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Interracial couple denied marriage license in La. »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 3 weeks, 4 days ago in News
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern ...
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Equal Justice Under the Law is a Joke »
Posted by: populist 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The promise of equal treatment under the law is honored in the breach in many ways in courtrooms across America every day, of course, but ...
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Man's halt of interracial marriage sparks outrage/ yahoo »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 3 weeks, 3 days ago in News
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's governor and a U.S. senator joined Friday in calling for the ouster of a local official who refused to marry ...
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Israel 'loyalty law' rejected »
Posted by: dissent 5 months, 1 week ago in News
An Israeli government committee has rejected a draft bill that would have required Israelis to take an oath of loyalty.
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Fordham Law Class Collects Personal Info About Scalia; Supreme Ct. Justice Is Steamed | ABA Journal - Law News Now »
Posted by: tdrapeau 6 months, 1 week ago in News
Last year, when law professor Joel Reidenberg wanted to show his Fordham University class how readily private information is available on the Internet, he assigned ...
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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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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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Assembly overrides veto, domestic partnerships become law »
Posted by: david_nwpa 5 months, 1 week ago in News
The Assembly voted 28-14 Sunday to override Gov. Jim Gibbons' veto and to change state law so that domestic partners, whether gay or straight, have ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Madoff Pleads Guilty On All Charges - Judge Revokes Bail & Remands Madoff to Prison »
Posted by: epiphannyy 8 months ago in News
NEW YORK - Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to all 11 felony charges brought by prosecutors in one of Wall Street’s largest investment swindles, telling ...
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US Supreme Court may loosen election cash rules »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 months ago in Political News
The US Supreme Court Wednesday eyed a strike-down of century-old federal controls on corporate election spending, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for ...
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Modern Day Robin Hoods Rob AIG, Give to Public... »
Posted by: truthiness 7 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
In a daring and dangerous assault, four men attacked AIG’s Board subcommittee on Financial and Risk Management last night as they were meeting in ...
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Scalia downplays power of the Christian cross | Jay Bookman »
Posted by: Charlson 1 month ago in News
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments on the fate of a cross erected by the VFW as a war memorial on government property ...
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The Bush Administration Homicides »
Posted by: Progressive 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
For five years as a researcher for Human Rights Watch and reporter, John Sifton helped investigate homicides resulting from the Bush administration's torture policy.
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Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice Roberts »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 months ago in News
Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court\'s newest justice Saturday, pledging during a brief ceremony at the high court to defend the Constitution and administer ...
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No Prosecution for State Dept Official Accused of Sexual Assault »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Political News
Tracy Barker, Mokhtare's alleged victim, is a mother of five from Fort Bragg, N.C. She says she wants Mokhtare to be prosecuted for ...
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