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Focuses on issues concerning the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the Kelo versus City of New London case in 2005. Impact of the judgment on poor people; Efforts of Democratic Representatives Maxine Waters and Dennis J. Kucinich to stop governments from using eminent domain to make way for commercial development; Views of environmentalists and smart growth advocates on the ruling.

Reports on the ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in favor of Mark Mendel, lawyer of a co-founder of World Sports Exchange online gambling site, on a lawsuit he filed against the U.S. government over the 1978 Interstate Horseracing Act. Factor that led to the decision of Mendel to file the case; Possible actions to be taken by the U.S. government according to Greg Avioli, executive vice president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, concerning gambling services; Assistance of Andrew Shoyer, a lawyer with at law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, in the efforts of the association to respond to the WTO ruling.

Profiles Sandra Day O'Connor, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Preference on judicial decision-making; Position on the constitutional right to abortion; Decision on upholding a racial preference.

Reports on the proliferation of the Internet file-sharing despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision on restricting the behavior of online file-sharing companies. Views of Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne Online Media Measurement, on the case; Possibility of Internet file-sharing companies to be held liable for copyright infringement; Need for serving the demands of consumers that get content online according to David Sohn, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology.

Reports on the approval of a resolution by the U.S. House that proposes constitutional amendment to allow Congress to ban flag burning. Expectations on the Senate's passage of the amendment; Decision made by the Supreme Court on the case of a man convicted for burning a flag; Motions by Mississippi Democrat Gene Taylor that Republicans turned aside.

Analyzes the implication for the selection of the next U.S. justice of the vote lineups for the elevation of the federal drug statute over the medical use of marijuana. Motives of the liberal justices and the conservative justices for respectively voting against and for the case; Effect of the mixed voting patterns on predicting the outcome of the remaining cases to be decided before the U.S. Supreme Court; Information on the conventional wisdom of voting in the court.

Reports on the ruling of U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein regarding the release of records about the abuse of detainees imprisoned at U.S. military facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Significance of the documents of the imprisonment to the American Civil Liberties Union; Use of the archive in journalism; Order of the Hellerstein to the U.S. Department of Defense for the turn over of photographs an videos that depict abuse of detainees in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a section of a 2000 law aimed at protecting the religious liberty of prisoners. Implications of the ruling for the 2003 decision by the Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit that the relevant portion of the 2000 law violated the First Amendment prohibition against an establishment of religion by the U.S. Congress; Background on the case.

Focuses on the decision issued by Texas State District Judge Joseph H. Hart that a political action committee run by the associates of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay violated political action committee law. Fine imposed on Texans for a Republican Majority treasurer Bill Ceverha; Issues raised in the civil case; Implication of the decision for the political career of DeLay.

Reports on a hearing on the proposal of U.S. President George W. Bush to create individual investment accounts within the Social Security program in the U.S. Plans of U.S. Representative Jim McCrery (R-La.) on the program; Effect of individual accounts on the program according to the Democrats; Correlation of the Social Security with the ruling of bankruptcy court ruling regarding the pension plans of United Airlines.

Reports on the effort of the U.S. Congress to create legislation that will prevent online piracy in 2004. Decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California on a case filed against companies concerning copyright infringement; Views of Jack Valenti, retiring president of the Motion Picture Association of America, on online piracy; Provision of a copyright infringement bill sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah); Signatories of a proposed compromise made by opponents of the bill.

Reports on the decision of the Louisiana Supreme Court to include Representative Rodney Alexander in the November 2, 2004 U.S. election. Views of Alexander on his decision to refile his candidacy as a Republican; Amount contributed by Democratic leaders to the campaign of Alexander; Plans of Republican leaders on boosting the campaign prospects of Alexander.

Presents information on the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit court decision on a case regarding the use of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a nuclear waste repository. Background on the Yucca Mountain project; Reason for the decision; Arguments presented by the nuclear power industry.

Presents information on the appeal to be filed by Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez to the Texas Supreme Court regarding the results of the primary election on March 9, 2004. Background on the appeal; Refusal of Rodriguez to concede to his opponent Henry Cuellar; Details of the claims of Rodriguez.

Focuses on the debate between the social conservatives and the liberals over the partial birth abortion law in the U.S. Reason of the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling against the Nebraska law in 2000; Exemption of the law; Argument of Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton for barring the law's enforcement for clinics and doctors affiliated with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Punishment to doctors who perform partial birth abortion.

Presents information on the Marriage Protection Act introduced by Indiana Republican Representative John Hostettler. Provisions of the legislation; Impact of the proposed legislation on the legal status of marriage; Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on the case Lawrence versus Texas.

Reports on a ruling issued by U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) against the inclusion of a government plan to revamp the Head Start early-childhood education program in legislation that would reauthorize the program on July 29, 2003. Republicans who oppose the state pilot project.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 16, 2003, to uphold the restrictions on political contributions from advocacy groups. Details of the court ruling; Legislation governing the issue; Information on some court cases involving the issue.

Deals with the court ruling on the David M. Walker v. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney case regarding the release of energy task force records given by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, on December 9, 2002. Reason given by Judge Bates on his decision; Court ruling handed down by the Supreme Court in the Bowsher v. Merck case; Other rulings on related lawsuits against the energy task force lost by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.

Discusses the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Rush Prudential HMO versus Moran, which affirmed that states have the right to pass laws giving patients an external review when their insurers deny them coverage of a treatment. Supporters of federal laws for patients' rights.

Reports on the verdict of Texas state District Judge Paul Davis to create electoral districts in Texas. Advantage of the verdict to Democratic Party in the state; Impact of political parties and voting pattern.

Reports on the ruling of the United States Supreme Court on the case Nguyen versus Immigration and Naturalization Service which deals with the citizenship of a foreign-born child. Highlights on the court's ruling; Requirements set by the court for citizenship; Legal process to properly establish paternity; Highlights on the opinion of the minority in the United States Supreme Court.

Reports on the United States Supreme Court's ruling on the use of federal courts for employee discrimination-related lawsuits under the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act on February 21, 2001. Changes in a portion of the disability law; Significance of the decision; Reaction from Congress.

Focuses on the impact of the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court ruling on the case U.S. v. Morrison to the power of the U.S. Congress. Analysis on the ruling; Issue in contest on the case; Law enacted by the U.S. Congress which was contested in the law.

States that in response to a court ruling made by United States District Court Judge William Bryant, Democratics and Republicans are going ahead with their efforts to end cubs on spending for issue advertising, in relation to politics. When the court ruling was made; Reason for the court ruling; Comments from Ohio Democratic Party chairman, David Leland; Effects the ruling had on outside groups.

The article analyzes the court cases which the U.S. Supreme Court handled in the year 1985. It is reported that, one of the cases was regarding school prayer and publicly funded programs in parochial schools. It is reported that, a lawsuit was filed by agnostic with children in public school in Mobile County, Alabama, Ishmael Jaffree, after he was unsuccessful in bringing halt to the practice of singing and reciting religious material in classrooms, which he termed as unconstitutional, and in which the court gave decision in favor of Jaffree. It is reported that, another case involved the viability and validity of creating an organization for carrying out prayers in schools.

This article focuses on the court decision that judiciary has no right to interfere with educational decisions. The parents of Thomas Rettig, in 1979 a 16-year-old autistic child asked that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio order the Kent City School District to provide their son with specific programs, such as summer classes and year round therapy. The lower court refused to require the programs, and the Sixth Circuit agreed. Frederick Compton, the attorney for the school district, said he is "extremely pleased" with the decision, which is "a complete and total win for us."