Hernandez and Cohen et al. v. Robles, New York Supreme Court, Justice Doris Ling-Cohan, February 5, 2005 . Excerpt:As a society, we recognize that the decision of whether and...
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'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...
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission , a watchdog group supported by the UN and set up pursuant to the 2001 Bonn Agreement , called on the international community and the US-backed Afghan government [official website> Saturday...
Four federal employee union groups have filed suit in federal district court to block the implementation of controversial new personnel regulations at the Department of Homeland Security that may eventually be extended government-wide. The groups contend the new system...
The only remaining challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act is set to begin today in California. The lawsuit argues DOMA and California's Proposition 22 are violations of a gay couple's civil rights. California only...
Commissioner v. Banks, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Kennedy, January 24, 2005 [ruling that contingency fees paid to an attorney after a jury award or settlement are taxable as part of the successful plaintiff's gross income, in part...
Civil rights commission yanks report critical of Bush rights record
The US Commission on Civil Rights , newly reconstituted with the addition of a new Republican chairman and another Republican appointee , has removed from its website a controversial staff report highly critical of the civil...
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Friday that he would be willing to call a national election over the issue of same-sex marriage, the subject of pending legislation in the Canadian House of Commons where Martin presides...
International brief ~ ICTY charges camp commander with war crimes
In Thursday's international brief, Savo Todovic, former deputy commander of the Serb-run Foca concentration camp , was officially charged at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Wednesday....
Speaking to congregants at a church near civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior's hometown of Atlanta on the eve of the national holiday celebrating his birth, the Reverend Jesse Jackson said Sunday that war,...
