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Compulsory HIV testing of accused sex offenders satisfies the special needs requirement because it is a public health issue, not a criminal law issue. Imposing a probable cause standard would be “entirely impracticable” [not impractical?] because of lack of immediate outward manifestations. State v. Handy, 2012 VT 21, 2012 Vt. LEXIS 22 (March 23, 2012).*

Fourth Amendment law is clear that mobility of a car makes for exigency for the automobile exception. Because the defendant did not argue that the state constitution should be separately considered as in other states where a warrant would be required if there was time, the court declines to do decide case on state constitution. State v. Sanchez-Loredo, 2012 Kan. LEXIS 210 (March 23, 2012).*

The officers observed defendant committing a crime, so there was probable cause for the stop and search of his car. Marked money was in plain view torn up on the floorboard. Therefore, defense counsel couldn’t be ineffective. Cooper v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39826 (C.D. Ill. March 23, 2012).*

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the threat of nuclear weapons remains a potent challenge for the globe to confront, telling foreign leaders that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take."...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama told Russia's leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing....

SANFORD, Fla. — Trayvon Martin had been suspended from school for having marijuana when the unarmed teenager was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, a family spokesman said Monday.

Trayvon, 17, was suspended by Miami-Dade County schools because traces of marijuana were found in a plastic baggie in his ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Organizers of an annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children have canceled this year's event, citing the behavior of aggressive parents who swarmed into the tiny park last year, determined that their children get an egg.

That hunt was over in seconds, to the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the threat of nuclear weapons remains a potent challenge for the globe to confront, telling foreign leaders that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take."...

Veterans offer companies the grit and skills needed to succeed.

The observed response of the climate to more CO2 is not in good agreement with predictions.

The Italian PM's labor market reform shows political courage.

Why emulate countries with high budget deficits, high unemployment, low birthrates, and weak defense?

Josh Kraushaar on gay marriage and black voters' support for President Obama.

Americans worry about competition from China. So do some of its Asian neighbors.

How about a tax code that doesn't discriminate against individual health policies?

What Sergei Magnitsky's brutal death tells us about the Kremlin's leadership.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As demonstrations swirled outside, Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they are ready to confront without delay the keep-or-kill questions at the heart of challenges to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. Virtually every American will be affected by the outcome, due this summer in the heat of the election campaign....

'I would not argue that this statute is a perfect model of clarity.'

Some conservatives risk falling into Obama's tax and deficit trap.

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HARRISBURG — An organization that includes atheists and agnostics is suing over a Pennsylvania House resolution that declares 2012 the "Year of the Bible," saying the measure violates the U.S. Constitution.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued the measure's main sponsor, the House clerk and the House parliamentarian Monday ...

Julian Zelizer says candidates are focusing on superficial aspects of U.S. economic woes while neglecting the deeper issues

A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Monday, March 26:...