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Supreme Court's 5-4 decision on health care law hands Obama a victory, GOP 'a cause'
Associated PressThe Supreme Court on Thursday upheld virtually all of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul, including the hotly debated core requirement that nearly every American have health insurance. The 5-4 decision meant the huge overhaul,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Sales, Private Health Care, Democratic Party, Nursing Homes
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Supreme Court strikes down key provisions of Ariz. immigration law
Associated PressThe Supreme Court threw out key provisions of Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion could go forward — that police must check the status of people stopped for various reasons who might appear to be in...Tags: Elections, Racism, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Police Arrests
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Mandatory health insurance provision could be in jeopardy
Associated PressSharp questioning by the Supreme Court’s conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. Arguments at the high...Tags: Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Clarence Thomas, Stevie Wonder
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How health care case will unfold before the high court
Associated PressThe Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled “Obamacare” by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold...Tags: Elena Kagan, Personal Income, Politics, Lawyers, Medicaid
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Justices signal readiness to consider heart of health care overhaul
Associated PressAs demonstrations swirled outside, Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they are ready to confront without delay the keep-or-kill questions at the heart of challenges to President Obama’s historic health care overhaul. Virtually every...Tags: Howard University, Elections, Eric Holder, Personal Income, Politics
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Editorial: Long-distance access to public records shouldn't be restricted
The United States Supreme Court, in a milquetoast unanimous decision authored by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., recently ruled that it is constitutional for Virginia to deny nonresidents rights under the state's Freedom of Information Act. We think all...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Services and Shopping, Real Estate, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Information Laws
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What gives with Sandra Day O'Connor?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor should never have retired from the U.S. Supreme Court. She is an 83-year-old with plenty of energy, which she expends hearing lower-court cases, giving speeches, and making me want to tear my hair out by talking like the...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., CBS Corp., Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune
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Supreme Court rules Va. can deny out-of-state FOIA use
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision allowing state and local governments to deny record requests from out-of-state residents. The decision came two months after oral arguments in the case,...Tags: Henrico County, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Information Laws, Ken Cuccinelli, Freedom of Information Act
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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: John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Clarence Thomas, Human Rights, Laws
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Justices' Gay Marriage Worries Misplaced
The Hartford CourantIn their recent consideration of legislation banning same-sex marriage, some Supreme Court justices expressed uninformed concern over how little we know about the long-term impact of such unions. Justice Anthony Kennedy said that because same-sex...Tags: Culture, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Cultural Development, Customs and Tradition
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Justice Kennedy's one-man show
WASHINGTON -- Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up -- and his courtiers were...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, John G. Roberts, Jr., Same-Sex Marriage, Elections, Gays and Lesbians
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Supreme Court may strike down DOMA gay marriage law, experts say
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Civil Rights
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