The city of Atlanta’s ban on guns at the world’s busiest airport will continue despite a new state law easing restrictions on carrying firearms in public. U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob Monday rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against the ban filed by a...
The Supreme Court has never before in its history made a ruling on Americans' right to own guns. The court has effectively ruled unconstitutional the ban on handguns in effect in several major US cities....
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1067 views | 25 recommendations | 10 comments
The US Supreme Court has upheld legislatioin from 2003 that bans the promotion of child pornography."In a victory for the Bush administration, the high court bya 7-2 vote rejected the argument that one part of the...
created by Rachel Nixon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 308 views | 17 recommendations | 4 comments
"Just days after David Beckham's California debut, the state's Supreme Court has upheld a ban on his former brand of kangaroo-skin boot.
California's highest court barred athletic shoe maker Adidas from selling...
The Supreme Court, its majority including Mr Kennedy, Mr Scalia, Mr Thomas, Mr Alito, and Chief Justice Roberts, upheld the constitutionality of the 'partial birth abortion' ban enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Bush in 2003. A decision that is...
created by glossator | 4 years ago 129 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Despite an outcry raised round the world, the Egyptian court scheduled to hear blogger Kareem Nabel's appeal upheld his sentence today. The 4 year prison term meted out to the blogger was the result of Egypt's first complete prosecution of a blogger."The Appeal Court on...
created by publicreader | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 431 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
No trans fats, and now, no dancing? It sounds like New York has a case of the No-Funsies. We Vancouverites are very familiar with this concept (or should I say Nofuncouver?). Maybe they should make a...
created by Kaitlin | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1407 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
"BAGHDAD (AFP) - A panel of Iraqi judges has upheld the death sentence passed against
Saddam Hussein, a spokesman for the court said, in a decision that could see the ousted dictator hanged within 30 days.
ADVERTISEMENT
"The appeals court has ratified the sentence of the...
"WASHINGTON - A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
ADVERTISEMENT
The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson is the...