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Cuban boat boy Elian Gonzalez's fate will be settled in court, but not in the Florida family court that ruled in favor of his Miami relatives. Attorney General Janet Reno Wednesday dismissed Judge Rosa Rodriguez's ruling granting temporary custody of Elian to a local relative as irrelevant since...
"Most legal experts believe the family court had no jurisdiction in this case, and many were surprised that Judge Rodriguez claimed jurisdiction," says TIME correspondent Viveca Novak. Adds TIME correspondent Adam Cohen, "There's a feeling that sometimes state courts are more beholden to the political system, and we've...
No one has ever accused the U.S. Army of offering an utterly transparent view of their behind-the-scenes maneuvers - and no one in their right mind would ever want the military to share all its secrets. Sometimes, however, the public's right to know and the military's need...
This isn't the first time safety concerns have been raised about the Utah plant, which stands roughly 50 miles from Salt Lake City. "There's a long-standing argument between the government and people who work in the Tooele facility over how safe it is," says TIME Washington correspondent...
Has the concept of family become so malleable that it should be up to judges to decide who can visit our children? That's what the Supreme Court began deciding Wednesday during opening arguments in a battle for children's visitation rights that pits the paternal grandparents of two little...