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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Book, Barack Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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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: Justice and Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Immigration, Migration, Politics
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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: Guy Fieri, New York University, Radio, Trips and Vacations, Bars and Clubs
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Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts
WASHINGTON — During last week's Supreme Court arguments on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia asserted that "there's considerable disagreement" among experts over whether "raising a child in a single-sex family is harmful or not." Two other...
Tags: Research, Same-Sex Marriage, University of Cambridge, Family, Social Issues
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COLUMN - Can Tsarnaev be ruled an 'enemy combatant'?
Reuters(Ari Melber is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ari Melber April 22 (Reuters) - Three major legal questions are now swirling around the Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Since his dramatic capture Friday night, the public...Tags: Terrorism, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Prosecution, White House
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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: Donald P. Wagner, Loni Hancock, Lobbying, U.S. Senate, Darrell Steinberg
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Manchin-Toomey amendment simply extended background checks
I applaud Sen. Toomey for his leadership on gun safety legislation. Our democratic process is based on compromise, and I am grateful to be represented by someone who is willing to find ways to make the nation safer while protecting our constitutional...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Lobbying, Politics
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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: Incest, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Values, Ethics
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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, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control
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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: Justice and Rights, Judges, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Lawyers, Justice System
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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: Justice and Rights, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Criminal Laws
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Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...Tags: Justice and Rights, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Sonia Sotomayor
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