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Appeals Court Upholds Key Voting Rights Provision

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landma...

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Federal Appeals Court Considers Wiretapping Lawsuits

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 10.31.2011

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SEATTLE — Lawyers for civil liberties groups asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive two groups of lawsuits claiming the government ha...

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No-Fault Divorce? Maybe Yogi Was Right

Beverly Willett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last summer, former Governor Paterson signed a bill making New York the 50th and final state to enact no-fault divorce.

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SHOCK: Court Rules High School Cheerleader Is Required To Cheer For Her Alleged Rapist

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, one of the most right-wing courts in the country, sanctioned a former high school cheerleade...

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Utah Memorial Crosses Struck Down By Court Of Appeals In Denver

AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY — The 14 crosses erected along Utah roads to commemorate fallen state Highway Patrol troopers convey a state preference for Chris...

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Obama Supreme Court Nominee: The Case For Selecting A Sitting Politician

Politico | William Yeomans | Posted 05.25.2011

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But the president has an option that could minimize the filibuster threat, speed confirmation, avoid turning the court farther right, increase the cou...

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Mark Cuban: SEC Files Notice Of Appeal In Trading Case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission says it plans to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of the agency's insider-trading lawsuit agai...

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Denny Chin, Judge In Bernie Madoff Trial, To Be Nominated To Appeals Court

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The White House plans to nominate the judge who presided over the Bernard Madoff case to the appeals court that Supreme Court Justice...

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Appeals Court Blocks Release Of Detainee Photos

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The U.S. government can keep pictures of detainee abuse secret while it asks the Supreme Court to permanently block release of the ph...

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