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The article investigates the story behind the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion ruling. Topics discussed include leak of the draft opinion of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, arguments between conservative and liberal justices over the preservation of abortion rights, decision of the justice to restrict abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, and final ruling against the constitutional right to abortion.

The article presents the discussion on concerns of socially conservative Christian voters, led by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, who feel discouraged despite their recent victories, such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as they face increasing opposition to their beliefs. Topics include the changing political landscape for conservative Christians, the influence of Donald Trump on their agenda; and the growing secularism and pluralism in American society.

The article focuses on concerns among feminists and legal analysts about the potential revival of the Comstock Act, previously dormant due to Supreme Court decisions, to restrict access to abortion pills and potentially surgical abortions, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

The article focuses on Vice President Kamala Harris's critique of the conservative-dominated Supreme Court, particularly concerning abortion rights, warning of potential limitations on civil liberties. Topics include Harris's concerns about the court's activism, her criticism of Justice Clarence Thomas, and her emphasis on abortion rights as a matter of personal freedom during a campaign event in Pennsylvania.

The article presents the discussion on London coun on Friday ruled in favor of Prince Harry in his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers.

The article focuses on the concept of qualified immunity, a legal shield that protects government officials from constitutional violation lawsuits, and questions its validity. Topics include a recent law review article that argues the Supreme Court's qualified immunity jurisprudence is based on a mistake, the omission of key language in the original law, and the implications of this finding on civil rights litigation.

Reports on the decision of Israeli courts to recognize same-sex couples in both financial and property issues. Absence of any association between the judgment and recognition of same-sex marriages in the country.

Reports on the ruling of the New York Supreme Court on free-speech protection in malls and city streets.

Reports that Virginia is providing money for state residents who were a denied a proper education when public schools shut down in the 1950s. Experiences of Warren Brown, 51, and Rita Moseley, 58; How Prince Edward County and other locales shut down their public schools in support of segregation; Efforts of Virginia to confront its racist past, through apology and offering reparations in the form of scholarships; Observation that most of the applicants still live in Prince Edward County; History of the 1954 landmark case Brown v. Board of Education; How officials in Prince Edward County ignored the decision; Impact of the school closings on black children and their families; Role of newspaper editor Ken Woodley offering scholarships for those affected by school closings.

Focuses on documents released by the U.S. government relating to Supreme Court nominee Judge John G. Roberts. Roberts' stance on civil rights issues during the President Ronald Reagan era; How Roberts advocated judicial restraint on current issues; Debate between Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee over the timetable for the confirmation and over access to other documents pertaining to Roberts' government service; Excerpts from the files; Theme of restraint in much of Roberts' work and some of his comments on judicial reasoning; Roberts' worry about the ability of courts to cope with cases unworthy of judicial attention.

Reports that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal law barring sex discrimination in schools and colleges also prohibits school officials from retaliating against those who bring sex discrimination complaints. Significance of the five-to-four ruling, which resolved conflicting interpretations over the scope of the law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Background on the plaintiff, male gym teacher Roderick Jackson, who lost his position as a girls' basketball coach in a Birmingham, Alabama high school after complaining of discrimination against the girls' team; Comments of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; Implications of the decision for Jackson; Reaction of Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, which represented Jackson.

Reports that doctors on March 18, 2005 removed the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman at the center of a multiyear legal battle, despite an extraordinary series of last-minute efforts by Congress to halt the process and prolong her life. Rejection of efforts by the House of Representatives to intervene in the case by Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court; The judge's belief that legislative agencies and bodies have no business in court proceedings; Decision of the House to issue subpoenas for Ms. Schiavo and her husband to appear at Congressional hearings this month; Hope of lawmakers that by issuing a subpoena they could block the removal of the feeding tube through a law intended to protect people called to testify before Congress; Use of her case by conservatives as a symbol of the sanctity of life.

The author reflects on the criminal justice rulings in Alleyne v. United States and Apprendi v. New Jersey handed by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 17, 2013 showing how the fairness and the basic rights of Americans are being affected by the court.

BERLIN -- German lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation ensuring parents the right to have their boys circumcised, bringing a close to months of legal uncertainty set off by a regional court's ruling that equated the practice with bodily harm. The measure passed by a vote of 434 to 100, with 46 abstentions, in Germany's lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag. The vote followed months of emotional debate, and angered and alienated many German Jews and Muslims, for whom circumcision is a religious rite, integral to their beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the U.S Supreme Court will review rulings regarding same-sex marriage in the U.S. The U.S. Supreme Court reviews the absence of a five-vote majority among same-sex couples in California. The court also reviews the Section 3 of the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act, which denies the federal benefits of married same-sex couple Edith Windsor and Thea Clara Spyer.

Supporters of California's ban on same-sex marriage asked the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday to reverse a federal appeals court decision striking down the measure as unconstitutional, a move that means the bitter, four-year court fight over Proposition 8 could soon be resolved. Lawyers for the coalition of religious conservative groups that sponsored the voter-approved ban petitioned the Supreme Court to review the lower court's finding that the 2008 amendment to the State Constitution violated the civil rights of gay Californians. The request had been expected since a panel of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its 2-to-1 decision this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a request on Wednesday to set aside a ban on same-sex marriage while the court considers its constitutionality. Plaintiffs challenging the ban -- Proposition 8, approved by voters in 2008 -- had sought to vacate a stay in February, saying that denying gay couples the right to marry was causing ''grievous, humiliating and irreparable injury.'' In August, a federal district judge found that Proposition 8 discriminated against gay men and lesbians. That decision has been subject to a stay while the case works through its appeal in the Ninth Circuit. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for inmates to sue for access to DNA evidence that could prove their innocence. The legal issue in the case was tightly focused and quite preliminary: Was Hank Skinner, a death row inmate in Texas, entitled to sue a prosecutor there under a federal civil rights law for refusing to allow testing of DNA evidence? By a 6-to-3 vote, the court said yes, rejecting a line of lower-court decisions that had said the only proper procedural route for such challenges was a petition for habeas corpus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On Monday, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to diversity in the American workplace. The court ruled, 5-to-4, that New Haven acted illegally when it threw out a promotion test on which minority firefighters had done poorly. In doing so, it put a new, narrower definition on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is intended to root out discriminatory policies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A year ago, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision establishing the constitutional right of Americans to own guns. But the justices did not explain what the practical effect of that ruling would be on city and state gun laws. Could a city still ban handguns? The justices said the District of Columbia could not, but only because it is a special federal district. The question of the constitutionality of existing city and state gun laws was left unanswered. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lurking behind the Supreme Court's ruling last week that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms were a series of fascinating, disputed and now in many ways irrelevant questions. Do gun control laws reduce crime? Do they save lives? Is it possible they even cost lives? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

New Yorkers should be proud of Gov. David Paterson's efforts to assure basic civil rights for same-sex couples married outside the state. Now, the State Legislature should prove its own commitment to equality and justice by granting gay couples the right to marry in New York State. Mr. Paterson has directed state agencies to respond to a recent court ruling by reviewing more than 1,300 state policies that affect married people. He wants to ensure that New York fully recognizes all legal marriage licenses, including those granted to gay couples in places like Massachusetts, Canada, South Africa and soon, California. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that employees are protected from retaliation when they complain about discrimination in the workplace, adopting a broad interpretation of workers' rights under two federal civil rights laws. By decisions of 7 to 2 in one case and 6 to 3 in the other, the court found that the two statutes afford protection from retaliation even though Congress did not explicitly say so. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Federal prosecutors violated the rights of victims of a deadly 2005 explosion at a BP plant when they did not consult them about a plea agreement to settle criminal conduct in connection with the blast, a three-judge panel of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled. The panel did not block the deal, but sent the case back to a Houston judge and asked that she fully consider the victims' objections before deciding whether to accept the agreement. A company spokesman, Neil Chapman, declined to comment. The deal, in which a BP subsidiary would plead guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act, includes a $50 million fine and three years' probation. Family members of those killed and injured argue that federal sentencing laws allow the fine to be as high as $3.2 billion. The explosion killed 15 people and injured more than 170 in Texas City, about 40 miles southeast of Houston. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that a federal court in Pennsylvania has ruled that county official Dorothy Stankovic has violated the fundamental right to marry of a couple by denying a marriage license to them because the groom-to-be was an illegal migrant. Stankovic had denied marriage license to the couple, Heather Buck, an American citizen and her fiance José Guadalupe Arais Maravilla, a Mexican living in the U.S. on the ground that Arias Maravilla did not have a valid visa.

The article urges the New York Police to move quickly to ensure the court and the public to protect the New Yorker's civil liberties. Recently the police has been videotaping demonstration of every kind including peaceful protests, which forced a federal judge to order the police to curb this practice. The practical effect of this order is to force the police to obey the guidelines which require them to state a reason to suspect an unlawful intention from the demonstrators.

The article reports on the decision of the Federal District Court to support the U.S. Air Force's practice of forcing cadets to attend Christian services in the U.S. Air Force Academy. The academy also gives very harsh punishment to those cadets who refuse to join the Christian services. Some cadets decided to appeal against the judgment as such practice is a violation of their right to religious freedom.

Reports on the ruling of Delaware District Court federal judge, Joseph J. Farnan Jr. on the city's Freedom of Information Act.

Reports that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the President George W. Bush administration's challenge to Oregon's Death With Dignity Act, the only state law in the country that authorizes physician-assisted suicide. Likelihood of reopening a national debate over whether doctors should help terminally ill patients end their lives; Background on the law, which was approved twice by Oregon voters; Number of patients who have used the law to administer lethal doses of federally regulated drugs; Administration's stance against the law; Information on the case; Reference to an earlier case, Washington v. Glucksberg, in which the court rejected the argument that the Constitution gives terminally ill people a right to physician-assisted suicide; Legal issues.

Reports that a New York State judge has ruled that a state law denying gay couples the right to marry is a violation of constitutional rights. Justice Doris Ling-Cohan who issued a 62-page decision which would allow the city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in as soon as a month; How the ruling far from settles the issue as President Bush hopes for a constitutional amendment to ban it; Ruling which only applies to New York City and not the entire state; The city which has 30 days to appeal the ruling or issue the licenses.

Focuses on a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the authority of Indian tribes to prosecute members of other tribes for crimes committed in their reservations. Amendment of the Indian Civil Rights Act; Provision of constitutional protection against double jeopardy.

Focuses on a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco that the government can use safety and communications systems in automobiles as in-car wiretaps. Challenge from an unidentified company that was ordered to create the wiretap for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Indication that the technology is used by OnStar, ATX and others that combine a global positioning satellite transmitter with a cellular telephone; Background on the Nevada case, the decision, and sealed court files; Denial of companies providing telematics services that they were involved in the Nevada investigation; Comment of Chris Hoofnagle of Electronic Information Privacy Center, a civil liberties group.

Reports on two court decisions concerning terrorist suspects imprisoned by the United States. A New York federal appeals court which found that President Bush lacked the authority to detain indefinitely a U.S. citizen arrested on American soil on suspicion of terrorism by declaring him "an enemy combatant"; A San Francisco federal appeals court which ruled that the administration's policy of imprisoning suspects in Cuba and denying them access to the American legal system was unconstitutional as well as a violation of international law; The cases behind the rulings; Supreme Court involvement; Comments on the President's constitutional authority.

Examines the U.S. Supreme Court's major rulings of the 2002-2003 term. Rulings in the final week on affirmative action in university admissions and rights for gay men and lesbians; Significance of the decision opening states to lawsuits for violations of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act; Views of analysts; Disagreements among the justices; Voting record; Overview of the term's major rulings on equality, criminal law, federal authority, business, free speech and property rights.

Reports on a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on the lawsuit filed by Matthew Dixon against his employer Coburn Dairy for allegedly violating his constitutional rights.

Focuses on the suggestion of the New York Civil Liberties Union regarding the potential violation of a court ruling barring perp walk, the parading of suspects before news media, by several high-profile arrests of business executives.