Rules on Gifts for Judges Get Overhaul
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Rules on gifts for judges are being overhauled for the first time in 15 years, with a commission looking at ways to cut down on the trinkets, expense-paid trips and other freebies given to members of the bench.
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WASHINGTON -- A judge has struck down more than a dozen of the government&#39;s current rules on political fund raising with just weeks before Election Day, concluding federal regulators improperly weakened the nation&#39;s campaign finance law.
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New targets to reduce the stress to victims and witnesses giving evidence in courts are to be unveiled.
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The death of a 14-year-old boy in January led to an overhaul of FloridaÂs juvenile justice system.
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A federal judge struck down campaign finance regulations Wednesday that govern when candidates and independent groups can coordinate their political messages. The judge called on the Federal Election Commission to write stricter rules in time for the 2008 elections.
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There are special rules for gifts of stock.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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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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A judge has struck down several government rules on campaign fund raising, ordering tougher restrictions on big political money in the long term while creating uncertainty about
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With its membership plunging, the mail-order reading club has begun an overhaul that includes the elimination of its panel of literary judges.
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The Vatican has clarified the guidelines it wants church judges to follow when making decisions on marriage annulments, saying Tuesday that it wants the practice that some critics have dubbed "Catholic divorce" handled more seriously.
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A federal judge has struck down rules governing campaign fund-raising, concluding that the regulations undermine a 2-year-old campaign finance reform law and allow political activists and candidates to dodge it.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, contending a judicial panel has weakened ethics rules for judges who accept corporate-sponsored trips, said Friday he plans to reintroduce legislation to define standards.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A federal judge found Monday that new rules from the Federal Election Commission did not follow the intent of lawmakers who wrote a sweeping new law designed to change the way politicians raise money, creating uncertainty for
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinstated pay raises for about 1,000 elected judges and district judges Thursday, adding fuel to a controversy that has roiled state politics for more than a year.
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TUCSON, Ariz.  - A federal judge lifted a block on  a controversial Arizona law on Wednesday forcing state  officials to begin restricting some government benefits to  illegal immigrants.
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New instructions aimed at ending murder trial deadlock.