Judge Finds Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
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A third federal judge has ruled the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, adding judicial weight that some experts say could keep the issue from reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
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A federal court judge ruled Tuesday that a presidential pardon of a former junta leader was unconstitutional, the state news agency Telam said.
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A federal judge ruled Friday that the state's "Choose Life" license plate is unconstitutional based on the reasoning in similar cases in other states, but he declined to rule on whether Tennessee's entire specialty plate program is flawed.
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A Montgomery County judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate business transactions beyond the state's borders.
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A federal judge in New York ruled that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers without judicial oversight or public review.
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A state judge found Texas&#39; school finance system unconstitutional Wednesday because of its inefficiency in providing adequate education to all students, and is giving the state one year to find a solution.
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A month before thousands of fans arrive in Jacksonville for the Super Bowl, a county judge ruled the city's ban on drinking alcohol in public is unconstitutional.
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A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that key portions of a presidential order blocking financial assistance to terrorist groups are unconstitutional, further complicating the Bush administration's attempts to defend its aggressive anti-terrorism tactics in federal courts.
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An Arkansas circuit judge on Wednesday threw out the state&#39;s ban against foster parenthood by gay couples or by households that include a gay adult.
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A second Washington state judge ruled on Tuesday that the state&#39;s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, saying that the administration cannot limit the legal benefits of marriage to heterosexual couples.
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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 judge struck down Missouri's new voter identification law Thursday as an unconstitutional infringement on the right to vote.
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NEW YORK  - A federal judge ruled that a ban on a type of late-term abortion violates the US Constitution. The New York judge ruled on a federal ban, signed into law in 2003 by US President George W. Bush (news - web sites).
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Local abortion rights and anti-abortion activists reacted strongly to a Thursday ruling by a New York judge who declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional.
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A US judge Thursday became the second in the nation to rule that a federal ban on a particular type of late-term abortion is unconstitutional.
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A federal court on Wednesday ruled that an abortion law signed by President Bush last year was unconstitutional and banned the U.S. Justice Department from enforcing it, joining two other states that struck down the law.
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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.