Tag: law
Obama restarts debate over immigration reform
In El Paso, Texas, Barack Obama emphasized issues like border security and giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. ...
Congress spends 27 percent of its time taunting
Instead of policy making, compromising or fixing the problems of the country, the US Congress spends about 27 percent of its time taunting each other....
AIG plans to sue hedge funds over financial crisis
The American International Group Inc. is going after the banks that sold it some $40 billion of mortgage securities....
Political reaction to rising gas prices
Gas prices keep going up, and the White House and Congress are fighting it out on how to respond....
Law firm refuses to defend the Defense of Marriage Act
Republicans in the US House of Representatives had hired a law firm, King and Spalding, to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. King and Spalding has now announced it is withdrawing from the case....
Arizona's new immigration laws
The Arizona legislature is considering a new round of laws aimed at curbing undocumented immigration into the state. ...
Environmental groups sue the EPA to save species
Laws protecting endangered species and regulating pesticides could drastically change because of a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency....
Bringing gay tourism to Nepal
Sunil Pant, Nepal's first openly gay member of parliament, wants to bring much-needed tourism dollars to his home country....
Is China's one-child policy coming to an end?
As China's population ages, many consider overturning the country's controversial policy....
Considered adultery cost Italian woman alimony
An Italian court has annulled a woman's marriage and denied her spousal support after she told friends that she didn't have a problem with open marriage....
