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Does the right to 'bear arms' imply the right to carry arms? Supreme Court
United States, 524 U. S. 125 (1998) , in the course of analyzing the meaning of “carries a firearm” in a federal criminal statute, Justice Ginsburg wrote that “[s]urely a most familiar meaning is, as the Constitution's Second Amendment … indicate[s]:
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:26P
The Dallas Museum of Art, UT Southwestern's Full Responses to Wendy Reves's
The statement from Tim Doke, spokesman for UT Southwestern Medical Center, is shorter and says, in full: It is important to note that UT Southwestern is not named as a defendant in this civil lawsuit. Any reference to the University or to the suit's
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:26P
Guatemalans sue US officials over STDs
The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, comes after revelations that US scientists studying the effects of penicillin in the 1940s deliberately infected about 700 Guatemalan prisoners, mentally disturbed patients, soldiers, and orphans.
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:25P
National industry group warns judge against declaring MIC storage in W.Va. a
(AP) - A national lobbying group for the chemical industry wants a federal judge in West Virginia to tread lightly in a lawsuit over a deadly chemical stored at a Bayer CropScience plant, arguing his rulings could have nationwide implications.
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:25P
Immigration Week Begins March 20
"We have scholars participating from anthropology, sociology, journalism, geography, history, gender and women's studies, the Southwest Center, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, Mexican American studies and Latin American studies.
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:24P
Immigration Week Begins March 20
"We have scholars participating from anthropology, sociology, journalism, geography, history, gender and women's studies, the Southwest Center, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, Mexican American studies and Latin American studies.
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:24P
The Lincoln Lawyer: Sometimes It's Harder to Defend the Innocent
This week, Michael Connelly takes us on a wild ride through the justice system, where both the innocent and guilty must be defended. With the movie version of this book due to come out in theaters on March 18 th , I decided I wanted to first read the
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:24P
Judge finds former nurse guilty of online aiding suicides of English man
Prosecutors said Melchert-Dinkel, of Faribault, Minnesota, was obsessed with suicide and hanging and sought out potential victims on the Internet. When he found them, prosecutors said, he posed as a female nurse, feigned compassion and offered
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:24P
Judge rules wrongful-termination case can go forward
A Clark County judge this morning refused to dismiss a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former chief executive of the Macau subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Lawyers for Steven Jacobs, who was fired last summer by the casino
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:23P
ED traces multi-cr foreign transactions
Senior counsel KK Venugopal, submitting as ealed copy of the report, told a bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice AK Ganguly said the transactions had been traced to at least six countries. Venugopal defended ED's role and thrashed media reports
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:23P
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