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The supreme sandwich ruling
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Sotomayor: Most favor her confirmation
The Swampby Mark Silva One week into the nation's introduction to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a majority of Americans surveyed say they approve of her confirmation for the Supreme Court. Slightly more than half -- 54 percent -- say they would like......Tags: Government, Newt Gingrich, Court Administration, Harry Reid, Republican Party
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'Empathy:' Clarence Thomas had it, too
The Swampby Mark Silva For the record, while conservative combatants fight over the "code'' behind President Barack Obama's "e"-criterion for his Supreme Court nominee - "empathy'' - this is nothing new. Former President George H.W. Bush - who was the first......Tags: Government, Court Administration, Sonia Sotomayor, Local Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Minority Groups, Court Administration, John Paul Stevens, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Abusive Behavior, Court Administration, Health and Safety at School, John Paul Stevens, Symptoms
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Firefighters victims of discrimination
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court ruled today that white firefighters who lost promotions in New Haven, Conn., were victims of illegal racial discrimination, with the court holding that employers should not rely on "raw racial statistics" to set......Tags: Minority Groups, Court Administration, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court: Voting Rights Act intact
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court narrowed, but did not overturn, the historic Voting Rights Act today, ruling that municipalities across the South which have had a clean record for the past decade can seek an exemption from the......Tags: Court Administration, Local Government, Civil Rights, Texas, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sotomayor hearing live analysis: Day 3
The SwampSonia Sotomayor continues her testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Win McNamee/Getty Images) by James Oliphant We're back at Hart 216 for the third day of the Sotomayor Supreme Court hearings. Stay here for real time analysis during....Tags: Philosophy, Court Administration, Civil and Public Service, Environmental Pollution, Technology
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Is Sonia Sotomayor a reverse racist?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI wrote about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor???s local ties for today's print edition, and I???ve already taken some heat in e-mails and posted comments for writing ???fluff??? and avoiding the issue of her avoiding the issues during her...Tags: Government, Minority Groups, Court Administration, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Republican Party
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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: Court Administration, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Alabama
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Clarence Thomas' summer off: Wal-Marts
The Swampby Mark Silva Willie Nelson isn't the only one "on the road again.'' While President Barack Obama was stumping for his economic initiatives at a hard-hit RV-manufacturing plant in Indiana this week, and Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia......Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Indiana, Texas
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Campaign finance laws at stake at court
The Swampby David G. Savage President Obama's top courtroom lawyer strongly defended the nation's campaign funding laws in the Supreme Court today and warned the court's skeptical conservatives against striking down the historic ban on corporations directly...Tags: Government, Heads of State, Companies and Corporations, Human Rights, U.S. Presidential Election (2008)
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