Constitutional Law & Civil Rights News. Crime Stories, Law on News and Legal Publications in November, 2011

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Talks fail on motorized use on Gallatin Crest
KULR-TVNovember 30, 2011

A group called Citizens For Balanced Use also sued, saying the plan did not grant enough motorized use. A 9th Circuit panel ordered mediation talks earlier this year. This month, the parties reported the talks had failed and now the case is to be ...more »

SFMOMA Thinks Big in Expansion
Wall Street JournalNovember 30, 2011

Mr. Benezra said the scale of his project is needed to help SFMOMA live up to the potential of its collections, which will soon include a significant long-term loan of modern masters from the Fisher family, the founders of Gap Inc. "We have outgrown ...more »

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Affirmative Action
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Insurers Seek to Avoid 'Worst of All Worlds' in Health-Care Case
BloombergNovember 3, 2011

In a challenge to the health-care law brought by 26 states, a federal appeals court took exactly that approach, declaring in August that the mandate is unconstitutional while saying the rest of the law could stand. The Supreme Court may say later this ...more »

Freedom Of Speech & Religion
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Judge Blocks Tobacco Warning Laws
Daily MarketsNovember 9, 2011

The images and texts or the health warnings, which were designed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), were considered to violate these companies' right of free speech and have been blocked by US District Judge Richard Leon in Washington. ...more »

Age, Gender, Race & National Origin Discrimination
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DOJ: Immigrants are welcome in schools
WALA-TV FOX10November 1, 2011

The letter also points out that students may not be denied an education based on their parents race, national origin, actual or perceived immigration status, whether they are homeless or in foster care or based on their inability to provide ...more »

Native Americans
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'News For All the People' Is The Story Of Race And American Media. It's Not A ...
Huffington Post (blog)November 4, 2011

People of color published about 100 newspapers of their own by the time of the Civil War. The first black-owned newspaper, Freedom's Journal, came along in 1827. The first Hispanic paper was started four years earlier. The first Native American paper, ...more »

Religious Discrimination
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APNewsBreak: NY AG to defend rights of religious
Wall Street JournalNovember 9, 2011

The attorney general's office is targeting faith-based discrimination with outreach, inviting reports of potential violations, issuing guidance on workplace measures like flexible scheduling and dress codes, and threatening civil rights lawsuits for ...more »

Eminent Domain
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Mississippi Voters Approve Eminent Domain Restrictions
WTOKNovember 9, 2011

Reporter: AP Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station. by Just sayin Location: Lauderdale County on Nov 9, 2011 at 09:02 AM Now, if we could get the state to have an amendment so that City's cannot ...more »

Sexual Harassment
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Herman Cain Accuser To Speak?
WISC MadisonNovember 4, 2011

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One of the women who reportedly accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of sexual harassment could issue her first statement on what happened as early as Friday. ...more »

Freedom Of Information
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Auburn releases documents from NCAA investigation of Cam Newton
USA Today (blog)November 4, 2011

Auburn, via a Freedom of Information Act request, has turned over documents related to its joint investigation (with the NCAA) into Cam Newton's recruitment. • The NCAA found evidence that Cecil Newton and Kenny ...more »

Unlawful Search & Seizure
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385 Marijuana plants seized in Horry County
WPDENovember 18, 2011

When they got to the first home, in Conway, police smelled a strong odor of pot and got a search warrant and then seized the plants and paraphernalia inside. At the other two houses, one in Conway and one in Longs, police used a K-9 to sniff the smell ...more »

Freedom Of Press
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Egypt Scrutinizes Regime 'Remnants'
Wall Street JournalNovember 1, 2011

The country's interim cabinet, which was appointed by the SCAF, has twice amended the proposed law, according to cabinet members cited in the Egyptian press, but the ruling generals haven't yet enacted it even as elections rapidly approach. ...more »

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