Nebraska Supreme Court Outlaws Electric Chair
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The ruling effectively suspended executions in the only state that made sole use of the practice, once the dominant form of execution in the United States.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out the state law that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order Terri Schiavo&#39;s feeding tube re-inserted, saying legislators overstepped their authority.
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Two U.S. Supreme Court members  separately rejected on Wednesday an emergency request from a  California atheist who sought to stop the recital of prayers at  President Bush's inauguration.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether a Texas law making it a crime to promote sex toys shaped like sexual organs is unconstitutional.
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A federal court yesterday struck down as unconstitutional a path-breaking Pennsylvania law designed to prevent Internet users from seeing Web sites that contain child pornography.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on  Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a  unit of Altria Group Inc. , should not be decided in  federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Colorado Republicans challenging a congressional redistricting plan favorable to Democrats.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that a law requiring a brain-dead woman to be connected to a feeding tube was illegal.
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The Supreme Court rejected the claim by a high school football powerhouse in Tennessee that its coachâs recruiting violations were a form of free speech.
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By Linda Thomson Deseret Morning News  When a lawyer misbehaves, there are penalties. However, the Utah Supreme Court recently refused to enact specific guidelines regarding district courts' discipline of attorneys.
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The state's 83-year-old prohibition on ticket scalping may be coming to an end. The Legislature's Consumer Affairs and Professional Licensure Committee reported out a bill yesterday that would scrap the existing antiscalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price. The bill is expected to come up for a vote in the House this week.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked up to a feeding tube against her husband's wishes...
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By BROCK VERGAKIS  SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Supreme Court on Friday struck down a ban on guns at the University of Utah, saying campus officials cannot adopt a policy that runs counter to state law.
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Tallahassee, Florida, Sep. 23  - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down Terri&#39;s Law as unconstitutional.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - The Nebraska Supreme Court struck down the state's reliance on the electric chair for executions on Friday as "cruel and unusual" punishment, leaving no alternative method in its place.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on  Monday that a policeman can be fired for violating regulations  after he offered for sale on the Internet videos of himself  removing a uniform and masturbating.
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Surgery will prevent a Supreme Court justice from making an appearance in Lincoln. US Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist is not joining his former administrative assistant to speak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Friday.