Nine US states reject Bush policy, contemplate pact on greenhouse gases
Nine northeastern US states are working on a plan to cap and then reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions from power facilities, an agreement which would see the states breaking with President Bush, who earlier this summer rejected...
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC approves NYSE disclosure rule
Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced that the SEC approved a new rule requiring firms to better inform clients about non-managed fee-based accounts (NMFBA). NYSE Rule 405(A) forces...
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was correct in denying a nonprofit group's petition to regulate industrial gases and automobile emission pollutants that contribute...
Federal jury recommends death sentence in first VT capital trial for half-century
A federal jury in Vermont Thursday recommended the death penalty for Donald Fell, convicted in June of kidnapping and murdering a supermarket worker in 2000. Vermont hasn't executed a convict since 1954,...
Murder verdict opens door for death penalty sentence in Vermont
A jury found Donald Fell guilty for murder in federal court Friday allowing the jurors to next determine if he should receive the death penalty, which has not been applied in Vermont for nearly 50 years. In November 2000,...
A federal court in Burlington, Vermont is expected to hear opening statements Monday in the first death-penalty case in the state since 1957. Vermont does not have a death penalty but Donald Fell was charged under a federal capital...
States brief ~ Iowa Supreme Court refuses to address ruling that dissolved civil union
Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court today refused to address the ruling of a lower court that dissolved a Vermont civil union . The Supreme Court did not judge the merits of the legal claim...
States brief ~ GA high court warns about jury instructions on eyewitness evidence
Leading Thursday's states brief, the Supreme Court of Georgia has warned criminal trial judges to be careful in the way they instruct juries about weighing the value of eyewitness identification. In a decision today, the Court said...
MA Governor supports amendment to ban gay marriage and civil unions
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney Thursday announced his support of a drive to put before state voters a proposed constitutional amendment to ban both same-sex marriage and civil unions. Massachusetts is the only US state where same-sex...
House votes to block book-snooping power under Patriot Act despite Bush veto threat
Despite the looming threat of a Presidential veto , the US House of Representatives voted 238-187 late Wednesday to approve the so-called Sanders Freedom to Read Amendment limiting a section of the USA Patriot Act ...
