Feb 07 Watch Will Prop. 8 Ruling Lead Supreme Court to Consider Same-Sex Marriage? Will Prop. 8 Ruling Lead Supreme Court to Consider Same-Sex Marriage?… Continue watching
Aug 18 President Defends NSA Wiretapping After Court Calls It Unconstitutional By PBS NewsHour President Bush said Friday he believes other U.S. courts will uphold the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program a day after a federal judge in Detroit ruled it unconstitutional. Continue reading
Jan 31 Judge Rules Military Tribunals for Detainees Unconstitutional By PBS NewsHour A federal judge ruled Monday that special military tribunals held for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are unconstitutional and that the detainees have a right to legally challenge their confinement, delivering a setback for the Bush administration. Continue reading
Jun 01 Judge Rules ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban Unconstitutional By Admin A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a controversial law that bans a specific form of late-term abortion in the first legal test of the new law. Continue reading
Nov 18 Massachusetts Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional Massachusetts' highest court ruled in a 4-3 decision Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to come up with a solution within 180 days. Continue reading
Jan 15 Pres. Bush Calls Affirmative Action Policy Unconstitutional By Admin President Bush entered the debate over affirmative action Wednesday, calling a University of Michigan Law School program to encourage minority acceptance in college "fundamentally flawed" and unconstitutional. Continue reading