PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) Union, through the joint efforts of its Organizing and Legal Departments, has won two landmark cases before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), ensuring the ability of workers to more freely exercise their right to organize a labor union. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO)
...Landmark Discrimination Cases. A number of landmark cases h...
In early September the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on President George W. Bush's nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Judge John G. Roberts Jr. is Bush's first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court and is the first Supreme Court nominee since Stephen Breyer in 1994. We await Roberts' answers to questions from the senators. Bruce Shapiro, writing in the Aug. 15 issue of The Nation, concludes: "Together these two very different cases give the lie to any suggestion that Judge Roberts lacks a track record. Enthusiastic expansion of the power of the executive branch, whether in the guise of policing or the presidency, is the most common thread of Roberts' career. In this sense he's no conservative; he's an apostle of big and often unreviewable government. The July 2...
... a narrow interpretation of Title IX, the landmark law that bars sex discrimination in intercollegiat...
In a pair of landmark water cases, a New Mexico district judge heard arguments Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a state law that gives acequia associations power to stop members from transferring their water rights. Judge Daniel A. S nchez called the proceeding in his Santa Fe courtroom "unusual" and the cases "interesting.
WACO, Texas, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the Supreme Court prepares to announce rulings in two landmark cases, a law professor who has experienced the rare occurrence of both winning a case before the Court and having his work quoted in another Court opinion says sentencing juveniles to life imprisonment with no chance of parole is unconstitutional. The Court is expected to hand down rulings soon in Sullivan v. Florida and Graham v. Florida, two cases which both deal with minors sentenced to life in prison for committing crimes other than murder. Mark Osler believes the Court should rule that life without parole for minors constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
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