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Finstuen v. Edmondson, District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Judge Robin Cauthron, May 20, 2006 [striking down a two year-old amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that prevented Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by gay parents that were finalized in...

US District Court Judge Robin Cauthron Friday struck down a two year-old amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that prevented Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by gay parents that were finalized in other US or foreign jurisdictions....

The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill limiting protests during military funerals. The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act is aimed mainly at the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church...

Leading Wednesday's environmental law news, Canadian Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announced a new plan to improve drinking water in "First Nation communities," i.e., Indian reservations. The plan includes mandatory training for treatment plant...

Brian J. Foley : "If U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema throws out the government's bid to have the death penalty imposed on confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, as a result of apparent misconduct by government lawyers...

South Dakota governor Mike Rounds has signed into law a bill limiting protests during funerals. SB 156 was passed in response to recent picketing at the funerals of US soldiers who died in...

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the memory and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) calls us from complacency and careerism to act against injustice and help the poor...

JURIST Guest Columnist Craig Bradley, a former law clerk to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, says that Rehnquist's thirty-three year legal legacy is complex and must be examined from multiple perspectives... No one person can adequately assess Chief Justice...

Leading Thursday's states brief, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law today a medical malpractice bill that he believes will lower medical malpractice insurance premiums. The bill will cap non-economic damages at $500,000 for...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday struck down the Oklahoma Municipal Employees Collective Bargaining Act as unconstitutional. The state law allowed municipal employees to unionize in cities with populations greater than 35,000. The court found...