Judiciary News

8:33 AM EST
2/9/2012 Health On The Hill Transcript: Backlash Grows Over Contraception Rule In Health LawReligion, politics and health care. It’s a potent combination as the political fight between the White House and Capitol Hill shows: A fight triggered by the administration’s decision to require most religious-affiliated institutions—such as Catholic hospitals—to include free contraceptive care as part of their health insurance coverage beginning in 2013.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Religion And Belief, Belief (faith)

1:07 PM EST
2/2/2012 Oddsmakers favor God, family for Super Bowl thanksThe offshore betting odds of who will be thanked first after the Super Bowl favor God and family.

Source:AHN Topics:Sports, Sports Event, Super Bowl, American Football, National Football League, Religion And Belief, Belief (faith)

12:31 PM EST
2/2/2012 Man adopts girlfriend to protect his assetsPolo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman, 48, adopted his longtime 42-year-old girlfriend Heather Hutchins in October in a move critics say will protect the millionaire's assets during an upcoming lawsuit surrounding a deadly car accident. The strategy could shore up Goodman's wealth as he confronts a wrongful death suit.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary, Disaster And Accident, Accident, Human Interest, Curiosity

7:51 AM EST
1/26/2012 Majority of Americans think ideology will affect high court's ruling on health lawWith the Supreme Court just two months away from hearing a historic legal challenge to the 2010 health law, nearly 60 percent of the public expects the justices to depend more on personal ideology than a legal analysis of the individual mandate, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's January health tracking poll.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Government Health Care, Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary

12:36 PM EST
1/13/2012 Three Fridays the 13th, 13 weeks apart in 2012People who suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia, fear of Friday the 13th, will find 2012 very troublesome. There are three this year, 13 weeks apart.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Curiosity, Religion And Belief, Belief (faith)

8:52 AM EST
1/13/2012 Judge declares Natalie Holloway officially deadAn Alabama judge has declared that Natalie Holloway, the American teenager who went missing in Aruba in 2005, is dead.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary, Judge, Social Issue, Missing Person

7:57 AM EST
1/12/2012 Mississippi court stops release of inmates pardoned by BarbourA judge has temporarily halted the release of prisoners pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour before he left office this week.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary, Judge, Politics, Government, Public Officials, Social Issue, Social Issues

9:13 AM EST
1/9/2012 Bangladesh war crimes court asks top Islamist leader to appear or face arrestThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday asked Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party former chief Golam Azam to appear before the court on Wednesday or face arrest. Prosecutors charged Azam with 62 counts, including the recruitment of Muslim youth to a death squad that kidnapped and executed hundreds of pro-independence professionals and intellectuals.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, War Crime, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Armed Conflict, Judiciary, Judge

2:53 PM EST
12/20/2011 Supreme Court to rule on disputes between state, federal governmentsThe schedule of hearings the Supreme Court announced this week shows the court is headed toward a pivotal confrontation between states' rights and federal authority. The Supreme Court plans to rule on whether Arizona can enact its own immigration enforcement law, whether the federal government can require individuals to purchase health insurance and whether Texas can reshuffle its voting districts under its own rules.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Tribunal, Judiciary, Judge, Politics, Government, National Government

7:00 AM EST
12/9/2011 Conservatives ask appeals court to vacate decision on Prop. 8Proponents and opponents of Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, sought to sway the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday about whether to vacate a ruling declaring the law unconstitutional. Gay advocates also want videos of the trial made public.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary, Judge, Politics, Constitution, Social Issue, Minority Group, Gays And Lesbians