Recent Updates
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Connecticut's civil unions law heads to court
Legal News Feed 05/14/2007[##_1L|1074239149.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]The state Supreme Court on Monday took up the issue of gay marriage in Connecticut, the first state in the nation to pass a civil unions law without court intervention. Eight gay and lesbian c...
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Bush Threatens To Veto Expansion Of Hate-Crime Law
Legal News Feed 05/04/2007[##_1L|1154057407.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]In what would be his second veto in as many days, President George W. Bush threatened to veto legislation that would expand the federal hate-crime law to include violent acts motivated by a vi...
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Goldman hires US Assistant Secretary of State
Legal News Feed 05/03/2007Dina Habib Powell, a senior aide to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, resigned Wednesday to join a Wall Street investment bank, State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said. Powell, 33, was assistant secretary of state for educational and...
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New York governor unveils gay marriage bill
Legal News Feed 04/28/2007[##_1L|1089090544.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) introduced a bill Friday to legalize gay marriage in New York. In a press release, Spitzer said: Under current law, partners unable to enter into a civil ma...
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Bush Vows To Veto Troop Withdrawal Plan
Legal News Feed 04/27/2007[##_1L|1139731698.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]President Bush warned Congress Friday that he will continue vetoing war spending bills as long as they contain a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Speaking a day after...
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U.S. congressional committee subpoenas Rice
Legal News Feed 04/26/2007[##_1L|1076629695.jpg|width="137" height="110" alt=""|_##]U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday ramped up its investigation of the Bush administration, subpoenaing the testimony of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. ccording to congressional vo...
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Washington Governor Signs Domestic Partnership Law
Legal News Feed 04/23/2007[##_1L|1376755909.jpg|width="100" height="112" alt=""|_##]Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation Saturday recognizing domestic partnership status for same-sex couples. The law guarantees gay and lesbian couples some of the legal rights tha...
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In Testimony, Gonzales Says Firings Were Justified
Legal News Feed 04/19/2007[##_1L|1085910982.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is facing tough questions about his honesty and his competence from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Gonzales defended his controversi...
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Newt Gingrich says Alberto Gonzales should resign
Legal News Feed 04/09/2007[##_1L|1016863491.jpg|width="100" height="131" alt=""|_##]Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should consider resigning in the wake of his role in the firings of eight US ...
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Bush defends Gonzales' role in US Attorney firings
Legal News Feed 04/02/2007[##_1L|1233271637.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]US President George W. Bush again defended US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over his role in the firings of federal prosecutors in a press conference Saturday, saying that Gonzales has his...
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Hicks could face Australian control order after release
Legal News Feed 04/02/2007[##_1L|1095231318.jpg|width="110" height="120" alt=""|_##]The Australian Federal Police will determine whether Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee David Hicks will be subject to a control order when released from prison later this year, members o...
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Gonzales Highlights DOJ Efforts to Combat Sexual Abuse
Legal News Feed 03/31/2007[##_1L|1351024120.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today joined U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan to highlight the ongoing efforts of federal, state and local law enforcement in combating the sexual abuse a...