Articles related to "Legal Precedent"

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) outlines identification requirements for first-time voter registration. The law risks disenfranchisement of society's most vulnerable.

The Supreme Court's ruling on capital punishment does little to resolve the debate on child crimes.

In his 6th Letter From a Farmer in Pennsylvania, the Farmer argued that Parliament's power to regulate trade did not grant a legal right to collect revenue from Americans

Music publisher Bourne Inc. sues Family Guy, claiming show rewrote the Disney ballad When You Wish Upon a Star with anti-Semitic lyrics.

Founded in 1970, the Native American Rights Fund has served as a national advocacy group for 37 years and made great strides in the quest for equality.

The international community is increasing efforts to end impunity for systematic rape and sexual slavery during armed conflicts.

This seems to be the year for Asperger's Syndrome court rulings. So far there have been two important ones in the first three months of the year...

With the introduction of ID cards as part of anti-terrorism legislation, is this a dangerous step too far into eroding the British public's civil liberties?

Is justice truly served when those convicted of crimes such as murder are released from prison early due to failing health? Can justice be compassionate?

Since the 1970s, international campaigns and conferences have addressed FGC. A variety of elimination efforts have been proposed, tested, and met with mixed results.

To understand why Intelligent Design has been rejected by the scientific community, one must explore the very foundations of science.

Author, Lawyer, Attorney General and Presidential Candidate William Wirt was an important figure in American Politics, and an ironic choice for presidential candidate.

In a city where only the rich have to ability to set or change the rules, it was nearly impossible for a man to progress further than the class into which he was born.