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Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law
Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...
Tags: New York City, Crime, Law and Justice, Sausages, Defendants, George W. Bush
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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Clarence Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., Petroleum Industry
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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: U.S. Congress, Samuel A. Alito, Clarence Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Pension and Welfare, Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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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: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Clarence Thomas, John G. Roberts, Jr., Salt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Still too many prisoners in California
It may come as a disappointment to Gov. Jerry Brown — but it certainly should not come as a surprise — that a panel of federal judges rejected his request that they return control of California's still-overcrowded prison system to the state....
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Suicide, Mental Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Safety of Citizens
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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: Clarence Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Antonin Scalia, Gays and Lesbians
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A hint that affirmative action may survive
All but eclipsed by the speculation about how the Supreme Court will rule on same-sex marriage is the fact that the court will also hand down a decision in the next few months about the constitutionality of affirmative action at state universities. But...
Tags: University of Michigan, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, National Government, Same-Sex Marriage
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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: Samuel A. Alito, Social Issues, Family, Culture, Career and Workplace
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Seeking marriage equality
Between now and July, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases dealing with same-sex marriage: one testing the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, the other involving the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage for federal...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., Social Issues, Family, Lawyers
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Momentous decisions
Pity the Supremes. Not Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson but Alito, Breyer, Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Kagan, Kennedy and Scalia. After two days of testimony last week on two separate issues of gay rights -- or as we should think of...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., Social Issues, Politics
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In gay-marriage debate, couples deserve more than 'skim milk'
It is not always easy to follow the audio transcript of the last two days’ Supreme Court arguments over gay marriage. Just when you think you grasp what’s going on, someone starts talking about “suspect classes” and “...Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Bill Clinton, Los Angeles Times Journalists
May 9, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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Apr 2, 2013
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Apr 1, 2013
|Column| Petoskey News
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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