Fighting For Important Causes In State And Federal Courts

Attorney talks rights at UPUA's town hall meeting

By Jessica Tully and Christina Gallagher December 7, 2010 Daily Collegian State College attorney Andrew Shubin said Centre County police officers are too concerned with generating a high number of student arrests for low-level offenses at the University Park...

Ex-Justice Criticizes Death Penalty

By ADAM LIPTAK New York Times November 27, 2010 WASHINGTON — In 1976, just six months after he joined the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens voted to reinstate capital punishment after a four-year moratorium. With the right procedures, he wrote, it is possible...

Prison Overcrowding Case Heads to Supreme Court

By DAVID G. SAVAGE AND CAROL J. WILLIAMS Tribune Washington Bureau Nov. 28, 2010 WASHINGTON — The suicide rate in California’s overcrowded prisons is nearly twice the national average, and one inmate dies every eight days from inadequate medical care....

Young voices: Raise fines for underage drinking in Pennsylvania

November 12, 2010 By Ashlynn Cannata, Fort LeBoeuf High School The tougher drinking laws that are being considered by officials from Pennsylvania are an excellent idea. It seems to me that underage drinking is a problem that is only getting worse, and I’m not...

Share Ideas About How Legislature Should Act

Bob Heisse, Centre Daily Times Usually, the Pennsylvania General Assembly comes back into session after the November election for a final flurry of votes. That won’t happen this year, because the Senate leaders signed off before the election and the House leaders...

The Other Big Debate This Election Cycle — The 'Wets' vs. 'Drys'

By Jason Mercier and Anthony Randazzo October 29, 2010 | FoxNews.com Seventy-seven years after the end of prohibition the battle of the “wets” versus the “drys” is alive and well in those states considering ending their government monopolies over the sale of liquor....
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