Federal judge dismisses challenge to California emission standards
A US District Court judge Wednesday rejected a lawsuit filed by automobile manufacturers challenging California's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. Auto manufacturers, represented by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers , argued...
US Supreme Court agrees to hear DC handgun ban and California labor cases
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases and postponed jurisdiction in a third case. In District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) , the Supreme...
The US Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility has reopened an investigation into the administration's domestic surveillance program after recently being granted the necessary security clearances previously denied to DOJ investigators, OPR chief...
California sues EPA over delayed decision on strict emissions standards
California filed a lawsuit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an effort to force the EPA to come to a...
DOJ official urges telecom immunity, limited FISC role in Senate surveillance bill
A Bush administration official Wednesday called the Senate's proposed domestic surveillance bill "generally a strong piece of legislation," but repeated several administration demands, including a provision granting blanket immunity to telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits related to their participation...
Mukasey says Constitution no bar to warrantless surveillance of terror suspects
US Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter released Friday that the Constitution does not preclude the president from wiretapping terrorism suspects without a warrant. His comments...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held hearings Tuesday on California's request for a waiver of preemption for its greenhouse gas emission standards for new cars. The standards would require car manufacturers to cut emissions...
Maryland not challenging Wal-Mart health care preemption ruling
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Tuesday that Maryland will not challenge a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit holding that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security...
Federal appeals court rules ERISA trumps Maryland Wal-Mart health care law
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act [text,...
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael A. Olivas of the University of Houston Law Center says that the Secure Fence Act signed into law by President Bush and authorizing the construction of a 700-mile barrier along part of the US border with...
