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Supreme Court: Age bias must be proven
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court today made it harder for older workers who are laid-off or demoted to win a claim of age discrimination. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that these workers bear the full burden......Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Supreme Court: DNA tests up to states
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court agreed today that DNA has a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing......Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Alaska, Rape, Wars and Interventions
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Court: School strip-search illegal
The Swampby David G. Savage The strip search of a 13-year old school girl who was suspected of hiding pain relief pills was unreasonable and unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled today, setting new legal limits on how far school officials may......Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Constitutional Issues, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sotomayor: Judiciary approves justice
The Swampby David G. Savage and Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court, won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a lopsided vote cast largely along party lines......Tags: Government, Utah, Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton, Judges
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Sonia Sotomayor's swearing-in: History
The Swampby David G. Savage Sonia Sotomayor became the 111th Supreme Court justice in the nation's history today, taking an oath to "administer justice without respect to persons and do equal right to the poor and to the rich." Chief Justice......Tags: Justice System, Government, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Sonia Sotomayor: 'More perfect union'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, honoring the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court today, hailed the seating of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor as "another step toward that more perfect union that we all seek.'' And Sotomayor, the first......Tags: Justice System, Government, National Government, Getty Images Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
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Sonia Sotomayor's first vote: Dissent
The Swampby David G. Savage The newly seated Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court, joining a dissent by three liberal justices to stop a pending execution in Ohio. The full court turned down the......Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Obama's Supreme Court: Stevens next?
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who only recently celebrated his first appointment to the Supreme Court this summer, may see another opportunity soon. New speculation about the timing of the first-term president's second chance to shape the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Employment, Columbia University, Virginia
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Scalia, Stevens and Sotomayor (and rest of Supreme Court) to grapple with another handgun ban
Top of the TicketThe news today that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns has invigorated gun-rights activists across the country. Groups like the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation say they hope the high court's...... -
Beltway sniper's execution: Appeal nixed
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad. Scheduled for execution Tuesday evening in Virginia, Muhammad was convicted of masterminding the sniper-shooting rampage that terrorized...Tags: Washington, DC, Virginia, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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How religion could affect President Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court
The Religion WorldI'm not sure I recognized that the U.S. Supreme Court is dominated by Catholics (Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer are Jewish), and that retiring Justice John Paul Stevens is the court's sole Protestant. Although it's much more likely that... -
The Morning Fix: Weekend box-office losers! Upfront rebound? Conan O'Brien gets even closer to Time Warner
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before feeling guilty about not hitting the gym since Saturday (yes, I'm that obsessive). Can't tame that dragon! DreamWorks' "How to Train Your Dragon" moved back into the No. 1 spot at the box office with $15......
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