New drive to ban race preferences

Backlash can be hell. "Tensions are running high in the latest affirmative-action battlegrounds. In Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, supporters of ballot initiatives that would ban "preferential treatment" are counting up petition signatures – and opponents are...

High court to review CA water rights 'fees'

"Legal battling over the validity of charging annual "fees" to holders of water rights licenses and permits intensified April 11 when the California Supreme Court decided to step into the controversy. The California Farm Bureau Federation contends that these so-called fees...

Dover: 'Intelligent design' ruling relied too much on plaintiffs

Harrisburg, Pennysylvania. - A federal judge who barred a Pennsylvania school district from teaching 'intelligent design' virtually copied findings suggested by the winning side in a key section of the landmark ruling, according to a Seattle think tank that promotes the...