We Deserve the Truth From Citigroup, Judge Rules

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2011 A federal judge will not accept the SEC's settlement with Citigroup for defrauding its customers of more than $700 million in just one of the firm's lousy investment opportunities. (more)A federal judge will not accept the SEC's settlement with Citigroup for defrauding its customers of more than $700 million in just one of the firm's lousy investment opportunities. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Judge Puts Florida’s Welfare Drug Test Law on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2011 Since last summer, applicants for government assistance in Florida have been required to pass a drug test before receiving federal help, but on Monday a federal judge temporarily blocked that measure in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Strauss-Kahn Is a Free Man

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2011 A judge in New York on Tuesday dismissed all charges in the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Strauss-Kahn Is Freed From House Arrest

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2011 A state Supreme Court justice in Manhattan officially released Dominique Strauss-Kahn from house arrest Friday after hearing that prosecutors have serious issues with the hotel housekeeper whose credibility has been, until now, the cornerstone of their case. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wis. Judge Blocks Anti-Union Law

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2011 It ain't over yet in Wisconsin. On Friday, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi took aim to temporarily thwart Gov. Scott Walker's highly contested law, passed last week, that stripped state employees of their collective bargaining power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Another Federal Judge Challenges Health Care Law

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2011 On Monday, another federal judge from our nation's south made a bid to squelch President Obama's big health care win from last year by arguing that the mandatory health insurance component of the law makes the whole thing unconstitutional. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virginia Judge Opens Fire on Health Care Reform

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2010 It's not like nobody saw this coming, but Monday, one Judge Henry E Hudson of Richmond, Va, kicked off the next round of attacks on what the right still likes to call "Obamacare" by contesting the constitutionality . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Back in Effect

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2010 On Wednesday, the Obama administration succeeded in its mission of reinstating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians among its ranks As the San Francisco Chronicle reported that afternoon, a (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Government Moves to Block ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Injunction

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2010 As expected, the Justice Department asked an appeals court Wednesday to put a hold on U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips' recent injunction to stop the military from enforcing its "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Why would the government do this? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Federal Judge Orders End to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2010 We might finally see the end of "don't ask, don't tell," as the US military's controversial policy about homosexuality among its ranks took another big legal hit Tuesday from U District Judge Virginia Phillips of California (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reason Beats Hate in Prop. 8 Ruling

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 17, 2010 When public discourse is so dominated by hysterical sound bites of religious intolerance and xenophobia, it is inspiring to read federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s ruling overturning Proposition 8, the California voter initiative banning same-sex marriage.Judge Walker’s careful, unemotional and thorough decision should provide the final argument for permitting same-sex marriages in California and the rest of the United States. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Federal Judge Finds Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2010 A U.S. district judge in Massachusetts decided in two separate cases that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act signed into law by Bill Clinton encroaches on the states' right to regulate marriage and violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )