Lawyers who authorized torture 'disgraced profession': JFK counsel Sorensen
May 10, 2009
[JURIST] Ted Sorensen, former special counsel to US President John F. Kennedy, said in a commencement address [Lincoln Journal Star report] at the University of Nebraska College of Law [official website] Saturday that lawyers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] who authorized the....... [more] 
Nebraska court upholds firing of state trooper for KKK affiliation
February 27, 2009
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Nebraska [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that Robert Henderson will not be reinstated as a state trooper for the Nebraska State Patrol [official website] because of his membership in the Knights Party [advocacy website], a political group associated with....... [more]
Nebraska state senate votes to limit controversial 'safe haven' law
November 21, 2008
'[JURIST] The Nebraska state senate voted Friday to amend its controversial''safe haven'' law, which allows parents to abandon their children at certain locations without fear of prosecution. Friday''s amendments reduce the age at which children can be....... [more]
Affirmative action ban passed in Nebraska, trailing in Colorado
November 5, 2008
'[JURIST] A ballot measure to prohibit governmental agencies from discriminating or granting preferences on the basis of race and sex appeared to win approval from Nebraska voters Tuesday, while the outcome of a similar proposal in Colorado remained....... [more]
Nebraska governor calls special legislative session to amend 'safe haven' law
October 30, 2008
'[JURIST] Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman announced Wednesday he is calling a special session of the state legislature on November 14 to amend Nebraska''s so-called''safe haven'' law. The law, which went into effect in July, was intended to protect....... [more]
Nebraska lawmakers call parental 'safe haven' law too broad
September 26, 2008
'[JURIST] The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) declared Thursday that leaving a child at a hospital does not constitute per se termination of parents'' legal rights. Nebraska''s safe haven law (LB 157), which went into effect in....... [more]
Nebraska Supreme Court refuses to reconsider electric chair ban
April 9, 2008
'[JURIST] The Nebraska Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a motion for rehearing filed by state Attorney General Jon Bruning asking the court to reconsider its February ruling that execution by electric chair is"cruel and unusual" punishment and therefore....... [more]
Nebraska legislature rejects death penalty ban
March 26, 2008
'[JURIST] A Nebraska bill that would have banned the death penalty, replacing it with a sentence of life in prison without parole, failed in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday, receiving only 20 of the 25 necessary votes to move forward. Last month,....... [more]
Nebraska high court stays electrocution to weigh constitutional concerns
May 3, 2007
'[JURIST] The Nebraska Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday staying the execution of Carey Dean Moore while the court determines whether death by electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment. In a 4-3 decision, the Court noted that recent US Supreme....... [more]
Federal judge bars enforcement of Nebraska corporate farm ban pending high court appeal
January 27, 2007
'[JURIST] A federal judge in Nebraska ruled Friday that the state cannot enforce a 25-year old ban on corporate farming while it appeals a US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal decision ruling the ban unconstitutional. As anticipated, Nebraska Attorney....... [more]
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