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Supreme Court: DNA tests up to states
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court agreed today that DNA has a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing......Tags: New York, Local Government, Prisons, Wars and Interventions, Alaska
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Court: School strip-search illegal
The Swampby David G. Savage The strip search of a 13-year old school girl who was suspected of hiding pain relief pills was unreasonable and unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled today, setting new legal limits on how far school officials may......Tags: Symptoms, Local Government, Clarence Thomas, Justice System, Court Administration
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Sotomayor: Judiciary approves justice
The Swampby David G. Savage and Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court, won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a lopsided vote cast largely along party lines......Tags: Local Government, Clarence Thomas, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Justice System, Court Administration
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Sonia Sotomayor's swearing-in: History
The Swampby David G. Savage Sonia Sotomayor became the 111th Supreme Court justice in the nation's history today, taking an oath to "administer justice without respect to persons and do equal right to the poor and to the rich." Chief Justice......Tags: Local Government, Justice System, Court Administration, National Government, Government
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Sonia Sotomayor: 'More perfect union'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, honoring the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court today, hailed the seating of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor as "another step toward that more perfect union that we all seek.'' And Sotomayor, the first......Tags: Local Government, New York, Court Administration, Justice System, National Government
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Sonia Sotomayor's first vote: Dissent
The Swampby David G. Savage The newly seated Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court, joining a dissent by three liberal justices to stop a pending execution in Ohio. The full court turned down the......Tags: Local Government, Punishment, Justice System, Crimes, Murder
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Obama's Supreme Court: Stevens next?
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who only recently celebrated his first appointment to the Supreme Court this summer, may see another opportunity soon. New speculation about the timing of the first-term president's second chance to shape the...Tags: Local Government, Employment, National Government, Retirement, Colleges and Universities
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Scalia, Stevens and Sotomayor (and rest of Supreme Court) to grapple with another handgun ban
Top of the TicketThe news today that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns has invigorated gun-rights activists across the country. Groups like the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation say they hope the high court's...... -
Beltway sniper's execution: Appeal nixed
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad. Scheduled for execution Tuesday evening in Virginia, Muhammad was convicted of masterminding the sniper-shooting rampage that terrorized...Tags: Punishment, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor
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How religion could affect President Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court
The Religion WorldI'm not sure I recognized that the U.S. Supreme Court is dominated by Catholics (Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer are Jewish), and that retiring Justice John Paul Stevens is the court's sole Protestant. Although it's much more likely that... -
The Morning Fix: Weekend box-office losers! Upfront rebound? Conan O'Brien gets even closer to Time Warner
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before feeling guilty about not hitting the gym since Saturday (yes, I'm that obsessive). Can't tame that dragon! DreamWorks' "How to Train Your Dragon" moved back into the No. 1 spot at the box office with $15...... -
Supreme Court bears support for cross
The Swampby David Savage and updated at 12:40 pm EDT The Supreme Court gave its approval Wednesday to displaying a Christian cross on public land to honor fallen soldiers, saying the Constitution "does not require the eradication of all religious symbols......Tags: Corruption, Forestry and Timber, Local Government, Clarence Thomas, Civil Unrest
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