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Leading Thursday's states brief, New Jersey Acting Governor Richard J. Codey has ordered the state's Attorney General to file suit against Delaware in the US Supreme Court over British Petroleum's plans to build a...

The Senate Tuesday delayed a floor debate on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 which proposes giving native Hawaiians self-governance privileges . The Akaka bill is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye...

The US Supreme Court's Thursday ruling in Kelo v. New London allowing local governments to expropriate private property for development has sparked intense negative reaction from defenders of private property rights, with a number hailing this...

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney Thursday announced his support of a drive to put before state voters a proposed constitutional amendment to ban both same-sex marriage and civil unions. Massachusetts is the only US state where same-sex...

Following up a story reported this morning in JURIST's Paper Chase, states have already begun responding to the US Supreme Court's decision to grant Congress the power to criminalize the growth and use of marijuana for personal...

Lingle v. Chevron USA, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice O'Connor, May 23, 2005 [ruling that the state of Hawaii did not overstep its authority by imposing caps on the rent paid by dealer-run gas stations in an effort...

In a 7-2 decision the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in shackles. The majority said that viewing a prisoner in shackles would be too...

Alleging negligence over their failure to provide warning of the impending disaster, Austrian and German victims of the December tsunami in Asia will file suit in the US against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) in...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Jan. 24.The US Senate will hold an executive session today at 3 PM ET to consider the nomination of Carlos M....

The most complicated bit of governmental machinery which the modern world has to exhibit is that which is employed in the selection of the chief executive officer...for the United States...It is almost marvelous that any people should have preserved political...