How to Fight CPS to Get Your Kids Back | eHow.com
Many child protection services (CPS) organizations in the United States have broad powers to take custody of children they feel are being abused, neglected or mistreated. Once CPS has taken a child into their custody, administrative laws dictate family reunification; these rules are often vague enough to provide social workers with the power to maintain state custody for months and, in some cases, years. If your children are in state custody, you have legal options available to get your them back.
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions
1
Hire a lawyer immediately. If you can afford a private lawyer, find one that specializes in CPS cases. If you are unable to afford a private lawyer obtain a public defender. While some individuals have successfully fought CPS charges on their own, in most cases having an attorney will help you get your children back sooner.
2
Write a sworn declaration attesting to your version of the events that caused CPS to remove children from your care. This statement should be witnessed and signed by a notary public. File the original, signed copy of this statement with your county court house; ask the clerk to ensure the document is included in the official file pertaining to your case. Keep a copy of this document for your records.
3
Document every interaction you have with CPS case workers or representatives. This written documentation can be used in court as part of your defense.
4
Research your state's CPS administrative rules and regulations
Research CPS rules and regulations. Check your local library for administrative policies that regulate both the CPS agency as well as individual case workers. If a case worker behaves illegally or inappropriately be sure to document the event immediately and inform your lawyer.
5
Review your rights. In most cases, it is best not to answer too many questions unless your lawyer is present. While you may feel that you are innocent and have nothing to hide, everything you say can be used against you.
6
Maintain polite conversation with CPS case workers at all times. Never raise your voice or behave in a way that could potentially call into question your ability to maintain control over yourself.
7
Be very clear about the results of court hearings. Requirements for the return of your children must be court-ordered. These requirements are the only legal obligations you have for getting your children back. Let your lawyer know if case workers indicate that you are obligated to perform activities that were not specifically outlined in court documents.
8
Comply with all court requirements and work with CPS case workers until the situation has been resolved.
Follow through with every court-ordered requirement and courteously and politely work with CPS case workers until a judge returns your children to your care.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Lawyer: Accused killer was in 23 foster homes
Lawyer: Accused killer was in 23 foster homes | News | 2theadvocate.com — Baton Rouge, LA
An attorney for Dustin Musso, who is accused of first-degree murder in the 2009 slaying of his grandfather in Baton Rouge, said Monday the 31-year-old Musso was in 23 foster homes starting at the age of 3.
An attorney for Dustin Musso, who is accused of first-degree murder in the 2009 slaying of his grandfather in Baton Rouge, said Monday the 31-year-old Musso was in 23 foster homes starting at the age of 3.
April 25th is Parental Alienation Awareness Day-Parental alienation syndrome’s addition to manual remains uncertain
Parental alienation syndrome’s addition to manual remains uncertain
Parental alienation syndrome’s addition to manual remains uncertain
(March 2011 Issue)
By Ami Albernaz
As the forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) takes shape, some psychologists and others outside the mental health field are pushing for the addition of parental alienation syndrome, a term used to describe the effects of one parent's manipulating a child into rejecting a relationship with the other parent.
Children who have suffered parental alienation syndrome, or PAS, usually in the context of divorce or separation, can grow up depressed and struggle toward self-sufficiency, says Amy Baker, Ph.D., director of research at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection in New York, N.Y. and the author of three books on parental alienation. Depression, guilt and low self-esteem come from a sense of unresolved loss toward the rejected parent and a need to appease the other parent.
Baker and others who support the addition of parental alienation to the DSM say its recognition could lead to more research and better intervention and would increase its legitimacy among family court judges and custody evaluators.
The term "parental alienation syndrome" was coined in the 1980s by Richard Gardner, M.D., a child psychiatrist at Columbia University. Gardner, who died in 2003, believed PAS to be a form of abuse, most often perpetrated by mothers. (He revised this claim later on to say both parents could be responsible).
The term has come under criticism from women's rights groups and battered women's advocates, who say it could be used by men trying to deflect attention from their abusive behavior.
Baker argues that parental alienation was never intended to include abusive or neglectful parents, something that Gardner also said. Rather, it refers to "strategies intended to manipulate the child into rejecting a parent when there isn't a good reason to reject that parent," she says.
The strategies used by an alienating parent to turn a child or children against the other parent tend to be pervasive, Baker says. One tactic is denigrating the other parent in front of the child.
"It can be taking a minor flaw and making it seem worthy of contempt," she says. "There's probably an endless list of specifics one parent could say bad about another, but what it really comes down to is that the other parent is made out to be unsafe, unloving and unavailable."
Anything a marginalized parent or targeted parent, does can be recast in a negative light, Baker adds: The parent who calls a lot is characterized as a stalker. If the parent pulls away to give the child space, it's abandonment.
Alienating parents often limit contact between the child and the other parent, sometimes in subtle ways - dropping the child off with the other parent 10 minutes late and picking up 10 minutes early, for instance - and not-so-subtle ways, such as texting or calling the child during visits with the other parent.
"For young children who live very much in the present, a relationship is comprised of very many little moments," Baker says. "Whatever is in the child's mind and heart, they can share it with the parent. But if there's no opportunity to do that, the relationship can suffer."
Over time, a child might begin rejecting the criticized parent out of a sense of allegiance to the other parent, even if the child doesn't understand it.
"Children may read and internalize the vocal parent's strong feelings and react protectively - or self-protectively - on that parent's behalf," says Lynn Margolies, Ph.D., a Newton, Mass. psychologist whose areas of focus include marital, parental and family conflict. "In this situation, the child may identify with the critical, angry parent or unconsciously express this parent's perceptions as if they were the child's own."
This can be damaging to children because they "disavow their own feelings, creating a state of detachment from themselves, potential confusion and aloneness," Margolies says.
It's important for targeted parents to show their children they are safe, loving and available, Baker says. As much as possible, they should try to brainstorm solutions with their children.
"Often times, an alienating parent will do something to incite conflict between the child and the targeted parent," she says. "If possible, they should rearrange things, so they're not fighting against their kid."
If curfew is a contentious issue, for instance, "the targeted parent could say, 'gee, you had some thoughts about curfew - how should we approach this?' That way, it's like you're on the same team as the kid." By focusing on a relationship with the child in spite of the obstacles, a marginalized parent can have a positive impact, Margolies says.
"Though it is easy for the marginalized parent to feel hopeless about having any impact on their child, each parent's relationship with the child is critical," she says. "The marginalized parent should try to hold this in mind and positively channel their energy into developing and enhancing their relationship with the child during their time together."
While a number of groups have sprung up recently to support parental alienation's inclusion in the new DSM, its fate remains unclear.
Last fall, Darrel Regier, M.D., vice chair of the American Psychiatric Association task force drafting the manual, told the Associated Press that the chances of parental alienation being included were slim, and that there isn't enough scientific evidence to warrant its inclusion. A spokesperson for the American Psychiatric Association told New England Psychologist, there has been no change on that stance to date.
Yet Baker says she's hopeful PAS will somehow be included, either as a relational disorder or on a list of disorders that will be considered for future manuals.
Parental alienation syndrome’s addition to manual remains uncertain
(March 2011 Issue)
By Ami Albernaz
As the forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) takes shape, some psychologists and others outside the mental health field are pushing for the addition of parental alienation syndrome, a term used to describe the effects of one parent's manipulating a child into rejecting a relationship with the other parent.
Children who have suffered parental alienation syndrome, or PAS, usually in the context of divorce or separation, can grow up depressed and struggle toward self-sufficiency, says Amy Baker, Ph.D., director of research at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection in New York, N.Y. and the author of three books on parental alienation. Depression, guilt and low self-esteem come from a sense of unresolved loss toward the rejected parent and a need to appease the other parent.
Baker and others who support the addition of parental alienation to the DSM say its recognition could lead to more research and better intervention and would increase its legitimacy among family court judges and custody evaluators.
The term "parental alienation syndrome" was coined in the 1980s by Richard Gardner, M.D., a child psychiatrist at Columbia University. Gardner, who died in 2003, believed PAS to be a form of abuse, most often perpetrated by mothers. (He revised this claim later on to say both parents could be responsible).
The term has come under criticism from women's rights groups and battered women's advocates, who say it could be used by men trying to deflect attention from their abusive behavior.
Baker argues that parental alienation was never intended to include abusive or neglectful parents, something that Gardner also said. Rather, it refers to "strategies intended to manipulate the child into rejecting a parent when there isn't a good reason to reject that parent," she says.
The strategies used by an alienating parent to turn a child or children against the other parent tend to be pervasive, Baker says. One tactic is denigrating the other parent in front of the child.
"It can be taking a minor flaw and making it seem worthy of contempt," she says. "There's probably an endless list of specifics one parent could say bad about another, but what it really comes down to is that the other parent is made out to be unsafe, unloving and unavailable."
Anything a marginalized parent or targeted parent, does can be recast in a negative light, Baker adds: The parent who calls a lot is characterized as a stalker. If the parent pulls away to give the child space, it's abandonment.
Alienating parents often limit contact between the child and the other parent, sometimes in subtle ways - dropping the child off with the other parent 10 minutes late and picking up 10 minutes early, for instance - and not-so-subtle ways, such as texting or calling the child during visits with the other parent.
"For young children who live very much in the present, a relationship is comprised of very many little moments," Baker says. "Whatever is in the child's mind and heart, they can share it with the parent. But if there's no opportunity to do that, the relationship can suffer."
Over time, a child might begin rejecting the criticized parent out of a sense of allegiance to the other parent, even if the child doesn't understand it.
"Children may read and internalize the vocal parent's strong feelings and react protectively - or self-protectively - on that parent's behalf," says Lynn Margolies, Ph.D., a Newton, Mass. psychologist whose areas of focus include marital, parental and family conflict. "In this situation, the child may identify with the critical, angry parent or unconsciously express this parent's perceptions as if they were the child's own."
This can be damaging to children because they "disavow their own feelings, creating a state of detachment from themselves, potential confusion and aloneness," Margolies says.
It's important for targeted parents to show their children they are safe, loving and available, Baker says. As much as possible, they should try to brainstorm solutions with their children.
"Often times, an alienating parent will do something to incite conflict between the child and the targeted parent," she says. "If possible, they should rearrange things, so they're not fighting against their kid."
If curfew is a contentious issue, for instance, "the targeted parent could say, 'gee, you had some thoughts about curfew - how should we approach this?' That way, it's like you're on the same team as the kid." By focusing on a relationship with the child in spite of the obstacles, a marginalized parent can have a positive impact, Margolies says.
"Though it is easy for the marginalized parent to feel hopeless about having any impact on their child, each parent's relationship with the child is critical," she says. "The marginalized parent should try to hold this in mind and positively channel their energy into developing and enhancing their relationship with the child during their time together."
While a number of groups have sprung up recently to support parental alienation's inclusion in the new DSM, its fate remains unclear.
Last fall, Darrel Regier, M.D., vice chair of the American Psychiatric Association task force drafting the manual, told the Associated Press that the chances of parental alienation being included were slim, and that there isn't enough scientific evidence to warrant its inclusion. A spokesperson for the American Psychiatric Association told New England Psychologist, there has been no change on that stance to date.
Yet Baker says she's hopeful PAS will somehow be included, either as a relational disorder or on a list of disorders that will be considered for future manuals.
Blog « A Family's Heartbreak: A Parent's Introduction to Parental Alienation
Blog « A Family's Heartbreak: A Parent's Introduction to Parental Alienation
April 13th, 2011
Mike Jeffries, author of A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation, is joining other parental alienation experts on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the DePaul Center in Chicago, Illinois to help educate parents, legal and mental health professionals about parental alienation.
Jeffries will address participants at the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO) conference, “The Painful Path of Parental Alienation and Visitation Interference.” Also speaking at the conference are Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michele Lowrance, the author of The Good Karma Divorce; Attorney Jame Pritikin, who recently helped Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade overcome the attempted alienation of his children; Dr. Michael Bone, a parental alienation expert who has spent the past 25 years dealing with high conflict divorce as a therapist, expert witness, mediator, evaluator and consultant; and Jill Egizii, PAAO President and author of The Look of Love.
“I’m thrilled to join such a great group of knowledgeable and passionate speakers as we help others understand parental alienation and examine strategies for addressing alienation both legally and therapeutically,” Jeffries said. “I’m also proud to support the PAAO. The organization does great work helping others deal with these very heartbreaking situations.”
The one-day conference begins at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room 8005 at the DePaul Center in Chicago. The cost is $50 for non-PAAO members and $25 for CRC Illinois PAAO members. Participants can register online at www.paawareness.org/2011PAAOChicagoConference/or by mail with a check to Jill Egizii/PAAO at 1645 W. Laurel Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704.
The event is cosponsored by the DePaul Law Center. For more information on the conference you can visit, www.paawareness.org.
April 13th, 2011
Mike Jeffries, author of A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation, is joining other parental alienation experts on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the DePaul Center in Chicago, Illinois to help educate parents, legal and mental health professionals about parental alienation.
Jeffries will address participants at the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO) conference, “The Painful Path of Parental Alienation and Visitation Interference.” Also speaking at the conference are Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michele Lowrance, the author of The Good Karma Divorce; Attorney Jame Pritikin, who recently helped Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade overcome the attempted alienation of his children; Dr. Michael Bone, a parental alienation expert who has spent the past 25 years dealing with high conflict divorce as a therapist, expert witness, mediator, evaluator and consultant; and Jill Egizii, PAAO President and author of The Look of Love.
“I’m thrilled to join such a great group of knowledgeable and passionate speakers as we help others understand parental alienation and examine strategies for addressing alienation both legally and therapeutically,” Jeffries said. “I’m also proud to support the PAAO. The organization does great work helping others deal with these very heartbreaking situations.”
The one-day conference begins at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room 8005 at the DePaul Center in Chicago. The cost is $50 for non-PAAO members and $25 for CRC Illinois PAAO members. Participants can register online at www.paawareness.org/2011PAAOChicagoConference/or by mail with a check to Jill Egizii/PAAO at 1645 W. Laurel Street, Springfield, Illinois 62704.
The event is cosponsored by the DePaul Law Center. For more information on the conference you can visit, www.paawareness.org.
Dependent on Prescription Drugs, Even Before Birth
Dependent on Prescription Drugs, Even Before Birth - NYTimes.com
BANGOR, Me. — The mother got the call in the middle of the night: her 3-day-old baby was going through opiate withdrawal in a hospital here and had to start taking methadone, a drug best known for treating heroin addiction, to ease his suffering.
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Damon Winter/The New York Times
Liriel, 1 year old, playing with her mother, Kate, in their bedroom at a transitional home where they have lived while waiting for permanent housing in Maine. Liriel experienced withdrawal from opiate dependency at birth and was treated with methadone. Her mother is still receiving treatment.
The mother had abused prescription painkillers like OxyContin for the first 12 weeks of her pregnancy, buying them on the street in rural northern Maine, and then tried to quit cold turkey — a dangerous course, doctors say, that could have ended in miscarriage. The baby had seizures in utero as a result, and his mother, Tonya, turned to methadone treatment, with daily doses to keep her cravings and withdrawal symptoms at bay.
As prescription drug abuse ravages communities across the country, doctors are confronting an emerging challenge: newborns dependent on painkillers. While methadone may have saved Tonya’s pregnancy, her son, Matthew, needed to be painstakingly weaned from it.
Infants like him may cry excessively and have stiff limbs, tremors, diarrhea and other problems that make their first days of life excruciating. Many have to stay in the hospital for weeks while they are weaned off the drugs, taxing neonatal units and driving the cost of their medical care into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Like the cocaine-exposed babies of the 1980s, those born dependent on prescription opiates — narcotics that contain opium or its derivatives — are entering a world in which little is known about the long-term effects on their development. Few doctors are even willing to treat pregnant opiate addicts, and there is no universally accepted standard of care for their babies, partly because of the difficulty of conducting research on pregnant women and newborns.
Those who do treat pregnant addicts face a jarring ethical quandary: they must weigh whether the harm inflicted by exposing a fetus to powerful drugs, albeit under medical supervision, is justifiable.
Read more at the above link.
BANGOR, Me. — The mother got the call in the middle of the night: her 3-day-old baby was going through opiate withdrawal in a hospital here and had to start taking methadone, a drug best known for treating heroin addiction, to ease his suffering.
Enlarge This Image
Damon Winter/The New York Times
Liriel, 1 year old, playing with her mother, Kate, in their bedroom at a transitional home where they have lived while waiting for permanent housing in Maine. Liriel experienced withdrawal from opiate dependency at birth and was treated with methadone. Her mother is still receiving treatment.
The mother had abused prescription painkillers like OxyContin for the first 12 weeks of her pregnancy, buying them on the street in rural northern Maine, and then tried to quit cold turkey — a dangerous course, doctors say, that could have ended in miscarriage. The baby had seizures in utero as a result, and his mother, Tonya, turned to methadone treatment, with daily doses to keep her cravings and withdrawal symptoms at bay.
As prescription drug abuse ravages communities across the country, doctors are confronting an emerging challenge: newborns dependent on painkillers. While methadone may have saved Tonya’s pregnancy, her son, Matthew, needed to be painstakingly weaned from it.
Infants like him may cry excessively and have stiff limbs, tremors, diarrhea and other problems that make their first days of life excruciating. Many have to stay in the hospital for weeks while they are weaned off the drugs, taxing neonatal units and driving the cost of their medical care into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Like the cocaine-exposed babies of the 1980s, those born dependent on prescription opiates — narcotics that contain opium or its derivatives — are entering a world in which little is known about the long-term effects on their development. Few doctors are even willing to treat pregnant opiate addicts, and there is no universally accepted standard of care for their babies, partly because of the difficulty of conducting research on pregnant women and newborns.
Those who do treat pregnant addicts face a jarring ethical quandary: they must weigh whether the harm inflicted by exposing a fetus to powerful drugs, albeit under medical supervision, is justifiable.
Read more at the above link.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
15 Books Every New Father Should Read | Masters in Health Care
15 Books Every New Father Should Read | Masters in Health Care
15 Books Every New Father Should Read
In the immortal words uttered by Keanu Reeves in Parenthood: "You need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car — hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father." On one level, it’s impossible for a man to totally prepare for the experience of fatherhood. At best, you can buy supplies and prepare by telling yourself that, no matter what, things are probably going to get crazy. But even if it’s not feasible to understood the magnitude of parenting until the situation is upon you, it is possible to do your homework and read first-hand accounts from men who’ve done their time in the trenches with dirty diapers. Granted, reading a book about parenting and thinking you’re prepared is a lot like reading a sex-ed primer and then landing a hot date: application is a whole lot trickier (and more interesting) than theory. But these books are still some of the best places to get the info you’ll need, and new or expectant fathers would be wise to buy them, bookmark them, and live by their example.
15 Books Every New Father Should Read
In the immortal words uttered by Keanu Reeves in Parenthood: "You need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car — hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father." On one level, it’s impossible for a man to totally prepare for the experience of fatherhood. At best, you can buy supplies and prepare by telling yourself that, no matter what, things are probably going to get crazy. But even if it’s not feasible to understood the magnitude of parenting until the situation is upon you, it is possible to do your homework and read first-hand accounts from men who’ve done their time in the trenches with dirty diapers. Granted, reading a book about parenting and thinking you’re prepared is a lot like reading a sex-ed primer and then landing a hot date: application is a whole lot trickier (and more interesting) than theory. But these books are still some of the best places to get the info you’ll need, and new or expectant fathers would be wise to buy them, bookmark them, and live by their example.
Constitutional Law & Rights Topic Area
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The Library's a Strong Supporter of Gun Control, meaning: The Ability to Hit What you're Aiming At.
Besides, if Guns are Outlawed How can we Shoot the Liberals... and Conservatives?
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.... The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against tyranny... - Hubert Humphrey, liberal
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I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam. - Oliver Stone
It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We believe in obeying the law. - Malcolm X
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... - Thomas Paine
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We're going to beat guns into submission! - Sen. Charles Schumer
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Another Const. Law Outline, 30k
A 3rd Constitutional Law Outline, 40k
Can We Take our Freedoms for Granted?, 30k
Brief Bibliography on the U.S. Constitution, 8k
U.S. Archivist's Certification of 27th Amend., 5k
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Notable Court Decisions on Constitutional Issues, 270k
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Republic of Hungary Constitution, 60k
Some Nazi Laws On Jews, 2k
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Artistic Freedom, 15k
ACLU on the 1st Amendment., 7k
Freedom of Expression, 30k
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Controlling Protest's 1st Amend. Implications, 30k
1st Amendment Outline, 50k, Zip
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The Library's a Strong Supporter of Gun Control, meaning: The Ability to Hit What you're Aiming At.
Besides, if Guns are Outlawed How can we Shoot the Liberals... and Conservatives?
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.... The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against tyranny... - Hubert Humphrey, liberal
Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe. - Dianne Feinstein, liberal hypocrite
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No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson
I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam. - Oliver Stone
It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We believe in obeying the law. - Malcolm X
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... - Thomas Paine
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. - George Washington
We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy.
We're going to beat guns into submission! - Sen. Charles Schumer
OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
14th Amendment Outline, 54k, Zip
English as the Only U.S. Language, 12k
Electronic Privacy Rights in the Workplace, 8k
Guide to the Net Resources on Individual Rights, 25k, Zip
Clinton's 2/96 Memo on the 'Benefits' of School Uniforms, 5k'Standardized uniforms encourages the subordination of personal preferences and identities in favor of the overall group.' - William Rehnquist
Aids & Civil Liberties, 11k
Court Reinstates Law Denying Gay Rights, 3k
Report on Discrimination due to Physical Size, 50k
Reproductive Freedom Rights of Minors, 13k
Reproductive Freedom - The Right to Choose, 20k
Property Compensation Bill's Opposition, 11k
Supremes Limits Local Bars to Group Homes, 10k
Local Land Control & the U.S. Constitution., 17k
Pennsylvania Coal v. Mahon, '22, 24k Property Regulation can be Unconstitutional
Due Process Mini-Outline, 10k
Supremes on No-Knock Searches - Syllabus, 3k
A Few Cites from the Supremes on Police I.D. Checks, 2k
Constitutional Guide to the Use of Cellmate Informants, 25k
Flag Desecration Legislation Pros & Cons, 20k, Zip
Civil Liberty Implications of Terrorism Laws, 35k
Some Important ACLU Supreme Court Victories, 30k
ACLU on Congress's Assault on Civil Liberties, 6k
ACLU on Counterterrorism Legislation, 6k
ACLU on Crime Bills, 5k
MORE COURT CASES & DECISIONS
M'Culloch v. Maryland, 1819, 65k, Zip Constitution's 'The Supreme Law of the Land'
9th Circuit's '96 Opinion, 35k Calif. Gas Chamber is Cruel & Unusual Punishment
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976, 57k, Zip Death Penalty Not Inherently Cruel & Unusual Punishment
Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 1971, 86k, OKed Suing Feds for Unconstitutional Acts
9th Cir's '96 Ruling, 109k, Zip Right to Die is Constitutionally Protected
Supreme's '96 Decision, 25k, Zip Allowing Forfeiture of Innocent Owner's Property
Kastigar v. U.S., 1972, 62k Granting 'Use Immunity' can Override Self-Incrimination Privilege
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