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Ireland to amend draconian abortion restriction
Ireland will introduce draft legislation and regulations to provide limited abortion in cases where the mother’s life is at risk, the government announced Tuesday. It follows a 2010 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that found Ireland failed to implement properly the constitutional right to abortion where a woman’s…
After SB1070 ruling, undocumented Americans say ‘No more Arizonas!’
With the US supreme court upholding SB1070′s notorious racial-profiling measure, the immigration reform movement goes local This week, while some pro-migrant supporters embraced the SB1070 supreme court ruling like a sports victory (three provisions struck down, one to go!), others in Phoenix, Arizona, who were angered that the court upheld…
Supreme Court rules juveniles cannot be sentenced to life without parole
US judges will no longer be able to hand out mandatory sentences of life behind bars with no chance of parole to children following a supreme court ruling handed down Monday. In a 5-4 vote, justices threw out America’s ability to send juveniles to prison without a hope of ever…
Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down death penalty law
The state of Arkansas will have to rethink how it puts prisoners to death thanks to the state’s Supreme Court ruling on Friday (PDF) that its current procedures are unconstitutional. In a split decision, the top court’s justices ruled that the legislature had “abdicated its responsibility” by turning over control…
Supreme Court ruling supports generic drug makers
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court ruled that generic drug makers can challenge big-name pharmaceutical firms in court to stop them from broadening the scope of their patent descriptions. The measure overturns a 2010 appeals court ruling and confirms an earlier decision by a federal judge that ordered the US…
Bill Moyers: How ordinary people can fight ‘Citizens United’
In this clip, commentator Bill Moyers answers a question frequently posed to him by viewers — “How can ordinary people fight ‘Citizens United’?” The controversial Supreme Court ruling enshrines the notion of “corporate personhood” into law, giving companies many of the same rights and protections as U.S. citizens, allowing businesses…
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