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Supreme Court appears split on Prop. 8, broad gay marriage ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split on gay marriage Tuesday, but Justice Anthony M. Kennedy suggested the court should strike down California’s ban on same-sex marriage without ruling broadly on the issue. Twice...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Justice System, Voting, Social Issues
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Michigan affirmative action case
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear Michigan’s appeal of a surprising ruling that struck down its voters’ ban on giving “preferential treatment” to students based on their race, weighing the emotionally tense issue of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Colleges and Universities, Trials
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Biden to visit University of Baltimore law school opening
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will visit a new, $112 million building next month that will house the University of Baltimore School of Law, school officials said Monday. The John and Frances Angelos Law Center, which...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal Laws, Charles Street, Crime, Law and Justice, Mount Royal
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State needs gun control; Perry Hall shooter needs therapy not prison
With no thanks to the Democratic state senator who represents the area, the Baltimore County community of Perry Hall is safer from gun violence than it was six months ago. We can say that much. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier might have voted against the important...Tags: Criminals, Firearms, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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What Scalia really has against the Voting Rights Act
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is alleged to be one of the great intellects of conservative jurisprudence, but his comments during oral arguments over a challenge to the 1965 Voting Rights Act displayed all the mental acuity of a third-tier...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Entertainment Events, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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A Justice league of their own
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down. As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court's...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Elections, Voting
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Supreme Court questions sides in challenge of Md. DNA law
Maryland's practice of collecting genetic information from people arrested — but not convicted — on serious charges took the national stage Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on what Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called "perhaps the...
Tags: Criminals, FBI, U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer, Justice System
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Supreme Court justices: The case for hanging it up
Over the next three months, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to end affirmative action, whether to overturn part of one of the most important civil rights laws in our country's history (the Voting Rights Act) and whether gays and...
Tags: Abortion Issue, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Elections
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Scotus upholds Liberty County conviction based on drug-sniffing dog
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFrom Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a trained police dog's search of a truck for evidence, saying that training and testing records had established the dog's reliability and given the police probable cause. The case was one... -
Notebook: Litmus tests await votes in SD Legislature
It would seem highly unlikely Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg pay attention to the South Dakota House of Representatives. Those three...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Libertarian Party, Parties and Movements, Ron Paul, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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The tide of Islamophobia
Today, the Maryland Conservative Action Network (MDCAN) is hosting a daylong conference in Annapolis entitled "Turning the Tides." Those scheduled to attend include Republican state Dels. Nic Kipke and Neil Parrott, Frederick County Board of Commissioners...Tags: Malcolm X, Norway, Elections, Anders Breivik, Grandy
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US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....
Tags: Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of Defense
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