... that normalization of those cases and a determination as to the constitutionality of the Ordinance required petitions to and findings by the Supreme Court. Those initial steps have now begun. Comment. ... . His prospects for remaining in office much longer do not look bright with today’s petitions. Zardari squandered a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become a legendary president of Pakistan. ...

... quot; dropped white carnations on the trunk to pay tribute to gay Mormons who have committed suicide. LDS officials denied a request that a general authority meet with the group -- which last month scored a meeting with Gov. Gary Herbert -- to accept the petition." Watch a report on the cart's journey and its arrival at LDS headquarters, AFTER THE JUMP... (top image salt lake tribune)

The Supreme Court will decide whether or not to grant cert in two Indian law-related cases, Benally v. United States (No. 09-5429), and Pyke v. Cuomo (No. 09-242). Benally may have a reasonable chance of being granted (though SCOTUSBlog does not list it as a petition to watch), if for no other reason that some amici filed briefs in support of the petition.

... , established in 2004, and the later IsraCampus, model themselves on Campus Watch, a US organisation founded by Daniel Pipes, an academic closely identified with the US neoconservative movement. Campus Watch has been widely accused of intimidating US scholars who have expressed views ... Israel's separation wall, signing petitions or attending conferences critical of Israel, defending ...

... of the first Superman film. But there is a group of intrepid fans trying to petition for WB to release a version cut by Bryan Singer’s vision of the movie. Now petitions are about as effective as asking Uwe Boll to stop making movies but it is interesting to consider it. Latino Review says: The website SupermanReturnsTheBryansingerCut is asking fans of the film to sign a petition to ...

SCOTUSblog has identified the cert. petition in Buell-Wilson as one of the "petitions to watch" for the Supreme Court's upcoming conference on November 24. The SCOTUSblog post includes links to the opinion and the petition-stage briefing. Opinion below (California Court of Appeal)Petition ...

SCOTUSBlog petitions to watch 11-24-09 conference A potential exclusionary rule case, dressed in RS's clothing: Docket: 09-102 Title: Virginia v. Rudolph Issue: Did the Supreme Court of Virginia properly find, on the facts of this case, that an investigative stop was unjustified under the Fourth Amendment? Opinion below (Virginia Supreme Court) Petition for ...

... one case, summarily reversed another, and denied the petitions in many more.  Notable cases on which the Court took action ... Court's next conference is on Friday, December 4th. Petitions of note to be considered at that conference include: 9-35 ...

... left. Generally the site visits were effective for us, people really did not know what the petitions were about, and it was effective for us to tell them what the law was about and to tell them that it had nothing to do with men going into ladies restrooms. There ... 4. Beyer’s Political Career. Maryland Politics Watch, not surprisingly, follows Maryland politics very closely. Their argument here ...

... larger white community. I think I'm the best candidate to do that." Watch: A Stalking Horse? In the video above, you might have heard Cameron mention ... three weeks. Of O'Brien's 2,000-plus petitions, 10 virtually mirror ... a Chicago Sun-Times examination of the thousands of petitions submitted by each candidate. Nearly all of the 200 voters who signed ...