Environmental brief ~ US to delay lifting of Canada beef ban
In Wednesday's environmental law news, USDA Secretary Mike Johanns has announced that he is delaying the effective date for the lifting of the ban on beef and cattle imports from Canada. The ban was scheduled to...
Menatep , the majority shareholder of Russian oil company Yukos , has sued the Russian government for over $28 billion, saying the government's sale of Yukos' production arm Yugansk was illegal. The...
Bush budget ups DOJ anti-terror funding but chops law enforcement
The White House's proposed 2006 budget of $2.5 trillion released Monday allocates $18.7 billion for the Department of Justice. Among the key changes in the DOJ budget: a 19% increase in anti-terrorism funding, a moratorium on new Bureau of...
Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law School:"One of the commonest objections to President Bush's proposal for reform of social security is that there is no need to act now because there is no "crisis." Yet the same people who say...
Environmental brief ~ EPA files 338-count complaint against Puerto Rico fruit farm
In Thursday's environmental law news, the EPA has filed a complaint against Puerto Rican agriculture company Martex Farms for violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) . The complaint lists 338 counts of violations...
Legal points in State of the Union speech draw praise from conservative groups
Conservative groups have applauded several legal reforms and initiatives proposed by President Bush Wednesday night in his State of the Union address , in particular his renewed support for a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush backs marriage amendment again in State of the Union
Little more than two weeks after telling the Washington Post that he would not press the Senate to pass a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, President Bush has publicly reversed course in tonight's State of the Union Address:Because...
Senator John McCain announced Wednesday that he was launching a new initiative to tighten campaign finance laws to curb big interest-group donations to congressional and presidential campaigns. McCain appears to have gained an ally...
'Landmark' same-sex legislation introduced in Canadian parliament
Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler Tuesday introduced what he termed "landmark legislation" to legalize same-sex marriage in Canadian federal law. Cotler described the Civil Marriage Act as protecting both minority rights...
A Russian judge Friday extended the detention of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky until May 14. Khodorkovsky was arrested in October 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion. The...
