AP is reporting that the Knesset has approved a compensation plan for Israeli settlers displaced by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan. AP has background here....

Spncer et al. v. Blackwell; Summit County Democratic Committee et al. v. Heider, United States Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens, November 2, 2004. Excerpt:Although the hour is late and time is short, I have reviewedthe District Court opinions and...

Summit County Democratic Committee et al. v. Blackwell; Spencer v. Blackwell, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 2, 2004. Read the opinion here , concurrence here and dissent here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

The State ex rel. Wolf v. Blackwell et al., Ohio Supreme Court, November 1, 2004 [ruling to reverse a previous decision that limited the number of challengers at each polling place to one and reinstating the directive from the Ohio...

Summit Party Democratic Committee v. Blackwell, United Staters District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Judge John R. Adams, November 1, 2004 [ruling that "challengers may not be present at the polling place for the sole purpose of challenging...

Spencer et al. v. Blackwell et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Judge Susan J. Dlott, November 1, 2004 [ruling barring "any challengers other than election judges and other electors into the polling places throughout...

Thompson v. Blackwell, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Cuyhoga County, Judge John P. O'Donnell, October 31, 2004 [entering a permanent statewide injunction against Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's Directive 2004-45 insofar as it pertains to the permissible number of...