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Sides square off over new abortion law in Indiana
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A dispute between Indiana and federal Medicaid officials over the state's new abortion law cutting off some public funding for Planned Parenthood should be resolved by government administrators and not the courts, Indiana...Tags: Abortion, Justice System, Local Government, Judges, Social Issues
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ACLU asks court to block Indiana immigration law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ACLU of Indiana is attempting to block a new law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants. The ACLU filed Wednesday in in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis seeking to block the state's new E-Verify law. The law would...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Judges, Indiana, Indianapolis
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ACLU to defend man who gave the finger to trooper
DENVER (AP) — A civil liberties group plans to provide free representation to a 35-year-old Colorado man who faces criminal prosecution and a jail sentence for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper. The American Civil...Tags: Crimes, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Prisons
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Michigan revises controversial campus ban policy
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has revised a policy that once banned some people from its Ann Arbor campus for life. The school says that beginning next month bans will be instituted for one year. It then would be up to the...Tags: Politics
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Can FBI shooting probe be objective?
There's little chance that the FBI will be found at fault in the fatal shooting in Orlando of a Chechen man with ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, according to statistics cited in a report published Wednesday. The New York Times...Tags: Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, The New York Times, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Religion and Belief
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Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at U.S. surveillance
ReutersBy Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight board pledged on Wednesday to be "as transparent and public as possible" as the board reviews recently exposed U.S. government secret surveillance...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Judges, National Security Agency, Executive Branch
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North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restarting executions
ReutersBy Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 19 (Reuters) - North Carolina's governor, hoping to resume executions in his state, on Wednesday signed the repeal of a law that has allowed death row inmates to seek a reduced sentence if they could prove...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Africa, Prisons, Politics
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Arizona law denying bail for some immigrants wins appeal
SAN FRANCISCO — An Arizona law that denies immigrants who are in the country without legal permission the right to post bail for a wide array of felonies won approval Tuesday from a divided federal appeals court. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Drug Trafficking, Politics, Judges
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Muslims sue NYPD over monitoring of mosques, congregants
New York Muslims have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York Police Department over the department's surveillance of Muslims, which they called invasive and unconstitutional. The public debate over government surveillance has crescendoed over...
Tags: Jihad, Sports, Trials, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Politics
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What we think: State owes answers for breach in pill database
Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken confidence in a law enforcement tool that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Supreme Court blocks Arizona's voter ID law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration Monday in yet another of its confrontations with Arizona, striking down a state law on voter registrations and ruling that states may not require new applicants to show proof of...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Court Administration, Washington, DC, Clarence Thomas
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NSA surveillance: What's one more Big Brother?
In principle, the National Security Agency's vast data collection operation is troubling, but in the age of Google and Facebook, it feels like having just one more Big Brother in a growing family of Big Brothers. In response to the revelation that the...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Amazon.com Inc., Politics, National Government, Citigroup Incorporated
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