Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional
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On Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 15, state District Judge John Dietz concluded a five-and-half-week trial by ruling unconstitutional the Texas system of public school finance.
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A federal judge who imposed a moratorium on executions in California ruled Friday that the state's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the winner of the state school superintendent race from taking office while the judges examine whether some provisional ballots should have been counted.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled against the government&#39;s ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an exception to protect a mother&#39;s health.
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A Montgomery County judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law -- one of the first attempts to control junk e-mail advertising -- is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders.
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D. A US District Court Judge in New York State declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it does not contain an exception to protect a woman&#39;s health.
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Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district's appeal of a ruling that it violated a student's rights by censoring his anti-Bush T-shirt.
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ALBANY -- A State Supreme Court justice yesterday ruled that key pieces of New York&#39;s lobbying law are unconstitutional, declawing a statute that regulates the $100-million-a-year influence industry.
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NEW YORK - In a highly anticipated ruling, a federal judge found the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday because it does not include a health exception.    U.S...
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A Ukrainian court rules that key changes to election law are unconstitutional, raising concern about Sunday's vote.
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A federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it does not contain an exception to protect a womanâs health, something the Supreme Court said is required in laws prohibiting types of abortion.
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LBANY, Aug. 18 - A state court ruled on Wednesday that parts of New York&#39;s lobbying law are unconstitutional because they allow the state to fine lobbyists without giving them proper hearings.
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A key part of the Patriot Act, a  central plank of the Bush Administration's war on terror, was  ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge on Wednesday, in the  latest blow to U.S. security policies.
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Echoing the ruling of another local court, a Thurston County judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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A state judge Wednesday declared the state&#39;s school finance system unconstitutional and said he will stop funding unless Texas lawmakers provide schoolchildren with an adequate and equitable education by Oct. 1, 2005.
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The law that pushed Michigan's presidential primary to Jan. 15 was ruled unconstitutional by a court Wednesday, at least temporarily jeopardizing the state's plan to leap to the front of the 2008 nomination contests.
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A federal judge on Wednesday found  unconstitutional a part of the United States' anti-terror  Patriot Act that allows the FBI to demand customer records from  businesses without court approval.