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Justices wary of mandatory blood tests in drunk driving cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded wary Wednesday of giving the police a free hand to forcibly take blood from motorists suspected of drunk driving. "It's a pretty scary image of somebody restrained, and a representative of the state...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Sonia Sotomayor, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diabetes
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Disdain all around
WASHINGTON — While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of "disdain for democracy," Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Stanford law professor is, however, less talented at her chosen task of...Tags: Political Systems, Stephen Breyer, Politics, Democracy, U.S. Congress
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The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice
Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Princeton University, David Petraeus, Peter Jackson
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Filling the federal bench
The federal judicial bench is dangerously understaffed: 10% of district judgeships lie vacant and 8% of appellate judgeships languish unoccupied. Meanwhile, the press of federal judicial business has become so great that the Administrative Office for...
Tags: National Economic Council, Politics, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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Column: Why we're near the cliff
If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead. If, however, you harbor the anti-social desire — stigmatized as such by America’s judgmental tax...Tags: Social Security, Politics, Small Businesses, Justin Bieber, The Wall Street Journal
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Chan Lowe: Gay Marriage and the Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia is one person who comes to mind when you think of the bias against equal rights for gays dying one old person at a time. The problem is, he’s in a position to do some serious damage in terms of resisting the tide of history. ...
Tags: Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Antonin Scalia, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage
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News of the Weird: How Drunk Do You Have to Be?
Update: Gary Medrow, 68, has periodically surfaced in News of the Weird since 1991 for his unique behavior of using a false identity to persuade Milwaukee-area strangers over the phone to lift other strangers off the ground — behavior for which he...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Punishment, The Wall Street Journal, Ministry (music group), Crime, Law and Justice
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Individual mandate in healthcare was year's top consumer story
This was the year of the healthcare mandate. No other consumer story of 2012 comes close. In a split decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. casting the deciding vote, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the cornerstone of President Obama's...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care, Politics, Punishment, Medicare
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Gambling expands under Daugaard
The South Dakota Lottery had its best Christmas season ever a year ago for sales of scratch tickets, sales of Powerball and lotto games overall. They are on a record pace this year, and the new slot-machine versions of video lottery terminals are...Tags: Regional Authority, Services and Shopping, Politics, Political Fundraising, Powerball Lottery
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KAL's year in review, the key
January 1. A dropped pass and a missed field goal keep Joe Flacco and the Ravens out of the Super Bowl. February 2. Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson becomes Mr. Super PAC by pumping millions into Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. 3....
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Politics, Sheldon Adelson, Joe Paterno
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Scalia must join 21st century and change gay marriage stance
The Supreme Court's announcement last Friday that it will take up gay marriage is more than a chance for the justices to recognize the emerging national consensus in support of gay rights. It is a chance for them to overrule the medieval views of...Tags: Minority Groups, Politics, Princeton University, Gays and Lesbians, Criminal Laws
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John Roberts and Obamacare
When Chief Justice John Roberts is being excoriated by conservatives for upholding the Obamacare individual mandate -- just as when he is pilloried by liberals for concluding corporations have a right to engage in campaign spending -- the underlying...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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