High court challenge to hunt ban
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The Countryside Alliance was today launching a high court challenge to the ban on foxhunting, which was pushed through parliament last night despite the implacable opposition of the House of Lords.
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Alaska's wolf-killing program to boost moose and caribou numbers is facing a new legal challenge.
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A ban on hunting is expected to be forced through using the Parliament Act after opposition from peers.
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The Supreme Court has denied a challenge to the federal Do Not Call List. Telemarketing companies had filed an appeal, saying the registry violated First Amendment rights because some groups were exempt from the rules.
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Facing a ban on their age-old sport, enthusiasts of fox hunting rallied outside the House of Commons on Wednesday in a show of defiance to lawmakers determined to outlaw the pursuit.
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Britain outlawed fox hunting in England and Wales on Thursday as elected legislators won a dramatic standoff with the House of Lords to ban a popular country sport that is despised by many urbanites.
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The future of hunting with dogs in England and Wales could be determined Wednesday when the Court of Appeal rules whether the legislation used to ban it was valid.
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A case challenging the ban on private handgun ownership in the U.S. capital could lead to the first ruling by the Supreme Court since 1939 on the rights of Americans to bear arms.
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Defeated in Parliament, supporters of fox hunting went to court Friday to try to overturn a legislative ban on their more than 300-year-old sport and vowed a campaign of civil disobedience in the run-up to next year's general election.
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The House of Commons was poised to ram through a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, against the backdrop of angry protests from thousands of hunt supporters outside parliament.
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A demonstration by pro-hunt campaigners is being held outside Peter Hain's home in south Wales.
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A legal challenge to the government's smoking ban in England will be launched at the High Court.
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SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court is refusing to hear a challenge to the federal do-not-call telephone registry. Telemarketers have been trying to invoke free-speech rights to do away with the ban on unwanted phone solicitations.
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The government faced looming battles with supporters of fox hunting in both the courts and the countryside after ramming through a law banning the centuries-old blood sport.
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CAPE TOWN -- South Africa's environment minister announced long-awaited restrictions on hunting yesterday, declaring he was sickened by wealthy tourists shooting tame lions from the back of a truck and felling rhinos with a bow and arrow.
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Hunting with hounds will be illegal across England and the Wales from February next year after the rare used Parliament Act was invoked Thursday to end years of wrangling and bring the hunting bill into law.
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The Countryside Alliance prepares a legal challenge to the Parliament Act - used to force the hunt ban into law.