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Supreme Court To Decide If Life In Prison For Juveniles Is "Cruel And Unusual"

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Charles Dutton, Juvenile Violence, Juvenile Life Sentence, Alan Simpson, Terrance Graham, Anthony Kennedy, Joe Sullivan, Juvenile Life in Prison, Sullivan-v-Florida, Graham v. Florida, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the at...

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Referendum 71: US Supreme Court Judge Blocks Release Of Names In Gay Rights Ballot Fight

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, US Supreme Court, Ref 71, Benefits, Gay, Benjamin Settle, Public, Same-Sex, Washington State, Names, Gay Rights, Vote, Secret, Supreme Court, Referendum 71, Olympia, Open-Government, Justice Kennedy, Anthony Kennedy, Petition, Gay Marriage, Domestic Partnership, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who sig...

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, Red Mass, Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice, Ray Lahood, Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Antonin Scalia, St. Matthew Cathedral, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Breyer, Biden, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholicism, Stephen Breyer, Abortion, John Carroll Society, Anti-Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Pro-Choice, Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Ken Salazar, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Anthony Kennedy, D.C., Catholic, Home News

WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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Court signals it may loosen campaign spending

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, White House, John McCain, Congress, George W. Bush, Antonin Scalia, President Obama, Theodore Olson, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Mark Penn, Clarence Thomas, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Senate Confirmation Hearings, Anthony Kennedy, Elena Kagan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in time for nex...

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Demolition Specialists: The Supreme Court's 2008/2009 Term

Nan Aron | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, Ricci v. Destefano, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Politics News
Nan Aron

In Ricci v. DeStefano, the five conservatives on the Supreme Court struck a blow against this nation's most effective weapon for eliminating discrimination from our workplaces.

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After New Haven: Random Ruminations on Race

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Disparate Impact, Disparate Treatment, Title VII, Frank Ricci, Civil Rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ricci v. Destefano, New Haven Firefighters, Anthony Kennedy, Ricci, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

At some point, the surgeon has to pick up the knife; the fire captain has to send his people into the burning building. They need to know what they're doing.

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Collective Bargaining, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Al Franken, George W. Bush, President Obama, Activist Judges, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Harriet Miers, Campaign Finance Reform, Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Partial Birth Abortion, Antitrust, William Rehnquist, Judge Henry Friendly, William O. Douglas, Antonin Scalia, d.c. Handgun Ban, John Roberts, Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Conservative Activist Judges, Exclusionary Rule, Jimmy Carter, Samuel Alito, Bipartisanship, Anthony Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Toobin: A McCain Court Could Overturn Roe In "Maybe A Year"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Roe v. Wade, Antonin Scalia, David Souter, Samuel Alito, John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Jeffrey Toobin, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, The Nine, Media News

You know what they say: You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, and you can also pick the next three justices to sit on the Supreme Court. ...

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