Appeals Court Says Gun Ban Violates 2nd Amendment
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The decision today was the first from a federal appeals court to hold that the Constitution gives individuals, not just state militias, the right to bear arms.
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An Arizona ski resort's plan to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow on a mountain sacred to several Native American tribes violates religious freedom laws, a U.S federal appeals court ruled on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court unanimously refused on Monday to broaden the impact of a law that adds extra prison time to the sentences of drug traffickers who use a gun in carrying out their crimes.
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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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The Bush administration told the Supreme Court last night that, although the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own firearms, an appeals court used the wrong standards in declaring the D.C. handgun ban unconstitutional.
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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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A federal appeals court has ruled that Boston's mass-transit agency violated free-speech rights by refusing to display advertisements from a group that wants to legalize marijuana.
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In a Feb. 7 story about a federal court ruling, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Army's right to force soldiers to serve past the dates of their enlistments. Instead, the judge rejected Spc. David Qualls' request for a preliminary injunction that would have removed him from active duty. He and seven other soldiers had filed suit challenging their active duty extensions. That remains before the court.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday  refused to reconsider its ruling that allowed the U.S.  government to move forward with its death penalty case against  accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
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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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A federal appeals court in Washington ruled yesterday that a U.S. citizen in U.S. military custody in Iraq has the right to challenge his detention in a federal court.
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The Justice Department will probably appeal a New York district court ruling that the Patriot Act violates the US constitution, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday.
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A passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic violation can challenge the stop for violating the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday.
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The District of Columbia on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that struck down the city's 30-year-old ban on private handgun ownership.
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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update A federal court has struck down a Pennsylvania law that blocks access to Web sites labeled as child pornography, claiming that the rule violated the First Amendment.
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Yahoo&#39;s face-off with France over Nazi paraphernalia took its latest twist Monday, with a federal appeals court reversing an earlier decision that found the First Amendment protected the Web portal from legal action over the issue in the United States.