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: How Appealing"Civil Rights Law at Issue in High Court Rulings"
Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Online-Porn Law Is Allowed to Die; High Court Won't Hear Bush Appeal."
In The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that "Supreme Court lets Internet porn law die; The measure, which never went into effect, was aimed at protecting children. In striking down the law on free-speech grounds, the justices cite the use of software filters."
In USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that "Ruling revives student's bias lawsuit."
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has articles headlined "US Supreme Court says parents can sue school officials under discrimination laws; In a Massachusetts case, a kindergarten girl allegedly was sexually harassed by a third-grade boy on a school bus" and "It's now easier for judges to determine immunity for public officials; The US Supreme Court rules in the case of an alleged drug dealer in Utah."
The Boston Globe reports that "Supreme Court backs bid by family to sue Cape school district; Girl had reported abuse on bus."
The Cape Cod Times reports that "Supreme Court backs Cape family's lawsuit against school."
The Deseret News contains an article headlined "U.S. Supreme Court: Police are protected from lawsuits."
And The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that "Justices reinstate murder conviction in Ballard drive-by; Lower court decision overturned in the death of a 16-year-old girl who was shot from car."
Full post as published by How Appealing on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).
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