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Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Copenhagen, Science, Climate and Energy, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

Today, as world leaders, led by President Obama, struggled deep into the night on a plan to fight climate change, a handful of U.S. senators at home w...

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Asheville Atheism Attacked Anew

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christianity, US Supreme Court, Religion, Cecil Bothwell, Us Constitution, Atheism, Asheville, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Elected officials in North Carolina are constitutionally disqualified from office if they "deny the being of Almighty God." But let us not pick on the ignorant bias of the Tar Heel state.

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Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo Detainees' Torture Case

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Supreme Court Guantanamo Ruling, Supreme Court Guantanamo, Rasul v. Myers, Asif Iqbal, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo Appeal, Shafiq Rasul, Jamal Al-Harith, Gitmo Detainees, Rhuhel Ahmed, US Supreme Court, Torture, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused to take up an appeal from former Guantanamo Bay detainees who say they were tortured and denied relig...

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The Death Penalty Revisited, Again

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Death Penalty, Innocence, Fernando Bermudez, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

Some innocent dead men walking can now take hope. Two cases have been decided in the last four months that suggest it may actually make a difference whether or not the visitor to the death chamber is guilty or innocent.

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Erica Corder Has Case Against Lewis-Palmer High School Thrown Out By Supreme Court

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Supreme Court, Erica Corder, First Amendment, High School Graduation Religious Reference, U.S. Supreme Court, Denver News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't revive a student's lawsuit against a school that punished her for talking about her religion during her hig...

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U.S. Shouldn't Jail Youth For Life

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christopher Frank Pittman, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Youthradio, Joe Sullivan, Roper v. Simmons, Sullivan v. Florida, Youth Incarceration, U.S. Supreme Court, Juvenile Justice, Youth Imprisonment, Prison, Youth Radio, Jail, Car Jacking, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Politics News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

How the Supreme Court rules in two cases concerning juvenile incarceration could determine whether sentencing juveniles to life without parole is cruel and unusual punishment.

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Clarence Thomas To Other Supreme Court Justices: Be Quiet

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Clarence Thomas Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Clarence Thomas, the justice long known as the silent member of the Supreme Court, criticized his colleagues Friday for badge...

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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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The Ring of Truth

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Main Justice, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, Col. Oliver North, Kevin Ring, George W. Bush, David Safavian, Department of Justice, Federal Prosecutors, Honest-Services Fraud, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Brendan Sullivan, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Dennis Jacobs, Suborning Perjury, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

A judge in D.C. reluctantly declared a mistrial for Kevin Ring, one of Abramoff's trusted lieutenants. It may be a sign that the reign of honest-services-fraud terror by federal prosecutors is ending.

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Supreme Court Will Hear Jeff Skilling's Appeal

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court Cases, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Enron CEO, Jeff Skilling, Jeff Skilling Supreme Court, Enron, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's appeal of his convictions for his role in the colla...

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Supreme Court's New Season: Looking Ahead

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mojave Desert, Supreme Court, Scalia, Cases, Justice, What to Expect, Alito, Kennedy, Looking Ahead, John Roberts, Dog Fighting, 2009, U.S. Supreme Court, Predictions, Stevens, WWI Memorial, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court's New Season, Thomas, Rulings, Cross, Docket, Justices, Ginsburg, Politics News

Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert...

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Obama Plans to Reform Economy, Not Just Health Insurance

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: LTV Steel, Teabaggers, President Barack Obama, Middle Class, Jones & Laughlin Steel, Usw, United Steelworkers, Afl-Cio, Kaiser Family Foundation, U.S. Supreme Court, National Labor Relations Act, Health Insurance, Insurance Reform, Republicans, Steve Skvara, Health Care, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The teabaggers are apoplectic because this isn't just about health care. This is about the values of a government.

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Imprisoned Democrat Paul Minor's Appeal Has Major 1st Amendment Implications

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, First Amendment, Mississippi, Paul Minor, Fifth Circuit, Campaign Contributions, U.S. Supreme Court, Bush Justice Department, Politics News
Brendan DeMelle

Without quid pro quo proof of a deal between donor and recipient, anyone, could be accused of "bribery" just for giving money to a candidate running for office, as Paul Minor was.

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History Will Judge

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, US Supreme Court, Mccain-Feingold, Federal Election Commission, Right-Wing Extremism, Federal Campaign Reform, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

You have to wonder whether the Justices are in the service of powers determined to remake America to their advantage, or if they respect themselves and want to make good law.

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"Unsettling": Chief Justice John Roberts On Changing Supreme Court

Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Chief Justice John Roberts, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Wise Latina, C-Span, David Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

For Chief Justice John Roberts, the arrival of a new Supreme Court justice is "to some extent .... unsettling." Justice Roberts, a relative newcomer ...

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Justice Stevens Slows His Hiring At High Court

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, John Paul Stevens Retiring, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court'...

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Anticipating the Incapacitated Justice

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Supreme Court, Law, US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Senior Citizens, Living Wills, Constitution, Bioethics, Death, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

While it is a disturbing truth that our nation will someday likely confront the tragedy of an incapacitated Supreme Court justice, it is not at all clear which justice that will be.

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Supreme Court To Hear Case On Executive Pay

New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, CEO Pay, Jones v. Harris Associates, Executive Pay, Wall Street, Finance, Mutual Funds, Judge Posner, Bonuses, Harris Associates, U.S. Supreme Court, Business News

Last summer, Richard A. Posner, a federal appeals court judge, issued a surprising and prescient dissent. Executive pay is out of control, he said, an...

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Obama Welcomes Sotomayor As First Hispanic Justice

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court, Barack Obama, Puerto Rico, White House, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama threw a big White House party Wednesday to celebrate Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court's first Latino jus...

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Obama Should Nominate Feingold Next to Supreme Court

Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Feingold Obama, Russ Feingold, Us Constitution, Rhodes Scholar, Sotomayor Confirmation, Rick Warren, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senator Feingold, Harvard Law School, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News
Matthew Rothschild

Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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Abdul Says Reality Not in Her Future

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Reality TV, Andy Borowitz, American Idol, Paula Abdul, U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

As speculation swirls about the future plans of ex-American Idol judge Paula Abdul, the former pop singer made it clear today that her plans do not include reality.

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Judicial Confirmation Process Needs 21st-Century Updating

Steven Hill | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, U.S. Senate, Sonia Sotomayor, Proportional Representation, Term Limits, Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Steven Hill

Recognizing the Supreme Court as an ideologically skewed judicial legislature helps us to understand how badly this crucial body needs to be updated for the 21st century.

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The GOP Proves They Need Latina Wisdom

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Latino Voters, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sotomayor Republicans, Sotomayor Supreme Court, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

GOP, let me warn you, your affront to Sotomayor is seen as an affront to all Latinas and will not be forgotten easily. This will stick. You are now officially doomed.

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Watch: Franken and Klobuchar Speak Out at Senate Judiciary Committee Vote (Video)

David Doody | Posted 08.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court, Amy Klobuchar, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Franken, Home News
David Doody

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