Court Rules Protestors Can't Be Searched
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Fears of a terrorist attack are not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying Sept. 11 "cannot be the day liberty perished."
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People who cast a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct are not entitled to have their votes counted, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.
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A Cairo court ruled on Saturday that a private Egyptian university can not ban a visiting student from entering its premises in full Islamic veil, a judicial source said.
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from conducting "unreasonable searches" of our "persons, houses, papers, and effects" without a warrant.  The First Amendment, of course, protects our right to free speech.
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By Linda Thomson Deseret Morning News  The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a blow to environmentalist groups by refusing to hear an appeal that a Utah constitutional amendment infringed upon First Amendment free-speech rights.
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A judge rejected a last-minute plea from anti-war activists who sued the city for a permit to hold a massive rally in Central Park the day before the Republican convention, saying they were too late.
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The US Supreme Court rules that the race of a child cannot be used to determine the school he or she goes to.
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Government libraries can block religious groups from worshipping in public meeting rooms, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on  Monday a free-speech challenge to a New York law banning the  wearing of masks at public gatherings by a group claiming ties  to the Ku Klux Klan.
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A judge on Wednesday denied anti-Bush  protesters permission to rally in Central Park on the eve of  the Republican National Convention, leaving open the question  of where possibly hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will  go after a march through midtown Manhattan.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday that an Indiana law on voter identification prevented voters from having their ballots counted.
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Law lords rule that campaigners' rights to "freedom of movement and lawful assembly" were violated at an anti-war protest.
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Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without showing probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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An estimated 250,000 protesters yesterday were denied access to the grassy expanse of Central Park by a state Supreme Court judge, leaving the Aug. 29 marchers with a final destination
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A federal appeals court cleared the way for pat-down searches to resume at Tampa Bay Buccaneers home games, rejecting a fan's contention that they violate his constitutional protection against unreasonable searches.
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state judge ruled yesterday that organizers of the largest protest planned during the week of the Republican National Convention may not hold a rally in Central Park on Sunday, throwing into
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A US appeals court ruled this week that a lower tribunal had no right to decide a case brought against US internet giant Yahoo by two French groups trying to halt online sales of Nazi memorabilia. Documents showed on Wednesday that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...