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Gay marriage before Supreme Court? Cases weighed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices are meeting Friday to decide...
Tags: Washington, DC, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
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Court: Who counts as a supervisor?
WASHINGTON (AP) — When does your co-worker also count as your supervisor? The Supreme Court may make a final decision on whether to draw a legal line between work colleagues and work managers, at least when it comes to harassment and retaliation...
Tags: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Lawyers, Teaching and Learning
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Dog day at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has a Lemon Test (for church-and-state separation), a Miller Test (obscenity) and a Smith Test (religious freedom), not to mention the late Justice Potter Stewart's pornography test: He knew it when he saw it. To this...
Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Judges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Methamphetamine (drug), Lawyers
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Endorsing Barack Obama for President
If this was not totally obvious to everyone who glances at this column from time to time, I’m endorsing Barack Obama for president. Now I will make you suffer through a column about why I will vote for a second Obama term and why you should too....
Tags: Mitt Romney, Ecosystems, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Politics, Time (magazine)
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Too soon to judge
Who knew that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan went shooting with Justice Antonin Scalia — and liked it so much she has graduated from clay pigeons to live birds? This is one of the terrific inside stories about the justices in Jeffrey Toobin's new...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Civil Rights, Politics, Democratic Party, Laws
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Affirmative action at risk in college admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue of racial preference in college admissions on Wednesday, and that ought to be a concern for those who believe such policies have provided countless opportunities for minorities — and enriched the educational...Tags: University of Texas at Austin, Racism, Louisiana State University, Students, Social Issues
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Women's voices, women's votes
TV commercials, debates, rallies and campaign speeches are among the ways to view the presidential candidates' positions and what's important to women in this year's election. Another way is speaking to female legislators to get their perspective on...Tags: Washington, DC, Mitt Romney, Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party
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Justices to Re-Examine Use of Race in College Admissions
CNNWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Heman Marion Sweatt and Abigail Noel Fisher both wanted to attend the University of Texas at Austin. Both claimed their race was a primary reason for their rejection. Both filed civil rights lawsuits, and the Supreme Court...Tags: Litigation, Civil Rights, Politics, Noel Fisher, Louisiana State University
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Juvenile Justice: They're Just Kids
Teenagers under age 18 who are charged with misdemeanors can no longer be tried as adults in Connecticut. This overdue new law reflects a more nuanced societal understanding of adolescent development and psychology. By 2010, Connecticut was one of only...
Tags: Prosecution, Quinnipiac University, Punishment, Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System
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How the Supreme Court will reveal its healthcare ruling
WASHINGTON -- Just before 10 a.m. EDT today, the nine justices of the Supreme Court will be summoned by a buzzer to the robing room behind the court bench. No matter how acrimonious the fight over the healthcare decision they are about to announce,...
Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Los Angeles Times, Judges, John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court upholds healthcare law as tax measure
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of President Obama’s healthcare law Thursday, ruling the government may impose tax penalties on persons who do not have health insurance. The court’s long-awaited ruling...
Tags: Government Health Care, Washington, DC, Healthcare Laws, Los Angeles Times, Government
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Supreme Court upholds individual health care mandate
The individual mandate survives. The Supreme Court has upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul -- ruling in favor of the requirement that most Americans can be required to have health insurance, or else pay a penalty. The...
Tags: Government Health Care, Healthcare Laws, Career and Workplace, Politics, Barack Obama
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