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Justices raise concerns about Defense of Marriage Act defense
WASHINGTON -- A lawyer defending the federal law that denies benefits to legally married same-sex couples faced skeptical questions from key Supreme Court justices, who suggested the law wrongly discriminated against gays and improperly intruded into...Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Politics, Lawyers, Justice System, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Excerpts of Tuesday's 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: ___ On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and...
Tags: Strom Thurmond, Anthony Kennedy, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Lawyers
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Scalia gets it right
In his opinions on abortion and gay rights, Justice Antonin Scalia has taken an offensively narrow view of the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws. But when it comes to the 4th Amendment's more specific protection...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Drug Trafficking, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia
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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: Defense of Marriage Act, Anthony Kennedy, Politics, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Supreme Court appears split on Prop. 8, broad gay marriage ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split on gay marriage Tuesday, but Justice Anthony M. Kennedy suggested the court should strike down California’s ban on same-sex marriage without ruling broadly on the issue. Twice...Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Politics, Justice System, Samuel A. Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Michigan affirmative action case
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear Michigan’s appeal of a surprising ruling that struck down its voters’ ban on giving “preferential treatment” to students based on their race, weighing the emotionally tense issue of...
Tags: Trials, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Biden to visit University of Baltimore law school opening
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will visit a new, $112 million building next month that will house the University of Baltimore School of Law, school officials said Monday. The John and Frances Angelos Law Center, which...Tags: Mount Royal, University of Baltimore, Criminal Laws, Education, Colleges and Universities
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What Scalia really has against the Voting Rights Act
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is alleged to be one of the great intellects of conservative jurisprudence, but his comments during oral arguments over a challenge to the 1965 Voting Rights Act displayed all the mental acuity of a third-tier...
Tags: Voting Rights Act of 1965, Politics, Entertainment Events, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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State needs gun control; Perry Hall shooter needs therapy not prison
With no thanks to the Democratic state senator who represents the area, the Baltimore County community of Perry Hall is safer from gun violence than it was six months ago. We can say that much. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier might have voted against the important...Tags: Baltimore County, Perry Hall, Juvenile Delinquency, Murder, Criminal Laws
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A Justice league of their own
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down. As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court's...Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Politics, Lawyers, Civil Rights, Justice System
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Supreme Court questions sides in challenge of Md. DNA law
Maryland's practice of collecting genetic information from people arrested — but not convicted — on serious charges took the national stage Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on what Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called "perhaps the...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, American Civil Liberties Union, Government
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Supreme Court justices: The case for hanging it up
Over the next three months, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to end affirmative action, whether to overturn part of one of the most important civil rights laws in our country's history (the Voting Rights Act) and whether gays and...
Tags: Abortion, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Civil Rights, Justice System
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Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 5, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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