Supreme Court rules free legal aid may sue over welfare cuts
The court ruled 5 to 4 that poor litigants may use government funded legal aid to challenge welfare benefit losses. The decision overturns a Gingrich era restriction tying Legal Services Corp funding to not suing over welfare law. Justice Kennedy led the majority. Scalia dissented.
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Refugees flee Borneo violence to Central Java
Madurese refugees arrive by ship in Semarang in central Java after fleeing a Dayak rampage in Central Kalimantan on Borneo. At least 469 people have died in the violence over 11 days as Indonesia, with many ethnic groups across 13,000 islands, struggles to shelter settlers from Madura.
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No evidence of oil company collusion on gas prices
Federal investigators found no proof that oil companies conspired to raise pump prices last summer in Chicago Milwaukee and other cities. The FTC said there was no tacit or explicit collusion and the price decline after June was unrelated to the inquiry. The full report will go to Congress by end of March.
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Supreme Court blocks Missouri ballot labeling on term limits
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Missouri cannot label congressional candidates on ballots to signal support for term limits. Justice Stevens said the label handicaps candidates and oversteps state election power. Missouri and eight other states pursued similar laws, but most have been struck down or deemed unenforceable.
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