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James Brooke (NYT) CANADA: SCHOOL BOOK RULING UPHELD -- British Columbia's Court of Appeals has upheld the right of a local school board to bar three books about same-sex couples from kindergarten and first-grade classrooms.

On the 12th the European Court of Justice upheld the right of Gibraltarians to vote in EU elections.

Antonin Scalia upheld the right of protesters to burn the American flag despite his distaste for bearded weirdos.

The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of local governments to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.

In 1992 the Supreme Court upheld the right to choose abortion, but gave states greater latitude to discourage the practice.

BEHIND THE NEWS A year ago, the same court upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry.

"The courts have upheld the right of the archdiocese to determine where parishes will be located, and which will be open and closed".

European human rights judges have upheld the right of British courts to impose "whole life" prison sentences in the most heinous cases of murder.

Many of Germany's Jews belong to the party.As good liberals, the Free Democrats have always upheld the right to free speech.

Then [on March 30 , 1989 they upheld the right of the producer to release the film, and they held that freedom of speech could not be suppressed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the right of gay asylum seekers not to be deported if they could show that they faced persecution in their home countries.