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• Post: Iran Says It May File A Lawsuit Against Obama Over Mohammed Film

    The kicker: They are basing the lawsuit on a U.N. resolution Obama championed. A senior Iranian official says US President Barack Obama could face legal action in connection with the production of an anti-Islam movie … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Court: Some Florida Early-Voting Plans Undermine Minority Voting

  But a three-judge panel stopped short of invalidating Florida’s early-voting law. A number of lawsuits across the US seek to block implementation of new voting procedures ahead of Nov. 6. A federal court in Washington has ruled against Florida’s … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Pa. Upholds Controversial Voter ID Law

  A judge in Pennsylvania on Wednesday upheld that state’s new voter ID law. Pennsylvania is one of 10 states to pass the voter ID law in the past two years. But with Pennsylvania a crucial state … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Suit Seeks Documents in Gun-Trafficking Case

  A House committee filed a civil suit Monday seeking to override President Barack Obama’s first invocation of executive privilege and force the Justice Department to turn over documents related to a bungled gun-trafficking operation called Fast … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Hawaii Judge Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban

  A U.S. District Court judge in Honolulu has rejected arguments from two lesbians who said that Hawaii’s 1998 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. According to court documents released Wednesday, Judge Alan Kay dismissed the lawsuit, Jackson … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Arizona Law Criminalizing Some Abortions Blocked for Now

  The appeals court ruled on a so-called emergency request to halt the law from three doctors who lost a lawsuit alleging the rule was preempted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. A … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Sheriff Arpaio Profiling Lawsuit Has High Bar to Clear, Experts Say

  Discrimination lawsuits like the one against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are hard to win, say legal experts. Such lawsuits have a high bar to clear to convince a judge that there was systematic discrimination in … Continue reading →

  

• Post: US Sues Two Polygamist Towns

  The US Justice Department sued two polygamist-dominated towns on the Utah-Arizona border on Thursday, citing religious discrimination and saying they had operated for two decades as an arm of a breakaway Mormon sect. The complaint accuses … Continue reading →