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Supreme Court To Decide Blockbuster Cases Soon

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. But the justices' summer travel sch...

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Scalia Accused Of Turning Into Advocate Against Obama

Posted 05.15.2012

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Scalia's tone this year, particularly in cases involving the Obama administration, is raising new criticism over the temperament of a justice who has ...

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How Roberts Orchestrated Citizens United

The New Yorker | Posted 05.14.2012

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When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest impo...

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No Longer Supreme

Jim Worth | Posted 05.03.2012

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Ethics further tarnish the ebony robes of this court. Though the Supreme Court justices are not held to the same high ethics standards as lower judicial magistrates, ethics must be considered when evaluating their decisions and opinions.

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The Supreme Court and Health Care: A Wake-Up Call to Political Reality

Robert K. Lifton | Posted 04.10.2012

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It is high time that the American voters look behind the wizard's curtain that hides the reality that the judges are making the law to fit their personal political preferences. Once citizens appreciate that reality, they can take the next step.

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The Corporate Court: Supreme Tool of the 1%

Ethan Rome | Posted 04.09.2012

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The fate of our health care is in the hands of the most partisan, pro-corporate court in a generation.

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The Supreme Court: Out of Touch and Out of Line

Nan Aron | Posted 04.05.2012

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It's probably too much to ask that the Supreme Court's right wing espouse the same principles from one case to the next. But legal flip-flopping is not the biggest potential problem in the Court's consideration of the Affordable Care Act.

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Scalia Thomas Hoodies

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.03.2012

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Meet the New Boss: Is the Court Making a Supreme Power Grab?

Ethan Rome | Posted 04.03.2012

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If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, or key components of it, it will be saying that it's the new boss in lawmaking and that Congress should step aside.

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Don't Koch Block the Debate

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.03.2012

In response to my offer to a debate or public discussion, the Koch brothers, hiding behind their attorney, wrote, "We are confused about what there is to debate." Well, I'll tell you.

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Hope the Supremes Strike Down ObamaCare? Get Ready for PanemCare

Wendell Potter | Posted 04.02.2012

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Since Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia clearly isn't going to take the time to actually read the health care reform law before he decides whether or not it's constitutional, maybe he can catch a screening of The Hunger Games.

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Obama Care Bears & Walruses

Will Durst | Posted 03.30.2012

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Due to the rarified air of the highest court in the land, the arguments were solemn, dignified and incisive. "Obamacare Sucks!" "Does not." "Does So." "Does Not." Like that, only in elevated lawyer language.

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Death of a Mandate: Why Health Care Reform in America is Over

Meredith Bagby | Posted 05.29.2012

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The legislation that cost a hugely popular president nearly all his political capital is about to be dismantled with the strike of the court's gavel.

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Supreme Court Scandals

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.29.2012

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Sadly for America, there is far too much money, and far too little sunlight, in a government that most voters believe, correctly, is corrupted by money that buys democracy in the dark.

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Broccoli

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.29.2012

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Supreme Court Might Decide Their Second Election

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.29.2012

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It was a similar crew of conservative justices on the Supreme Court that decided that their long-held beliefs on states' rights were irrelevant and made George W. Bush our next president in 2000. Now, they're back -- and they might decide yet another presidential election.

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2 Justices Could Be Key In Health Care Law Case

AP | CONNIE CASS | Posted 05.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — The fate of President Barack Obama's health care law appears to rest precariously in the hands of two justices. After three days o...

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Scalia: Reading Health Care Law Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 03.28.2012

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia joked that reading the entirety of the Affordable Care Act is akin to cruel and unusual punishment. "What...

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Looks Like the Cynics Were Right About the Supreme Court

Larry Womack | Posted 05.27.2012

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No matter how the Supreme Court rules on health reform, one thing is certain: the court is now viewed largely as a suspect partisan institution alarmingly contented with its own impropriety.

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Health Reform's Day in Court: Don't Bet the Farm on the Mandate

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2012

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The Court's decision will be treated by commentators as either a huge victory or momentous defeat for President Obama. But this may be a complete misreading of the logic and the stakes.

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Cheney Case Gets Day In Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to line up, more or less, against a man arguing that Secret Service agents violated his First Am...

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Idaho Couple Can Fight EPA, Supreme Court Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously reversed a lower court opinion that forbade an Idaho couple from challenging an Environmental...

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Supreme Court Takes On Life-Without-Parole Sentence For Teens Convicted Of Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In 2005, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for minors no matter how heinous the crime. In 2010, the justices drew the same line...

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Why Supreme Court Conservative Majority Doesn't Mean Health Reform Smackdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.19.2012

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The Supreme Court will not overturn health care reform. At least if the five-justice conservative majority that brought the country Citizens United an...

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Liberals Look For Conservative Supreme Court Allies On Health Care Law

ABC News | Ariane de Vogue | Posted 05.16.2012

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With less than two weeks to go before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear six hours of oral arguments in the case challenging the constitutionality...

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