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Judge Rules Against Florida Gay Adoption Ban

Florida's strict law banning adoption of children by gay people was found unconstitutional Tuesday...
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Technology

U.S. Supreme Court Lays COPA Anti-Porn Law To Rest

U.S. Supreme Court Lays COPA Anti-Porn Law To Rest

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the government’s appeal over the Child Online...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 12:40
Judge Strikes Down RIAA Victory, Orders Retrial of Jammie Thomas Case

Judge Strikes Down RIAA Victory, Orders Retrial of Jammie Thomas Case

Judge Michael J. Davis overturned a landmark federal jury decision against single mom Jammie...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 21:35
Mukasey Seeks Immunity Protection Against Surveillance Allegations

Mukasey Seeks Immunity Protection Against Surveillance Allegations

Following the Electronic Frontier Foundation's move to file a lawsuit against the National Security...
» read full story September 21st, 2008 - 14:00
EFF Takes Legal Action Against NSA’s Surveillance Practices

EFF Takes Legal Action Against NSA’s Surveillance Practices

Civil right organization EFF this week continued its quest to stop unconstitutional surveillance...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 15:00
Va. Court Protects Spammer’s “Right” To Send Fraudulent E-mails

Va. Court Protects Spammer’s “Right” To Send Fraudulent E-mails

Can spammers get away with illegal activities? Sure they can! If you thought the anti-spam law was...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 16:00
MIT Students Raise New Security Concerns

MIT Students Raise New Security Concerns

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority sent out an e-mail to all of its employees, requesting...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 19:39
EFF Fights For MIT Students' Rights To Speak Freely About Subway Hacks

EFF Fights For MIT Students' Rights To Speak Freely About Subway Hacks

A federal court judge ordered three MIT students to cancel their presentation on the...
» read full story August 10th, 2008 - 13:15

US Court of Appeals Upholds COPA Injunction

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld Tuesday the decision taken by a lower court...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 21:01
Civil Rights Groups Criticize The New York Video Game Labeling Bill

Civil Rights Groups Criticize The New York Video Game Labeling Bill

New York Gov. David Peterson signed a new law on Tuesday that will limiting video game content...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 15:11
Court Rules: COPA Law - Unconstitutional, Vague And Overbroad

Court Rules: COPA Law - Unconstitutional, Vague And Overbroad

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reinforced the 2007 decision regarding the...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 13:20
Do Feds Track Cell Phones without Oversight?

Do Feds Track Cell Phones without Oversight?

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 20:12
Government Sued Over Unconstitutional Cell Phone Tracking Practices

Government Sued Over Unconstitutional Cell Phone Tracking Practices

The controversy over mobile phone tracking is far from being a settled issue, as two civil rights...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 13:13
FBI Backs Off From NSL Request After Being Challenged In Court

FBI Backs Off From NSL Request After Being Challenged In Court

A Federal Bureau of Investigation’s request to access the personal files of a digital library...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 13:14
Judge Reconsiders Orders Meant to Disable Wikileaks

Judge Reconsiders Orders Meant to Disable Wikileaks

A U.S. federal district court judge on Friday reversed two controversial orders meant to disable...
» read full story March 01st, 2008 - 14:06
First Amendment Challenged: Wikileaks Shut by Ca. Judge

First Amendment Challenged: Wikileaks Shut by Ca. Judge

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the shutdown of an anonymous whistleblower site,...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 16:48
U.S. Court Orders Wikileaks.org Offline over Bank Documents

U.S. Court Orders Wikileaks.org Offline over Bank Documents

A U.S. controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and...
» read full story February 19th, 2008 - 12:08
Department of Justice Supports RIAA against Jammie Thomas

Department of Justice Supports RIAA against Jammie Thomas

The U.S. Department of Justice failed to side with Jammie Thomas from Minnesota in her appeal...
» read full story December 05th, 2007 - 14:50
The Government Got All of AT&T's Internet and Voice Traffic

The Government Got All of AT&T's Internet and Voice Traffic

The U.S. government is apparently spying on all Internet traffic and voice calls going through...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 20:39
Verizon Doesn’t Like Open-Access, Sues FCC for That

Verizon Doesn’t Like Open-Access, Sues FCC for That

Verizon Wireless sues the Federal Communications Commission for accepting a condition imposed by...
» read full story September 14th, 2007 - 17:01
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U.S.

Federal Panel: California Must Release 58,000 Inmates

Federal Panel: California Must Release 58,000 Inmates

Federal judges ruled yesterday that the state of California must reduce the number of inmates in...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 14:01

Sex-Offender Law Overturned By Court

A voter-approved law, numbered as Proposition 83 on the ballot, and which prohibits sex offenders...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 16:01
California Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Proposition 8 Legality

California Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Proposition 8 Legality

The California Supreme Court agreed to consider three lawsuits that challenge the legality of...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 17:00

California Supreme Court to hear gay marriage appeal

San Francisco - The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would hear legal challenges to...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 11:13

Setback for gay rights; California approves same-sex marriage ban

San Francisco - Six months after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 20:58

Abortion, Gay Marriage, Animal Rights on US Ballot Bids

San Francisco - Were they just to take their cues from television ads, voters in California might...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 09:38
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Movies

Steven Spielberg and Wife Donate $100K In Support Of Gay Marriage

Steven Spielberg and Wife Donate $100K In Support Of Gay Marriage

The latest Hollywood stars to join the fight against California's Proposition 8, the Nov. 8 ballot...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 21:16
Update: Ellen DeGeneres And Portia de Rossi Said “I Do”

Update: Ellen DeGeneres And Portia de Rossi Said “I Do”

They finally got to do it! Successful talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her long time girlfriend,...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 08:15
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Health

Walgreen Challenges Tobacco Ban

Walgreen Challenges Tobacco Ban

A recently passed city order that bans sales of tobacco products at pharmacies in San Francisco is...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 22:37
Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court

Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court

The largest US drug-store chain by sales, Walgreen Co., is seeking an emergency injunction to...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 14:45
Brazil Court Votes in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Brazil Court Votes in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court voted Thursday in favor of research into embryonic cells in the...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 14:29
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Video Games

California Video Game Law is Unconstitutional, Court Finds

California Video Game Law is Unconstitutional, Court Finds

The state of California has issued a new law concerning the violent video games on the market. The...
» read full story February 21st, 2009 - 11:06
Some Games Do Need An ID Check

Some Games Do Need An ID Check

A new bill on the video game ratings was introduced yesterday into the House of Representatives....
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 16:37
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Business

Supreme Court to Examine Fleeting Expletive Case

Supreme Court to Examine Fleeting Expletive Case

The US Supreme Court has said it will hear in September arguments in the case of the so-called...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 20:23
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People

Update 2: Ellen DeGeneres And Portia de Rossi Said “I Do”

Update 2: Ellen DeGeneres And Portia de Rossi Said “I Do”

They finally got to do it! Successful talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her long time girlfriend,...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 12:51
Did Britney Fail Her Drug Test or Not?

Did Britney Fail Her Drug Test or Not?

Surprisingly or not, Britney Spears may or may not have failed one of her court-ordered random...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 01:05
Britney Fails Drug Tests Because She’s A ‘Pop Star’

Britney Fails Drug Tests Because She’s A ‘Pop Star’

The main issue discussed during today’s emergency hearing in the Spears-Federline custody case was...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 22:20
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Specials

Court Rules Against Age Limit On Video Game Sales

Court Rules Against Age Limit On Video Game Sales

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the law banning the sale or rental of violent video...
» read full story February 21st, 2009 - 14:32
Supreme Court Kills Child-Porn Law

Supreme Court Kills Child-Porn Law

  On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court decided not to change a ruling that stated...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 19:11

Fleeting Expletives Brought Before The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court discussed on Tuesday the problem of dirty words on television and, while...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 13:09
Spammer Walks Free as Virginia Anti-Spam Law Is Declared Unconstitutional

Spammer Walks Free as Virginia Anti-Spam Law Is Declared Unconstitutional

Jeremy Jaynes, described as a notorious American spammer, had his nine year prison sentence...
» read full story September 14th, 2008 - 15:52
Virginia Supreme Court Struck Down Anti-Spam Law

Virginia Supreme Court Struck Down Anti-Spam Law

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday decided that the state's anti-spam law is unconstitutional....
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 23:28

Ellen DeGeners And Portia De Rossi: Newly Wed

Due to the recent California law that lifted the ban on same-sex marriage, Ellen DeGeneres, 50,...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 15:48
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Said “I Do”

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Said “I Do”

They finally got to do it! Successful talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her long time girlfriend,...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 17:36
MIT Students Still Not In The Clear

MIT Students Still Not In The Clear

The debates regarding the three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who released the...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 13:43
Michigan Court: Same-Sex Partners not Entitled to Health Benefits

Michigan Court: Same-Sex Partners not Entitled to Health Benefits

Same-sex relationships are out in the open again, as the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that a...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 12:44
FOX Sued By Justice Department For Refusing To Pay FCC Fine

FOX Sued By Justice Department For Refusing To Pay FCC Fine

Lawyers representing the U.S. Justice Department have filed a lawsuit against FOX Television...
» read full story April 06th, 2008 - 15:17
Fox Refuses to Pay “Arbitrary” Indecency Fine

Fox Refuses to Pay “Arbitrary” Indecency Fine

Fox Broadcasting announced Monday it would not pay the $91,000 fine it received for broadcasting...
» read full story March 25th, 2008 - 10:50
Sections of the Patriot Act Unconstitutional- Judge

Sections of the Patriot Act Unconstitutional- Judge

A U.S. District Judge decided to strike down for the second time key sections of the Patriot Act...
» read full story September 07th, 2007 - 13:07
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World

Report: Kuwaiti parliament dissolved

Kuwait City - Kuwait's Emir has dissolved parliament following the resignation of the cabinet and...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 20:00
Virginia Anti-Spam Law Declared Invalid

Virginia Anti-Spam Law Declared Invalid

Following the much-publicized case and subsequent release of “Spam King” Jeremy Jaynes by the...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 16:23
Update: Infamous Spammer Found Breach In Constitution

Update: Infamous Spammer Found Breach In Constitution

The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional because of its...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 12:38
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Gun Ban

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Gun Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court has to decide today whether the ban on handguns is constitutional or not....
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 16:32
Supreme Court: Child Rapists Can't Be Executed

Supreme Court: Child Rapists Can't Be Executed

Patrick Kennedy, a New Orleans resident who had been sentenced to execution for raping his 8-...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 18:00

Child Pornography Law Upheld By US High Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 2003 federal law, making it a crime to promote or...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 23:29
Man Wants to Change His Name into “In God We Trust”

Man Wants to Change His Name into “In God We Trust”

Steve Kreuscher, a Chicago citizen, filed a petition to legally change his name. Nothing surprising...
» read full story May 04th, 2008 - 20:02
U.S. Supreme Court Declares Maine Online Cigarette Sales Law Null

U.S. Supreme Court Declares Maine Online Cigarette Sales Law Null

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a Maine law meant to restrict minors’ access to...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 14:46
Nebraska Supreme Court Says No To Electrocution

Nebraska Supreme Court Says No To Electrocution

The Nebraska Supreme Court rejected on Friday the use of the electric chair for executions and...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 09:49
Supreme Court To Decide On Voter ID Law

Supreme Court To Decide On Voter ID Law

The Supreme Court is set to discuss on Wednesday whether the voter ID law could alter the voting...
» read full story January 09th, 2008 - 11:18
Justices to Rule Over The Lethal Injection Method

Justices to Rule Over The Lethal Injection Method

The Supreme Court is expected to reach a decision on whether the lethal injection process used in...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 10:18
Prime Minister Seniora Says His Cabinet Assumes Executive Powers

Prime Minister Seniora Says His Cabinet Assumes Executive Powers

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora said on Saturday that his cabinet will assume executive...
» read full story November 24th, 2007 - 16:51
Sex Offender Law Rejected by Georgia Supreme Court

Sex Offender Law Rejected by Georgia Supreme Court

On Wednesday the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the state law that banned registered sex offenders...
» read full story November 22nd, 2007 - 12:08
Unstable Pakistan Awaits Bhutto

Unstable Pakistan Awaits Bhutto

The validity of  President Pervez Musharraf unconfirmed victory was still argued on Wednesday,...
» read full story October 17th, 2007 - 19:36
Opposition Members Detained in Pakistan

Opposition Members Detained in Pakistan

Pakistani security forces arrested more than 20 members and high-ranked officials of the All...
» read full story September 23rd, 2007 - 15:12
Sharif’s Supporters File Petition Against His Deportation

Sharif’s Supporters File Petition Against His Deportation

Supporters of Pakistan’s former premier Nawaz Sharif filed a petition at the Supreme Court...
» read full story September 11th, 2007 - 13:35
Musharraf Close to Deal With Bhutto

Musharraf Close to Deal With Bhutto

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is close to reaching a power-sharing deal with prominent...
» read full story August 29th, 2007 - 16:47
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