage of a ballot measure that allows for shorter sentences for some ...
losangeles.cbslocal.com/.../3-strikes-law-reformed-fewer-harsh...
Obama win clears health law hurdle, challenges remain
President Barack Obama's re-election eliminates the possibility of a wholesale repeal of his signature healthcare reform law, but leaves questions about how ...
newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/.../Obama_win_clears_he...
WORLD | A law on the tongue | Andrée Seu Peterson | Nov. 7, 2012
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness" ( Proverbs 31:26, NKJV). We are under grace, not law. And yet.
www.worldmag.com/2012/11/a_law_on_the_tongue


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