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Skeptical Supreme Court might strike down Defense of Marriage Act
Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples. As the...
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Supreme Court could avoid ruling on Calif. gay-marriage ban
Associated PressThe Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California's ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry. Several justices, including some liberals who...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Family, Social Issues, Rob Reiner
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Allan Powell: Why such resistance to the right of privacy?
To no one’s surprise, the right of privacy came into question by diehards of the right in the recent election cycle. Conservative politicians have promised to undo Roe v. Wade, which is grounded on this right. Ever since Roe v. Wade became law,...Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Laws
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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: Labor Legislation, Mitt Romney, Business, John Boehner, Stephen Breyer
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Supreme Court rejects corporate campaign spending limits
Associated PressThe Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed its 2-year-old decision allowing corporations to spend freely to influence elections. The justices struck down a Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending. By a 5-4 vote, the court’s conservative...Tags: Labor Legislation, Political Fundraising, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Elections
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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: Labor Legislation, Mitt Romney, Civil Rights, Trials, Justice and Rights
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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: Health, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Substance Abuse, Barack Obama
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Health care arguments: Can any portion of law survive?
Associated PressThe Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional. On the third and last day of arguments, the justices...Tags: Health, Justice System, Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama, Government Health Care
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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: Rick Santorum, Elections, Stephen Breyer, Insurance, Lawyers
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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: John Roberts, Trials, Stephen Breyer, Lawyers, Anthony Kennedy
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Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors'
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of...Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Social Issues, The Washington Post, Crime, Law and Justice, The Huffington Post
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