Shortly afterwards and in direct response to the court's ruling, the NY state legislature, in an unprecedented show of cross party solidarity, unanimously voted to enact the Libel Terrorism Protection Act which prevents the enforcement of foreign libel judgments over American authors and provides the opportunity for the claim to be tried in the US, on its merits, and according to American principles of free speech.
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In response to the early court decisions, to avoid the chilling effect of potential liability in a medium of prolific speech, and to encourage the active monitoring, editing and removal of unlawful content online without the disincentive of having such actions lead to claims of liability for being a publisher, Congress enacted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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Some of her proposals have come in response to federal court decisions that invalidated regulations set under President George W. Bush.
In response the Electoral Court fired 57 opposition members of Congress.
But record companies moved quickly to stop the trading of their copyrighted music, and in July 2001 Napster shut down in response to a court order.
If Congress wants to reverse such de facto legislative moves, say defenders of this judicial power-grabbing, it can pass corrective legislation, as it did with the 1991 Civil Rights Act in response to related Court decisions.
Labour's Lord Boyd of Duncansby, a barrister and former Lord Advocate for Scotland, said he was "disappointed" by the government's suggestion in a written response to the report that the court does not in fact face an imminent crisis.
In response to the Supreme Court's decision, Microsoft continued to maintain its innocence.
There's no money in that budget for overtime pay, so in response to the recent appellate court ruling, she began limiting her workers to 40 hours a week.
In response, prosecutors asked District Court Judge William Blair Sylvester to deny the request, saying it contained inaccuracies, including claims of media leaks by government officials that may have been fabricated by news organizations.
The Supreme Court acted in response to private petitions alleging Mr. Musharraf committed various treasonable offenses while in office, including toppling an elected government, suspending the constitution and sacking senior judges, including the chief justice.
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, August 10, the first military commission trial under the Obama administration will begin at Guantanamo -- that is unless the Supreme Court intervenes in response to a defense lawyer's whihc was petition filed last week.
Proponents of the amendment, mostly Republicans, have consistently tried to pass the constitutional amendment in response to a 1989 Supreme Court decision that determined destruction of the flag by burning or other means was protected as free speech under the First Amendment.
In a brief note, the Supreme Court requested that the solicitor general file a response in the case, in which the federal government has refused to release the man's identity or even confirm the existence of the case and its circumstances.
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He said the taoiseach should have the same privilege as if he were a party in the High Court, litigation privilege over the advice was sought in response to an allegation, and legal privilege over all the correspondence.
Do you have any response to a federal appeals court judge in Texas, Judge Smith, who criticized the President yesterday for his remarks about the Supreme Court and its power to overturn legislation, and has asked for a letter from the Justice Department affirming the federal courts' ability to do that?
In response, six Republican senators wrote President Obama, warning against trying Daqduq in federal court, and urging the president to refer him to a military commission.
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Vermont legalized civil unions nine years ago in response to a ruling from its high court.
That court ordered those procedures in response to an election process, whose myriad problems and inconsistencies were laid bare by an election that was a virtual dead heat.
On top of that, the Environmental Protection Agency, in response to a decision by the Supreme Court, may have to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles -- establishing another standard.
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It will provide the administration with a response to the Supreme Court's adverse ruling in the Hamdan case in June.
Members of the jury pool were sent home after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court stopped the closed process in response to a constitutional challenge by the Portland Press Herald.
The government will submit a response to the defense filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before the May 13 sentencing.
The email announcement by MIT President L. Rafael Reif comes in response to a request Friday by lawyers for Swartz's estate to have the U.S. District Court in Boston make the documents public.
Mr Joshi declined to say anything in response to the allegations as he appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court for committal proceedings.
In its notice Thursday, issued in response to Mr. Swamy's petition, the Supreme Court also requested the two marines to return to India to attend Monday's hearing.
But patent attorney Gene Quinn outright accuses me of lying in his response to my recent piece on how the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals wrecked the patent system.
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The court has been told that Mr James wrote a letter in response to Mrs Thompson's criticism of the council following the incident.
In the absence of a future court overturning Citizens United, the fundamental response should be a constitutional amendment.
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However, the Commercial Court in Dublin dismissed his claim, ruling Nama was a proportionate response to the grave situation the state finds itself in.
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