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...among the worst of crimes. In 1989 the U.S. received a rare rebuff from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Jens Soering, who was arrested in Britain after murdering his girlfriend's parents in Virginia in 1985. Eventually 18 Court of Human Rights judges unanimously upheld Soering's claim that his extradition would breach the European Convention on Human Rights, which forbids "cruel and unusual punishment." The judges felt that the prohibition would apply to any circumstances in which Soering might be found guilty and have to await execution on death...
...Diego airline pilot launched the legal challenge to the FAA rule, citing Fourth Amendment prohibitions of unreasonable searches. San Francisco's Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FAA, and the high court leaves that decision intact -- ending the case, but not the controversy. "There's not really a serious drug problem in the federal work force," says a spokeswoman for the American Federation of Government Employees, which has filed several anti-drug-test lawsuits. "We think the government could be better spending the $79 million that it's got committed to drug testing this year...
Although officials at OFCCP would not speculate on what would happen to the University if the claim is upheld, Foley said Harvard's several hundred million dollars could be revoked...
Still, this interpretation will face opposition and it is unlikely to be upheld. Other groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, vehmently oppose the current exemption for academics and oppose its continuation on any grounds...
Most Painful Dilemma The right-to-die issue heated up when the parents of Nancy Cruzan, a comatose Missouri woman, petitioned the Supreme Court for permission to remove her feeding tube. The high court upheld a state's right to demand evidence of the patient's intent. A Missouri judge then ruled that the tube could be removed...