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Deportation And Wiretapping At The Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- With five weeks remaining in its term, the Supreme Court on Monday morning chipped away at its 20-plus cases yet to be decided by issuin...

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Supreme Court Favorability Hits New Low

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- Fifty-two percent of Americans hold a favorable view of the Supreme Court, a quarter-century low according to Pew Research Center, which...

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

Ethan Rome | Posted 06.03.2012

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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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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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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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Supreme Court Debates Lying About Military Honors

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning appeared divided over whether to strike down a federal law that makes it a crime for a person to ...

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High Court Revisiting Flashpoint Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Affirmative action is heading back to the Supreme Court, and this time its prospects for survival are poorer than ever. The Court ann...

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Google's New Privacy Policy: Close But No Cigar

Adam Levin | Posted 04.03.2012

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Google's new policy is exemplary in its brevity, comprehensibility, and candor. If you disagree, try reading one from a bank or a wireless carrier (emphasis on the word "try").

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The "State" of the Union? How About a "Vision" Instead?

Todd Brewster | Posted 03.24.2012

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Why should the one moment each year when the president has the attention of the Congress and the rest of the nation be squandered on trivialities and partisan chest-thumping?

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Warrantless GPS Tracking Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The installation of a GPS tracking device onto a suspect's car constitutes a search -- and therefore could require a warrant -- the Supr...

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Supreme Court: Death Row Inmate Should Not Die Due to Mailroom Mix-Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.18.2012

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An Alabama death row inmate stymied by a law firm's egregious mail room mix-up will have the opportunity to appeal his death sentence, the Supreme Cou...

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Supreme Court Shields Church From Minister's Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Employees of religious organizations whose job duties reflect "a role in conveying the Church's message and carrying out its mission" ar...

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Supreme Court Fusses Over Indecent TV

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- "There's a bare buttock there, and there's a bare buttock here," said Seth Waxman, pointing up to the historical and mythical figures th...

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Supreme Court Backs Away From Texas Firestorm

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Time and timing was of the essence Monday afternoon during Supreme Court oral argument over which legislative maps Texas may use in its ...

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Can Occupy Overturn Citizens United? "Dear 99%ers..."

Mark Green | Posted 02.13.2012

Nothing could enhance American democracy more than if Occupy Wall Street helped enact the 28th Constitutional Amendment to end the pretense that corporations are people who speak with money. The 99% can stop the privatization of government.

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Justice Kennedy Hints At Change Of Heart In Sixth Amendment Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday morning, Justice Anthony Kennedy turned a constitutional inquiry he once derided as "formalistic and wooden" into one of his ...

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Justices Weigh Guns, Gangs And Broad Search Warrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court grappled with guns, gangs and a detective's good faith in executing a search warrant at oral argument Monday morning. ...

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What 'Citizens United' And A Case Tuesday Have In Common

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Justice Anthony Kennedy doesn't always cast the decisive swing vote. He too can be found in dissent, aggressively lobbying the law to tu...

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WATCH: Supreme Court To Hear Strange Bedfellow, Riverbed Cases This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.03.2011

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The Supreme Court rounds out its December sitting this week with a couple of cases rife with ex-bedfellows, strange bedfellows and riverbeds. Monda...

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Justices Not Moved By HIV-Positive Pilot's Distress

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A majority of the Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday morning to help a California man who claims he suffered severe mental and em...

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What Do Facebook And Justice Scalia Have In Common?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- What do Facebook and the conservative majority of the Supreme Court have in common? Based on Monday's oral argument, it appears they're ...

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Justices Consider The Limits Of Privacy On Public Sidewalks

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The justices appear poised to go big or go home when it comes to protecting privacy rights against digital intrusion. Antoine Jones, ...

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