http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-1015

5-4 decision by the Supreme Court that a Pakistani man cannot sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Head Robert Mueller for his incarceration after the 9/11 attacks. Javaid Iqbal had sought redress for his arrest which he felt was based on discriminatory policies based on his religion and nationality. The court ruled that the top officials were not liable for the actions of their subordinates. From Findlaw.com

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2009/rp09-042.pdf

Describes an attempt by the British Parliament to harmonize existing law which outlaws various types of discrimination into a more coherent whole. Proposes a new legal framework for equalities legislation, and includes a section on statistical aspects of social inequality, including age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, ethnic minorities, religion, sexual orientation and gender pay gap. House of Commons Library Research Paper 09/42.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40416_22090305.pdf

Provides an overview of the prohibition on the use of funds from ARRA by institutions of higher education. Also analyzes the constitutionality of the distribution of federal money to religious schools. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12598

Proposes new voluntary and regulatory measures to strengthen protections against financial conflicts of interest in medicine. From the Institute of Medicine.

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/1203881.pdf

Attempts to identify the key characteristics of 13 priority Muslim communities in England including those from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Aims to determine where the Muslim population is located, its size and demographic characteristics, the level of social infrastructure for each group, and how the government can best engage with them. From the Communities and Local Government Department of the United Kingdom.

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12192

Third edition of a volume that offers scientific researchers, especially early career researchers, guidance on how to conduct scientific research responsibly, avoid misconduct, and think about how to respond to complex ethical situations. From the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

http://www.uscourts.gov/library/codeOfConduct/Revised_Code_Effective_July-01-09.pdf

Provides the text of the revised Code of Conduct for U.S. judges, which becomes effective July 1, 2009. Streamlines the code from 7 to 5 canons and provides plainer language style. From the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2009/rp09-024.pdf

Report on bill which would remove the religious requirement from the monarch's spouse (that he/she not be a Roman Catholic) and the preference for men over women in the line of succession to the throne. House of Commons Library Research Paper 09/24.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Removing-Barriers-to-Responsible-Scientific-Research-Involving-Human-Stem-Cells/

Text of the presidential executive order removing federal limitations on human embryonic and non-embryonic stem cell research. Strict limits on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells had been set in August 2001 by the Bush Administration. From the White House.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40235_20090223.pdf

Covers demographic and historical changes affecting death and dying in the U.S., the definitions of end-of-life, palliative and hospice care, costs associated with end-of-life care, end-of-life care laws and ethics, quality of care at the end of life, and policy issues that would modify or expand the federal role in end-of-life issues. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-665

Supreme Court ruling which upheld the refusal of a city to permit a monument from a small religious group to be placed in a city park. The court ruled that the presence of a Ten Commandments monument in the park was an expression of government speech, not an establishment of religion, and did not violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. From Findlaw.com.