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AP: Appeals Panel Again Strikes Down Va. Abortion Ban(0)
Richmond, Va (AP): A federal appeals court says Virginia’s law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 2-1 decision Tuesday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the same court’s 2005 ruling striking down the law. The [...]
WP: Court Rules That Paper Money Discriminates Against the Blind
Washington, D.C. (washingtonpost.com): A federal appeals court today upheld a lower ruling that the U.S. currency system discriminates against blind people because bills of different denominations are the same size, shape and color and cannot be easily distinguished by the visually impaired.
In a 2-1 ruling issued this morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]
Police: ‘D.C. Madam’ committed suicide
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary): Florida police say a woman believed to be the one convicted of running a high-end prostitution ring in Washington has been found dead of an apparent suicide in a Florida Gulf Coast town.
Tarpon Springs police say a body they believed to be 52-year-old Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found in a shed near [...]
