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Victims of military rape deserve justice – CNN
Only 13.5% of victims actually report the crimes. Victims deserve an impartial investigation and the opportunity to have perpetrators tried in a military court of law. My bill, the STOP Act (H.R. 3435), takes complete authority and discretion …
Secretary of Defense and former CIA Director backed corrupt MLPA Initiative – AlterNet
“In 1999, an unprecedented state law, the Marine Life Protection Act, required the creation of marine protected areas down California’s coastline. These areas are vital to restoring a sustainable fishery. California are forging ahead to …
Push To Make Stalking A Criminal Offence – Sky.com
The inquiry into Stalking Law Reform will call for new legislation to be brought in without delay to make stalking a criminal offence in England and Wales, as it is in Scotland. It also wants a national register of stalkers, … Continue reading
Judge says he was forced to dismiss challenge to Texas sonogram law – Austin American-Statesman
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks dismissed a lawsuit challenging Texas’ pre-abortion sonogram requirement, saying Monday that he had no choice despite his continued belief that the law violates the U.S. Constitution. Sparks said his hands were …
Charges Against U.S.-Aided Groups Come With History of Distrust in Egypt – New York Times
The fourth American group, the International Center for Journalists, does training on how a free press operates. All the groups said they have tried to comply with Egyptian laws and be transparent about their activities. “Everything we did was …
Political parties win ballot suit; state law ruled unconstitutional – Johnson City Press
A federal judge has ruled in favor of Tennessee’s Green and Constitution parties’ joint lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in Nashville that claimed laws on the books violated the state constitution by making it unreasonably hard for third …
Mass. AG Coakley Heading to D.C. to Make Case for Health Care Law – Insurance Journal
Attorney General Martha Coakley is heading to Washington to make a legal case for the national health care law that was modeled after Massachusetts’ own landmark 2006 health care law. On Thursday Coakley will defend the constitutionality of …
Nigeria: Child Lead Poisoning Crisis – Huffington Post
Much of this work, which can be extremely hazardous, qualifies as among the worst forms of child labor under international law, Human Rights Watch said. Nigeria is party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and to … Continue reading
Q&A: The Role Graphics Experts Play in Complex Trials – Law.com
In the late 1990s, the Boston-based intellectual property law firm of Fish & Richardson took the pioneering step of submitting legal pleadings and exhibits on a compact disc. This replaced reams of paper. Not surprisingly, the case was a patent … Continue reading
Bill would free state from health care law – 22 WSBT
Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly have picked up a tool that’s becoming increasingly popular among opponents of the federal health care overhaul enacted two years ago. Whether the effort is a serious attempt to reform health care or …
