US Education Department relaxing some No Child Left Behind rules
US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Tuesday announced a new pilot program under the federal No Child Left Behind program that is aimed at narrowing statewide education reform to focus on...
Supreme Court rules in student free speech, faith-based funding, campaign finance cases
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Morse v. Frederick , where the Court held that public schools do not violate the First Amendment...
Supreme Court adopts stricter standards for whistleblower recoveries
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Tuesday, including Rockwell International v. US ex rel. Stone where the Court held that individuals must be able to show...
Supreme Court hears arguments in student free speech, RICO right-of-way cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Morse v. Frederick , 06-278 , where the court must decide whether a student's First Amendment rights...
Ninth Circuit rules drug laws can be enforced against dying medical marijuana plaintiff
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled against granting medical marijuana plaintiff Angel Raich injunctive relief preventing federal law enforcement officials from enforcing the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) against her....
Supreme Court hears arguments on union fees, public school funding
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association , 05-1589 and 05-1657 , where the...
Supreme Court rules on deportation, employment retaliation cases
The US Supreme Court handed down four decisions Thursday, including Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales , where the Court held that a federal immigration law authorizing deportation can be applied to...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether a federal immigration law authorizing deportation can be applied to illegal immigrants who entered the country before its enactment. The case, Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales...
Complete text of the draft Iraqi constitution, as translated from the Arabic by the Associated Press :PREAMBLECHAPTER ONE: BASIC PRINCIPLESCHAPTER TWO: RIGHTS AND FREEDOMSPART ONE: RIGHTSPART TWO: FREEDOMSCHAPTER THREE: THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIESPART ONE: THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITYPART TWO:...
Joint Committee on Human Rights — Tenth Report, UK Parliament, March 5, 2005 . Excerpt: We therefore question whether the degree of prior judicial involvement...
