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Reactions pour in to health care ruling
Reactions have been pouring in all day to the Supreme Court's ruling this morning on the health care reform law. If there was any doubt that Americans feel a strong personal stake in health care, it'...
Posted on 6/28/12 at 2:52 PM
How will health care reform impact me?
One question we keep hearing from members, neighbors, friends and family members is how health care reform and the Supreme Courts ruling will impact them. There is no easy answer to that because the a...
Posted on 4/4/12 at 10:28 AM
I think I just got archived
I received a phone call Tuesday from the Director of Research and Publications, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice in Washington DC. Her name is Mary. Im still a little confu...
Posted on 8/17/11 at 2:15 AM
California Gov. Schwarzenegger does not plan to appeal Proposition 8 ruling
The "Christian Post" reports: "California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger remained resolute Wednesday to not appeal the ruling that determined the state marriage definition between one man and one ...
Posted on 9/13/10 at 11:25 AM
DEMISE OF HUMANKIND UPDATE: South Dakota Supreme Court rules in favor of officer who seized 15 cats running free in car
When a state supreme court is ruling on a case related to someone having 15 cats running free in their car, it can only mean one thing: IT'S THE DEMISE OF HUMANKIND. In the latest installment of my ef...
Posted on 6/25/10 at 5:01 AM
Court rejects Alabama appeal over immigration law
An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says he's not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request to revive portions of Alabama's immigration law.By Associated Press , April 30, 2013
High court weighs dispute over AIDS funding
The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the First Amendment implications of a policy that forces private health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition to get AIDS funding.By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
High court wrestles with Indian adoption dispute
The Supreme Court is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a biological father who first renounced any interest in her and adoptive parents who were eventually ordered to hand her over to the father.By Associated Press , April 16, 2013
Court: Can human genes be patented?
The Supreme Court seems worried about the idea of companies getting patents for genes found inside the human body.By Associated Press , April 15, 2013
Excerpts of Calif. gay marriage case at high court
Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court.March 26, 2013
High court gay marriage tickets cost time, money
The most expensive ticket to "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway: $477. The face value of a great seat for this year's Super Bowl: $1,250. Guaranteed seats to watch the U.S. Supreme Court hear this week's gay marriage cases: about $6,000.By Associated Press , March 25, 2013
SC court nixes James Brown estate settlement
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a settlement divvying up the multimillion-dollar estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn't follow the late soul singer's wishes in putting together the deal.February 27, 2013
Court says police don't have to prove dog training
The Supreme Court says police don't have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog's reliability in the field to uphold its work in court.February 19, 2013
High court reject's rapper C-Murder's appeal
The Supreme Court has passed up another chance to deal with an anomaly of constitutional law that requires federal juries to reach unanimous verdicts in criminal cases, but allows states to make different rules.February 19, 2013
High court rules against Georgia hospital merger
The Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern Georgia city.February 19, 2013
High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court
Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters.February 18, 2013
High court struggles with funeral protest case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices seemed to struggle with the question of whether the father of a dead Marine should win his lawsuit against fundamentalist church members who picketed his son's funeral.By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer , October 06, 2010
Source: Montana judge on Supreme Court list
President Barack Obama’s candidates for the Supreme Court include a new name, federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, and at least six others who were considered contenders when Obama chose his first high court nominee last year, The Associated Press has learned. Among the others under consideration are former Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, federal appeals court judges Diane Wood and Merrick Garland, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , April 13, 2010
Sonia from the block
In her now-famous speech at the University of California in 2001, Judge Sonia Sotomayor probably made a political mistake. She spoke the truth. “Our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions,” she told a law-school forum. “The aspiration to impartiality is just that — it’s an aspiration because it denies the fact that we are, by our experiences, making different choices than others ...”By Steve and Cokie Roberts , June 13, 2009
Chief justice seeks more judges, study of elder issues
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Supreme Court will set up a task force on racial and ethnic fairness in the state court system and is asking the Legislature to create a study of elder issues.By Janell Cole , January 07, 2009
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