Supreme Court Decisions

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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Might Kennedy's Plea Bargain Decisions Reveal How He Will Swing on Health Care?

David Coleman | Posted 05.26.2012

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David Coleman

One can hope Justice Kennedy's approach of seeing the world as it really functions, and not through ideological glasses, will incline him to be a swing vote to affirm the constitutionality of imposing insurance obligations for health care.

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Supreme Court Rules On Prayer At Public Meeting

AP | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a North Carolina county commission over the mostly Christian prayers offered at the b...

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Business, Free Speech Cases Top Supreme Court Term

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 08.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservative majority made it harder for people to band together to sue the nation's largest businesses in the ...

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A Way Forward

Robert Slayton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Slayton

I'm going to say something that may surprise some of you. This country is in jeopardy because of the Tea Party's failure as a grass roots movement. Before you stop reading, give me a moment to explain.

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Hastings College Christian Group Can't Bar Gays, Get Funding

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — An ideologically split Supreme Court ruled Monday that a law school can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that ...

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100,000 People (and Five Supreme Court Justices) Can't Be Wrong--Corporations Are People Too!

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Klein

Murray Hill Inc. is running for Congress. Until now, corporations had to rely on campaign contributions, influence peddling and high-priced lobbyists to get their way in Congress

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Clarence Thomas: Some Criticism Of Supreme Court Is 'Irresponsible'

AP | ANTONIO GONZALEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Questioning the Supreme Court and other government branches needs to stay within the range of fair criticism or "run the ris...

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Bizarro Bloomberg School Deform #2

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Singer

Mayor Mike has spent millions of dollars to champion the success of his educational programs. Dissenting voices, even questions, have been drowned in the flood.

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Bureaucrats Already Make Treatment Decisions so Why Fault a Public Option?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles J. Zaremski

President Obama, listen up: have your staff review these Supreme Court decisions and start taking the "bull by the horns" in pressing for a public option that will let doctors make the decisions on how to treat their patients.

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John McCain, Legal Historian

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shayana Kadidal

As McCain claims, judges are indeed "unaccountable" to voters. That is precisely why they are well-situated to serve to hold the executive branch accountable for its abuses and incompetence.

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