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Supreme Court rules against free speech in broadcasting »
Posted by: memestryker 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON; The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single ...
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Life Without Parole: 'Cruel and Unusual' for Teenage Rapist? »
Posted by: WikiMap 2 days, 8 hours ago in News
Four years after banning the death penalty for juvenile offenders, the Supreme Court Monday will consider whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence ...
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Marijuana Ban Ruled Unconstitutional in Argentina »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
To Americans, who can't seem to agree on medical marijuana use, which has been shown to improve quality of life for sufferers of many ...
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AP sources: Obama picks Sotomayor for high court - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: Pecossam 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama tapped federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history ...
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Sudanese 'trousers woman' jailed for "dressing indecently" »
Posted by: pervezmzn 2 months ago in News
A Sudanese woman has been jailed for a month after refusing to pay a fine for "dressing indecently" by wearing trousers, her lawyers say.
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Schwarzenegger decides against defending Prop. 8 in federal court - Los Angeles Times »
Posted by: david_nwpa 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declined to defend the constitutionality of Proposition 8, telling a San Francisco judge that the legality of the anti-gay marriage measure ...
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How the Supreme Court Got Boumediene Wrong: Rethinking Habeas&Other Fundamental 'Constitutional Rights' »
Posted by: jovial 7 months ago in News
As any honest observer can see, a rather sad result arises from applying " American exceptionalism" to the law. If people (insofar as lawyers can be ...
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Bernard Madoff sentenced to 150 years »
Posted by: Xaos 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of the largest and most sweeping Ponzi scheme ever, faces the possibility Monday of being sent to prison for the rest ...
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NY judge rises from projects to the Supreme Court »
Posted by: Progressive 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
NEW YORK - Sonia Sotomayor's path to the pinnacle of the legal profession began in the 1960s at a Bronx housing project just a couple ...
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Man tried to hire prostitute for his son, 14 »
Posted by: BronxBomber 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Family
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A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take his 14-year-old son's virginity as a present was spared jail by a ...Read (211) | Share | Discuss (8) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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Roberts Shifts Court to Right, With Help From Kennedy »
Posted by: engineer 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. emerged as a canny strategist at the Supreme Court this term, laying the groundwork for bold changes that could ...
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Iraqi shoe-thrower's jail sentence reduced by two thirds »
Posted by: engineer 7 months, 1 week ago in News
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's federal appeals court has reduced the sentence for the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-President Bush at a ...
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Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media.»Cornyn: I’ll support Coleman if he appeals to the Supreme Court »
Posted by: Ciera-Marie 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
At a luncheon at the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s headquarters near Capitol Hill (organized by the Heritage Foundation), I asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas ...
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Mass. man accused of plot to kill shoppers, troops »
Posted by: orndorffter 2 weeks, 6 days ago in News
Tarek Mehanna grew up in Boston\'s upscale suburbs, earned a doctorate in pharmacology, taught religion and math at a Muslim middle school and was ...
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Spanish court considers trying former US officials »
Posted by: orndorffter 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations ...
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