Jan 19, 2013

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Kansas Abortion Law Challenge Dropped By ACLU
Huffington Post
WICHITA, Kan. -- The American Civil Liberties Union ended its legal challenge Friday to a Kansas law restricting private health insurance coverage for abortions. A court filing shows the parties have agreed to dismiss all remaining claims, with each ...
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ACLU drops challenge to Kansas abortion law
USA TODAY
7 ruling that, as a matter of law, the ACLU failed to provide any evidence that the Legislature's predominant motivation in passing the 2011 law was to make it more difficult to get abortions. The Kansas law prohibits private insurance companies from ...
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US appeals court upholds controversial Wisconsin union law
Chicago Tribune
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a controversial Wisconsin law that restricts the power of public-sector unions, the passage of which sparked an unsuccessful effort to recall the state's Republican Governor, Scott Walker. By a 2-1 vote, the 7th ...
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Democrat warns revamp of hacking law could take 'a very long time'
The Hill (blog)
For now, Lofgren is pushing a much narrower revision to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a 1986 law that makes it illegal to gain access to a computer "without authorization." Lofgren announced a draft of her bill in a post on the social media site ...
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NY guv looks to clarify gun law after concern about exemption for police
Fox News
The state law bans magazines over seven rounds -- police officers typically use magazines that hold twice as many bullets. Critics of the law claimed the alleged oversight was a product of the haste with which the package was passed through the ...
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Scott Walker's Collective Bargaining Law Upheld By Federal Appeals Court
Huffington Post
MADISON, Wis. -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed by Republicans but not undoing a state court ...
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Some States Propose Gun Control Law, Others...
ABC News
If you're thinking about the many ways this country is divided, look no further than the issue of guns. Since the president laid out his gun control proposals some states are proposing stricter laws while others say they won't enforce federal laws or ...
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Law Enforcement Preps For Second Presidential Inauguration
ThinkProgress
Partnering with local law enforcement and the military, the result is an estimated 20,000 law enforcement officials prepared to patrol the District of Columbia. In conjunction with that effort, the FBI is prepared to handle crisis management should an ...
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Readings: Jeffrey S. Thurnher on Law of Armed Conflict Applied to Autonomous ...
Lawfare (blog)
The American Society of International Law has released a new "ASIL Insight" on law applicable to autonomous weapon systems. (ASIL Insights are short, descriptive pieces on topical issues meant as non-technical "backgrounders" for journalists, the ...
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Lawfare (blog)
O'Malley wants to extend law to allow DNA collection from crime suspects
Baltimore Sun (blog)
In an attempt to keep one of his signature initiatives alive, Gov. Martin O'Malley wants state lawmakers to reauthorize police to collect DNA samples from crime suspects before the current statute expires later this year. The release of the Democratic ...
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Attempts to start Christian law school under fire
WND.com
The Council of Canadian Law Deans has distributed a letter criticizing the evangelical Christian university's long-standing requirement that faculty and students refrain from homosexual relationships. "It's very troubling for Canadian law school deans ...
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Law enforcement icon retires
El Defensor Chieftain
Vaiza started his law enforcement career in 1985 as a dispatcher with the Socorro Police Department, a position he held about five months. Then he became an officer and worked several years with SPD, achieving the rank of lieutenant by the time he left ...
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Bill merges law enforcement agencies
Montgomery Advertiser
A bill pre-filed by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, would consolidate more than 20 state law enforcement agencies and eliminate the Alabama Department of Homeland Security. In a concurrent move, Gov. Robert Bentley's office announced ...
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New Law Foils Driver With Perfect Record
Hartford Courant
I researched the law. A revised version of it went into effect Oct. 1. Whenever you see a cruiser parked along the highway, you're supposed to move over one lane to the left, if you can. That sounds like a reasonable policy to me. It makes conditions ...
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Top court to weigh weapons law in spurned lover case
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Jan 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a new appeal by a woman convicted under a federal law intended to combat chemical weapons in a case where she admitted trying to poison a former friend who had an affair with her ...
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Cuomo, NY Legislature plan to tweak gun law
USA TODAY
Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature are expected next week to tweak the state's controversial gun control law, particularly to clarify that the seven-bullet limit does not apply to active-duty police officers. The lack of an exemption for cops has drawn ...
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Bloomberg says universal background checks should be the 'law of the land'
Washington Post (blog)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the country's most prominent voice on gun control until President Obama took strong action on the issue this week, continued beating the drum for his priorities at a conference of the country's mayors Friday ...
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Video posted to protest copyright law removed
Washington Post
Open Web advocates sharing a video showing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s copyrighted "I Have a Dream" speech Friday in protest of U.S. copyright law have run into a problem — the video has been removed from the Web. The EMI music group holds the rights to ...
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Court: State lawmakers violated law to help Brown
KTVU San Francisco
California lawmakers violated the state Constitution when they passed a bill that gave Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative top billing on the November ballot, a state appeals court ruled Friday. The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento said ...
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Stores holding ammo due to new gun law
WIVB
SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - The new gun restrictions in New York State are stirring up confusion and frustration. Some stores are not selling ammunition until they get some answers. Ken Kassel runs a small sporting goods business in the Springville area.
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Michigan Supreme Court rejects emergency manager law challenge
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to the state's emergency manager law that deals with financially strapped cities and school districts. The ruling may lift any prospective legal cloud over action that ...
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Gun law loophole: Unlicensed dealers don't have to run checks
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The 1994 Brady Law requires federally licensed gun merchants to run instant background checks on customers. Anyone with a prior felony conviction, the mentally ill or those convicted of domestic violence can't buy a gun. Gun store owners, who are all ...
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Court upholds Walker's union limits law in Wis.
Minnesota Public Radio
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights, a victory for Republicans and a decision that runs contrary ...
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New York Law Enforcement Exempt From Safe Act
WETM-TV
Elmira, N.Y. - New York law enforcement officers will be exempt from the recently passed Safe Act's ban on gun magazine's carrying more than seven bullets. Friday Governor Andrew Cuomo's spokesman said police officers possessing ammunition clips with ...
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Sheriffs Looking For Details On Gun Law
13WHAM-TV
"This law was rushed through the State Legislature, without the time period needed for rebuttle (Sic) and discussion by both sides of the issue," posted Yessman. Regardless of feelings on the issue, Livingston County Sheriff John York said he will ...
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Lebanon's Electoral Law And the Regional Crisis
Al-Monitor
The Arab uprisings are affecting Lebanese electoral law choices. Lebanese Christian parties in the March 14 coalition believe that if the Christian vote is not "liberated," an electoral "massacre" will ensue.
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Boston gangs part of drug pipeline, officials say
Boston Globe
US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, the FBI, and members of other law enforcement agencies announced. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff. US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, the FBI, and members of other law enforcement agencies announced the arrests Thursday. Reprints; E- ...
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Boston Globe
Proposed Michigan Law Would Protect Gun Owners
Michigan Capitol Confidential
Concealed pistol licenses in Michigan already are protected as private information under state law. However, pistol sales records and pistol sales permits are now protected only by case law, said Ryan Mitchell, a legislative staffer who researched the ...
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Appeals Court OKs Walker's Wisconsin Union Law
Newsmax.com
The parts of the law known as Act 10, requiring annual recertification votes and barring the voluntary deduction of dues, don't violate constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law and free speech, the appeals court said. "We now uphold ...
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Federal Appeals Court upholds Wisconsin union law - Le·gal In·sur ...
By William A. Jacobson
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has upheld the Wisconsin union law that was the subject of massive protests in 2011, including a takeover of the State Capitol and widespread threats and acts of intimidation. The decision was ...
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Walker's Anti-Union Law Upheld in One Court but Still May Be ...
In a 2-1 decision, the majority decided that the evidence presented by the unions claiming violation of their first amendment rights of free speech and association didn't meet the standards required by constitutional law. There are three active ...
The Progressive Magazine Feed
Daily Kos: Scott Walker's anti-union law upheld by court
By rss@dailykos.com (Laura Clawson)
The parts of the law known as Act 10, requiring annual recertification votes and barring the voluntary deduction of dues, don't violate U.S. constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law and free speech, the appeals court said.
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Appeals court upholds collective bargaining law - TODAY'S TMJ4
A federal appeals court has upheld Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's public employee collective bargaining law.
Local News
Judge Jeanine Examines the NY Gun Law; Then Geraldo ...
By Geraldo At Large
Judge Jeanine examines the New York gun law and fires back at The Journal News! Then, was Natalie Wood murdered? The Hollywood mystery takes a new twist. Geraldo has exclusive eyewitness accounts from the tragic night! It all starts ...
Fox News Insider
Ed Driscoll » Newsweek Meets Muggeridge's Law
By Ed Driscoll
Tom Wolfe on "Muggeridge's Law:". While Malcolm Muggeridge was the editor of Punch, it was announced that Khrushchev and Bulganin were coming to England. Muggeridge hit upon the idea of a mock itinerary, a lineup of the most ...
Ed Driscoll
The Impact of "Aaron's Law" on Aaron Swartz's Case | Citizen Media ...
By Andrew F. Sellars
This week Representative Zoe Lofgren has announced on Reddit that she plans to introduce a new bill that changes computer crime law to protect activities like Aaron's from future prosecution. (This action itself is a very fitting tribute to both ...
Citizen Media Law Project
New website aims to answer gun law questions - YNN, Your News ...
After many gun and gun shop owners called the new SAFE Act confusing, the New York State Police put up an online list, hoping to clarify the new law. Shortly after that list was posted, it was taken down. But as our Erin Vannella reports, ...
TOP STORIES - YNN, Your News Now
US Appeals Court Upholds Wisconsin Law Restricting Public Sector ...
By Nickarama
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a controversial Wisconsin law that restricts the power of public-sector unions, the passage of which sparked an unsuccessful effort to recall the state's Republican Governor, Scott Walker.
Weasel Zippers
Retired Cops Angry with New York Gun Law
Retired cops say they're highly trained and have always been able to carry the same ammo as active duty officers. Now that right has been taken away. After serving 33 years, Dane Brown retired from the Rochester Police Department in 2001.
Rochesterhomepage.net News Headlines...
ACLU drops challenge to Kansas abortion law
ACLU drops challenge to Kansas abortion law - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union ended.
Politics & Government
Why Is Obama Bashing a Whistleblower Law He Signed? | We ...
By wemeantwell
Why is Obama bashing a Whistleblower Law he signed? Because he isn't going to actually follow the law, which tries to grant whistleblower protections to government contractors.
We Meant Well - Peter Van Buren
Law falls to Sheehan | Milford Mirror
By Bill Bloxsom
Jonathan Law lost a 96-66 boys swim decision to Sheehan High in Wallingford on Tuesday. Chris Mercaldo was best in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:30.04, and Ratan Manohar touched the wall first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:30.94.
Milford Mirror

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Appeals court upholds controversial Wisconsin union law - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a controversial Wisconsin law that restricts the power of public-sector unions, the ...
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Oops! NY's new gun law restricts police officers
The new law does not take effect until March, giving lawmakers some time to fix their oversight.
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NY gun control law limits access to permit info - Times-Standard ...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—New York s new gun control law may be the nation s toughest, but it also includes broad new privacy provisions allowing would-be gun ...
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