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Posted: 4/25/2013 11:58:32 AM EST
A demonstrator protests outside the ruling African National Congress headquarters in Johannesburg, Thursday, April 25, 2013 against the Protection of State Information Bill which has been passed by Parliament. The secrecy bill will now be sent to president Jacob Zuma to sign into law. Opponents say that the proposed law remained unconstitutional and various groups have vowed to challenge the bill. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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Posted: 3/16/2013 8:48:24 AM EST
FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2012, file photo Ted Olson, right, lead Co-Counsel for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, seen with Proposition 8 paintiffs, Jeff Zarrillo, left, and Paul Katami, middle, comments on the announcement that California's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional during a American Foundation for Equal Rights conference in Los Angeles. A continuing distinct partisan divide is present in the gay marriage cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, set for arguments March 26-27, 2013, even though a brief on behalf of more than 100 prominent Republicans calls for marriage equality. The split is most in evidence in legal briefs filed with the court by state attorneys general. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Posted: 3/16/2013 8:28:25 AM EST
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 17 - FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2012, file photo Ted Olson, right, lead Co-Counsel for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, seen with Proposition 8 paintiffs, Jeff Zarrillo, left, and Paul Katami, middle, comments on the announcement that California's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional during a American Foundation for Equal Rights conference in Los Angeles. A continuing distinct partisan divide is present in the gay marriage cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, set for arguments March 26-27, 2013, even though a brief on behalf of more than 100 prominent Republicans calls for marriage equality. The split is most in evidence in legal briefs filed with the court by state attorneys general. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Posted: 3/13/2013 4:08:29 PM EST
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he wants the state's attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that Illinois' concealed carry ban is unconstitutional Wednesday March 13, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. An appeal would put the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 3/1/2013 6:18:28 PM EST
FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Lawyers for Holmes have indicated their client might plead not guilty by reason of insanity. In court documents made public Friday, March 1, 2013, James Holmes' attorneys want the judge to declare portions of the state's insanity defense laws unconstitutional. The filings say the laws in which a defendant may waive their right to remain silent and reveal confidential medical information should be unconstitutional in cases involving the possibility of execution. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)
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Posted: 2/25/2013 11:33:26 AM EST
This undated handout photo provided by Robert Goldberg, shows Dr. Robert Goldberg, who as a young medical student in the waning days of the Vietnam War challenged the constitutionality of the Military Selective Service Act on the grounds that it discriminated against men by excluding women from draft registration. Goldberg, now 59 and a doctor living and practicing near San Francisco, said, “All I was trying to do was to see that the Selective Service System be declared unconstitutional by one means or another. It seemed patently obvious to me that a woman could do a job as well as I could." (AP Photo)
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Posted: 2/25/2013 3:18:31 AM EST
This undated handout photo provided by Robert Goldberg, shows Attorney Robert Goldberg, who as a young medical student in the waning days of the Vietnam War challenged the constitutionality of the Military Selective Service Act on the grounds that it discriminated against men by excluding women from draft registration. Goldberg, now 59 and a doctor living and practicing near San Francisco, said, “All I was trying to do was to see that the Selective Service System be declared unconstitutional by one means or another. It seemed patently obvious to me that a woman could do a job as well as I could." (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 5:33:23 PM EST
FILE -- This Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows Arizona State Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs (R) speaking to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission in Phoenix. It's early on in the Arizona legislative session, but so far the proposals described by one top Republican as "esoteric" and criticized by Democrats as unconstitutional have dominated the headlines. Biggs and House Speaker Andy Tobin are tasked with determining whether proposals advance to a full legislative debate. AP Photo/Matt York, file)
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Posted: 11/30/2012 4:18:30 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Joshua Montano, left, and Deborah Robles protest in front of the Capitol the day after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in an executive order reaffirming Arizona state law denying young illegal immigrants driver's licenses and other public benefits in Phoenix. Organizations that advocate for immigrant rights on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 filed a lawsuit seeking to reverse an order by Jan Brewer that denies driving licenses to young immigrants who have obtained work permits and avoided deportation thanks to a new policy of President Barack Obama. The lawsuit alleges that Arizona's order actually classifies called "dreamers" as immigrants without permission to reside in the United States. The organizations asked a federal judge to declare unconstitutional the order because federal law takes precedence and because it denies licenses without a valid excuse. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Posted: 11/15/2012 10:33:20 PM EST
FILE -- In a Nov. 7, 2006 file photo Jennifer Gratz, the executive director of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, is seen during a Proposal 2 watch party in East Lansing, Mich., when Michigan's ban on affirmative action passesd. Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions was declared unconstitutional Thursday Nov. 15, 2012, by a deeply divided federal appeals court. (AP Photo/Free Press, Kathleen Galligan/file) NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 11/11/2012 8:53:17 PM EST
This photo provided by Liberty Institute shows people gathering beneath a 7-foot-tall World War I memorial cross on a rocky hilltop within a national park at its rededication in the Mojave Desert community of Cima, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. An earlier cross had stood on the site since the 1930s, before being deemed unconstitutional and removed because it stood on public land. The site is now in private hands as part of a land swap with the National Park Service that ended the longstanding legal dispute, which had become entangled in the thorny issues of patriotism and religion. (AP Photo/Liberty Institute)
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Posted: 11/11/2012 8:53:17 PM EST
This photo provided by Liberty Institute shows Henry Sandoz standing below a new, 7-foot steel cross on the same hilltop before more than 100 people. People gather beneath a 7-foot-tall World War I memorial cross on a rocky hilltop within a national park at its rededication in the Mojave Desert community of Cima, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Sandoz had cared for the original 1930s cross as part of a promise to a dying World War I veteran. The original earlier cross had stood at the site for decades before being deemed unconstitutional and removed because it stood on public land. The site is now in private hands as part of a land swap with the National Park Service that ended the longstanding legal dispute, which had become entangled in the thorny issues of patriotism and religion. (AP Photo/Liberty Institute)
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Posted: 11/1/2012 5:18:30 PM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, a woman walks from a Hobby Lobby Inc., store in Little Rock, Ark. Hobby Lobby Stores, the arts and craft supply chain that wants to block enforcement part of the new federal health care law that requires employers to cover insurance costs for the morning-after pill and the week-after pill is heading to court. Lawyers for the Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Stores say the federal law is unconstitutional and violates the company's owners' religious beliefs by forcing them to fund the pills, which they say effectively cause an abortion. The company says failure to provide such insurance could lead to fines of up to $1.3 million a day. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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Posted: 10/31/2012 2:38:24 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, Miami-Dade narcotics detector canine Franky, who came out of retirement to give a demonstration, sniffs for marijuana in Miami. Franky the drug dog's super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9's sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search? (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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Posted: 10/31/2012 2:38:24 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, Miami-Dade retired narcotics detector canine Franky looks on during a demonstration in Miami. Franky the drug dog's super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9's sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search? (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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Posted: 8/10/2012 12:18:29 PM EST
FILE - In this April 15, 2011 file photo, Jestina Clayton braids the hair of her daughter, Esther Clayton, 5, at her home in Centerville, Utah. Clayton a part-time hair braider has won her federal lawsuit against Utah, claiming the state's requirements to obtain a cosmetology license are irrelevant to her job and an unconstitutional infringement on her right to earn a living. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart,File)
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:58:24 PM EST
The Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 25, 2012. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional for state laws to require juveniles convicted of murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Posted: 6/14/2012 5:07:24 PM EST
A supporter of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy is seen with a picture of Morsy during a protest against presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, outside the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo June 14, 2012. Morsy said on Thursday he respected a court ruling that declared as unconstitutional the rules under which Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament was elected. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS)
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Posted: 6/14/2012 4:59:54 PM EST
Military police stand guard under a poster of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy outside the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo June 14, 2012. Morsy said on Thursday he respected a court ruling that declared as unconstitutional the rules under which Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament was elected. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS)
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Posted: 6/7/2012 10:03:35 AM EST
Syed Farhaj Hassan, center, is joined by Glenn Katon, left, legal director of Muslim Advocates, and Imam Abdul Kareem Muhammad as he speaks to reporters during a news conference, Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in New York. Hassan and Muhammad are two of eight Muslims who filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The lawsuit alleged that the police activities were unconstitutional because they focused on people's religion, national origin and race. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
