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Supreme Court seems willing to restore gay marriage in California
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, hearing arguments on the emotionally charged issue of gay marriage for the first time, appeared willing Tuesday to restore marital rights to gays and lesbians in California but uncomfortable with legalizing same-sex...Tags: Justice and Rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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The stakes before the court
WASHINGTON -- Don't take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try. The two big cases being argued this...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Samuel A. Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Barack Obama
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Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions"
Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions" By Elizabeth Sherwood North Central Michigan College student There are many people who have played an important role in the journey to equality for all. The most notable of those people...Tags: Justice and Rights, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, University of South Carolina
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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, Justice System, Criminal Laws, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Deep in the reeds on genes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren't people -- corporations own people. The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control our genetic material -- specifically, whether a Utah-based company...Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Plant Openings, Biology, John G. Roberts, Jr., Companies and Corporations
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Antonin Scalia's anti-gay words are poison; so I confronted him
It seems these days as if everyone is speculating about how Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will approach the two same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. But I haven't heard anyone wondering which side Antonin Scalia will be on. He has made...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony Kennedy
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Why North Carolina can't have its own official church
In recent days my Facebook feed has been littered with links to stories about a bill in the North Carolina Legislature that would allow the state to establish its own religion. Here was another example, my outraged friends said, of Bible Belt...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Justice System, Judges, Religion and Belief
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Natalie Wood mystery deepens with new coroner findings
L.A. NOWThrough three decades of fevered tabloid speculation and whispers of a deeper story, the official account never changed: Natalie Wood drowned accidentally. The 43-year-old star of “West Side Story,” who couldn’t swim, had been drinking... -
More of the same
Everything that everyone loathes about Washington was present in the "fiscal cliff" bill just passed by Congress. It is 153 pages long; most members probably hadn't read all of it before voting on it; it was delivered in the middle of the night; it was...
Tags: Democratic Party, Viral Diseases and Infections, Congressional Budget Office, Parties and Movements, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Photographer tracking Justin Bieber's Ferrari killed in accident
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the death of a photographer who was hit by a car after taking shots of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari.... -
Dominion wins right to export liquefied natural gas
A Calvert County judge brushed aside Friday a potential legal hurdle to exporting liquefied natural gas via the Chesapeake Bay, ruling that Dominion, the Richmond, Va.-based energy company, does not need the Sierra Club's permission to convert its LNG...Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Petroleum Industry, Justice System, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice
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A ruling on racial progress
I can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice System, Racism, New York City, Bronx (New York City)
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