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Supreme Court may rule against Chicago in firefighters case
Exploring raceBy David G. Savage, Tribune Newspapers WASHINGTON— After skeptical questioning of a Chicago city attorney, the Supreme Court justices sounded Monday as though they will rule that the city must pay millions of dollars in damages to aspiring black... -
U.S. justices endorse FCC authority in cellphone tower case
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has authority to try to speed up the process for installing wireless communications towers when local governments...Tags: Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Group Plc, John G. Roberts, Jr., Federal Communications Commission, Deutsche Telekom AG
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Supreme Court reinforces FCC authority in disputes over cell tower placements
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. The court voted 6-3 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling in favor...Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Washington, DC, Anthony Kennedy, John G. Roberts, Jr., Federal Communications Commission
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'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation
At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Barack Obama, Judges
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The plight of the black zombie: 'SNL' takes on 'The Walking Dead'
Fans of “The Walking Dead” were thrilled last night when the show was parodied on “SNL.” In the sketch, Rick Grimes (played by Taran Killam) is traveling with his crew, including Nasim Pedrad as trigger-happy 12-year-old Carl who...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Voting, Starbucks Corp., Kim Jong Un, Jamie Foxx
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Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor
NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Guy Fieri, Dining and Drinking, Paula Poundstone, Entertainment
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Supreme Court won't revive Alabama immigration law
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court made it clear Monday that enforcing immigration laws was reserved for the federal government, not the states. By an 8-1 vote, the justices rejected a request from Alabama to revive part of a 2011 law designed to drive...Tags: Trials, Laws, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Career and Workplace
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Chasm divides gun control and gun rights advocates
SACRAMENTO — "Living in parallel universes," is how Senate leader Darrell Steinberg describes it. Gun control and gun rights advocates "talking past each other." Emanating from different cultures, incapable of agreeing on how to make us all...
Tags: Gun Control, Laws, U.S. Senate, Firearms, Marty Block
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Letters: The language of Justice Scalia
Re "Scalia's poison pen," Opinion, April 14 Bigoted as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's views on homosexuality seem, he makes a valid legal point by intimating that equal protection claims asserted to support gay marriage similarly support...Tags: Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Ethics, Incest, Gays and Lesbians
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What now on gun control?
Despite the mounting casualties of gun violence and a brutal massacre that left 20 children dead in Newtown, Conn., the Senate on Wednesday failed to pass a bipartisan compromise to widen background checks for potential purchasers of guns as well as...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Justice and Rights, Politics, Civil Rights
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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Laws, Trials, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Clarence Thomas, Amnesty International
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Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declared that American courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding suits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and foreign tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed...Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Laws, Clarence Thomas, John G. Roberts, Jr., Lawyers
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