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State Asks Supreme Court to Permit Execution
May 16, 2008The U.S. Supreme Court will consider next month whether to allow Virginia to set an execution date for a death row inmate who contends that the commonwealth's lethal injection procedures do not meet the standards that the court recently found constitutional.
Voter IDs and Election Law
May 16, 2008 Georgetown Law School professor Roy A. Schotland was online Tuesday, April 29 at 2 p.m. ET to explain the Supreme Court's ruling on Indiana's voter identification law, examine its hearing on the "millionaire's amendment," and discuss the FEC and other aspects of election law.
High Court Upholds Indiana Law On Voter ID
May 16, 2008The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may require voters to present photo identification before casting ballots, opening the way for wider adoption of a measure that Republicans say combats fraud and Democrats say discourages voting among the elderly and the poor.
From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo
May 16, 2008GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 28 -- The Defense Department's former chief prosecutor for terrorism cases appeared Monday at the controversial U.S. detention facility here to argue on behalf of a terrorism suspect that the military justice system has been corrupted by politics and inappropriate influence from senior Pentagon officials.
From the Justices' Opinions
May 16, 2008
Carded at the Polls
May 16, 2008 IT'S LIKELY that yesterday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Indiana's voter ID law will spur debate in other states about whether to adopt similar provisions. The short answer is, they should not. And if they do, they should not use the Indiana law as a template.
When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web
May 16, 2008It's almost like Googling someone: Log on to Facebook. Join the Washington, D.C., network. Search the Web site for your favorite school system. And then watch the public profiles of 20-something teachers unfurl like gift wrap on the screen, revealing a sense of humor that can be overtly sarcastic or unintentionally unprofessional -- or both.
Pr. George's Senator Quickly Steps Into Heated Battles
May 16, 2008For state Sen. C. Anthony Muse, the General Assembly session ended the same way it began: with the first-term Democratic senator and pastor from Prince George's County standing in a spotlight usually reserved for those who have been in power much longer.
Justices Scrutinize Killer's Right to Cross-Examine
May 16, 2008There is no dispute about why Brenda Avie was unavailable to testify against former boyfriend Dwayne Giles at his trial.
Sniper Fights Death Sentence
May 16, 2008 Jurors might not have sentenced convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad to death if they had known that he was abused as a child, that he has brain damage and that there were conflicting witness accounts to some of the shootings, Muhammad's appeals lawyers argued in court papers this week.
