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Headwaters Ahead: Did Davis Pepper Spray Cop Use Excessive Force?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Oh no! Peaceful protesters have invaded UC Davis to sit on the campus quad as part of the nationwide Occupy Wall Street protests. Clearly, there is only one...
Mining Company Wins Rock Creek Project Appeal in Ninth Circuit
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Revett Silver Company can move forward with plans to build and operate a copper and silver mine in...
ProtectMarriage Has Standing to Challenge Prop 8 Ruling
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The California Supreme Court ruled this morning that ProtectMarriage has standing to challenge retired Judge Vaughn Walker’s 2010 ruling striking down...
Immigration Appeals: Good Moral Character Assessment Spans Years
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Former President Bill Clinton's grand jury testimony will always be remembered for existential musings on a two-letter word. Years later, cases can still turn...
Morgan Hill Student Free Speech Rights Case Fits Tinker to a T
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Four high school students from Morgan Hill, Calif. lost a federal lawsuit this week over American flag T-shirts. The students claimed that school...
Log Cabin Republicans Won't Push Don't Ask Don't Tell Case
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) case is officially over. Sure, you may have thought that the case ended when the Obama Administration certified the DADT...