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Supreme Court limits towing firms
WASHINGTON — A New Hampshire man who had his car towed when he was in a hospital recovering from a heart attack and the amputation of his left foot won a measure of justice at the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 9-0 decision released Monday, the court...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Port of Los Angeles, U.S. Congress, Heart Attack
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Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'
Tribune reporterForty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...Tags: U.S. Air Force, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Bill Clinton
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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: Baseball, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Salt, Companies and Corporations, Biology
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Letters: Gay marriage's friends and foes
Re "Justices ponder gay marriage," Editorial, April 2 Same-sex marriage has been overpoliticized and over-intellectualized. What we're really addressing is the question of whether there should be a law dictating what marriage is. Laws are generally...Tags: Family, Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage
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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: Family, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Lawyers
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Letters: Marriage at the Supreme Court
Re "Justices seem to side with gay couples," March 28 The time has come for the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. Laws designed to limit a person's pursuit of happiness by denying him or...Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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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, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Bill Clinton, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Antonin Scalia, Gay Rights, Justice and Rights, Family, Civil Rights
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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: Gay Rights, Justice and Rights, Family, Civil Rights, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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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: U.S. House of Representatives, Family, Politics, Social Issues, Lawyers
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Will the court duck marriage equality altogether?
Regardless of whether the Supreme Court is ready to declare a constitutional right to gay marriage, it has the responsibility to fully recognize the decisions Maryland and eight other states, plus the District of Columbia, have made to allow same-sex...Tags: Justice and Rights, Family, Civil Rights, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Eric Holder
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A gay marriage backlash? Not likely
Court decisions sometimes spark dramatic political backlashes. Brown vs. Board of Education, which struck down school segregation laws in 1954, temporarily retarded progressive racial reform in the South and advanced the political careers of racial...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Family, Regional Authority, Civil Rights, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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