Police may not stop and frisk someone based merely on an anonymous tip that he is carrying a gun. Police generally may stop and frisk someone who runs at the mere site of an officer. A federal judge's authority to overrule a state court decision in certain death penalty cases is limited. HMOs cannot be sued in federal court for offering bonuses to doctors who hold down costs. The Food and Drug Administration does not have the power to regulate tobacco.
Federal law preempts a Massachusetts statute that penalized companies doing business with Burma.
A Missouri law that imposes strict dollar limits on political contributions does not impinge on free speech. Congress overstepped its authority in the Violence Against Women Act when it gave women the right to sue attackers in federal court. State workers who were discriminated against because of their age cannot sue under federal law. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.