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Think globally, take legal action locally?
MARK HUME m hume@globeandmail.com It may only be a matter of time before the battle over global warming moves into a courtroom. Comment?
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High court to rule on deportation issue
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether immigrants convicted of repeat, minor drug possession crimes should be subject to deportation. Comment?
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More Airport Security Tradeoffs
Last week, I wrote about several underappreciated tradeoffs in airport security policy . Comment?
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'09 one of mergers, battles, schemes
A roundup of many other headlines from 2009 ran the gamut from Baton Rouge-area investors' getting caught up in what prosecutors alleged are ponzi schemes to stories about merger battles and hospital expansions: STANFORD GROUP: In February, federal regulators seized assets and closed offices of the Stanford Group Co. Comment?
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2009 saw deaths of notable Alabamians
Here are some of the notable tri-county and state residents who died in 2009: December John C. Godbold of Montgomery, a longtime federal appeals court judge who held a unique distinction in American jurisprudence, died Dec. Comment?
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Companies in Hot Seat as Courts Advance Climate-Change Claims
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Three important court rulings have been handed down in recent weeks regarding claims for harm alleged to have resulted from "climate change" caused by private companies' carbon emissions. Comment?
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Houston teacher threatened with deportation gets reprieve
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Marie Baptiste said she came to the United States when she was 9 and didn't know relatives brought her illegally. 3 comments
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Death row appeal denied A federal judge has denied an appeal by death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. Comment?
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Appeals court to rule on landfill restrictions
A state appeals court must decide whether the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District can restrict garbage shipments from other Ohio counties. Comment?
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Federal judge rules against Manning
A federal judge has denied an appeal by death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. Manning was sentenced to death in the 1992 murders of 2 Mississippi State University students. Comment?
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Obama nominates Cleveland attorney to judicial institute
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President Obama has announced plans to nominate a Cleveland lawyer to the board of a national nonprofit corporation aimed at improving the quality of justice in courts. Comment?
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A Federal Appeals Court Wrongly Allows A Public High School to Ban Message T-Shirts
Can a public high school ban its students from wearing T-shirts bearing printed messages, unless those messages support the school or its teams, clubs, or activities? A Texas case raises this interesting question - and the high school student who brought that case, Pete Palmer, would like to see the case go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Comment?
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Employer-Based Trip Reduction Rule Adopted By California Air District
Air pollution rules recently passed in California seek to change the way workers get to their jobs. Comment?
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Top local story 4: Budget woes drop Mansfield into fiscal watch
Roosting crows left a mess in the front courtyard of the municipal building earlier this year. Comment?
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A federal judge has denied an appeal by death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. Manning was sentenced to death in the 1992 murders of two Mississippi State University students. Comment?
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Court Rules Tasers And Stun Guns Can Be Used Only When A Life Is Threatened
Law enforcement agencies across the country, including Austin police, are reacting to a U.S. appeals court ruling limiting the use of tasers and stun guns. Comment?
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Godbold made the judiciary better
About the only time federal judges make the headlines is when they make some ridiculous ruling or get caught up in some sort of scandal. Comment?
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HEARD THE TRUE STORY about the guy who wanted on the presidential ballot in Mississippi? He sends his qualifying papers by taxi to the Mississippi secretary of state's office. Comment?
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Amman announces candidacy for 4th District Court
... state Supreme Court and federal courts in Louisiana, Alabama and Kentucky as well as the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. Amman, a Monroe native, has family in Morehouse and Ouachita ... Comment?
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Amman announces intent to run for 4th District Court judge
... state Supreme Court and federal courts in Louisiana, Alabama and Kentucky as well as the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. Amman, a Monroe native, has family in Morehouse and Ouachita ... Comment?
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