Ruling Affirms Judges'  Authority
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The Supreme Court bolstered trial judges' authority to shape juries in death penalty cases yesterday, ruling that a court in Washington state properly disqualified a man who expressed doubts about capital punishment during pretrial questioning.
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The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled the government&#39;s plan to relocate the administrative capital as unconstitutional. Eight of the court&#39;s nine judges ruled the plan as unconstitutional.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated the country's top judge on Friday in an historic ruling that dealt a blow to President Pervez Musharraf, who had suspended him four months earlier.
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Security in America's courtrooms  would be bolstered in response to attacks on judges in recent  years under a measure approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.
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The United States Supreme Court overturned a ruling that had found the system for choosing nominees unconstitutional.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court's ruling that upheld a county ordinance banning gun shows on government property such as fairgrounds.
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A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Bush did not overstep his authority when he appointed William Pryor to the bench while the Senate was on a holiday break.
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A US judge upholds the new anti-terror law, agreeing that Guantanamo inmates cannot challenge their imprisonment.
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A federal judge in Los Angeles, who previously struck down sections of the Patriot Act, has ruled that provisions of an anti-terrorism order issued by President George W. Bush after September 11 are unconstitutional.
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State lawmakers pass a bill that allows judges to order treatment, joining 24 other states with similar legislation. By Gregg Krupa / The Detroit News.
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A federal judge on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that prohibits businesses from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and yanks the business licenses of those that do.
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Participants can sue under a pension protection law to recover their losses, justices said in a unanimous ruling.
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The judge ruled in the industry group's favor because the Web site operators tampered with evidence.
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In his ruling, the judge said federal law already covers some of the same provisions that the city sought to put in place.
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A judge yesterday cleared the way for a voter-approved initiative to become law that will deny some public benefits to illegal immigrants.
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A judge said that casino workers can caucus at special precincts, a ruling that is expected to boost  Senator Barack Obama.
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A federal judge on Friday reaffirmed her ruling that gives some families of Sept. 11 victims access to evidence in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial as part of two civil lawsuits that have been filed.