Bronx hate crime charges dropped for three of 11 suspects
Charges were dropped Tuesday for three of the 11 suspects in the ongoing Bronx hate crime case. The prosecutors said there […]
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Terror Trials: Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty to avoid trial
Omar Khadr, a 24-year old former child soldier detained at Guantanamo pled guilty Monday on terrorism-charges in order to avoid
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"Don't Ask Don't Tell" injunction stayed by 9th Circuit
A three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit has granted an emergency request by the government to stay the injunction against
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Military Now Accepting Openly Gay Recruits
Now that a federal judge has enjoined Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the inevitable next step has arrived: For the first
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Federal judge orders military to halt DADT
On Tuesday, a federal judge in the Central District of California ordered the government to stop enforcing Don’t Ask, Don’t
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Federal Gov’t sues NY over military ballots
The federal government filed suit against NY State and the NY Board of Elections on Tuesday, alleging non-compliance with the
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Update: ongoing PA hate crime saga takes new turn with testimony
On Tuesday, a witness in the PA hate crime case testified that one of the two teens accused of assaulting
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Update: Mormon Church condemns anti-gay statements
The Mormon Church expressed condemnation Tuesday of anti-gay statements by Boyd K. Packer, the second highest-ranking Mormon Church leader, in response
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10/4-10/10 News Round-up
What our bloggers covered this week: Andrew Stecker- Humphries v. Los Angeles County, a case implicating municipal liability for civil
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No appeal from Government of adverse "Terror Trial" ruling
In a letter to federal judge Lewis Kaplan on Sunday, the U.S. government announced that it would not appeal Kaplan’s
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Harvard Prof. Jack Goldsmith argues in favor of Bush policies on detainees
Check out this NYT op-ed by Harvard Law professor Jack Goldsmith, who argues that the Obama Administration should embrace the