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Here is the latest Indiana news from The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Governor Mike Pence is backing plans for a state grant program to help school districts hire police officers and buy safety equipment. Pence has scheduled a ceremony today at his office to sign the bill approved by lawmakers last...Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government, Human Interest
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Kagan thanks Lugar for 'courage' in vote for her, support sparked his tea party ouster
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is thanking former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar for voting to put her on the bench. Lugar's votes for Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (soh-toh-my-YOR') were among issues that sparked tea party...Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Lugar, Tea Party Movement
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PREVIEW-US court may limit use of race in college admission decisions
ReutersBy Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - Thirty-five years after the U.S. Supreme Court set the terms for boosting college admissions of African Americans and other minorities, the court may be about to issue a ruling that could restrict...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Samuel A. Alito, U.S. Supreme Court, Louisiana State University, Social Issues
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Supreme Court weighs 'loyalty oaths' for groups fighting AIDS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Monday whether Congress violated the 1st Amendment when it required global groups fighting AIDS to explicitly oppose prostitution and sexual trafficking as a condition of receiving federal grants. Several...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Prostitution, Justice System, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics
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The New Haven Free Public Library Revisits The Cold War With "Humor From My Pen"
Humor From My Pen An exhibit of cartoons by political prisoner Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo, New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St., April 18-25, screening of Mission Against Terror on April 20 at 2 p.m. We are constantly told the Cold War is...
Tags: Punishment, Jay-Z, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Military
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Prostitution policy splits NGOs in top court AIDS case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Supreme Court case that challenges a law requiring anti-prostitution policies for HIV/AIDS programs seeking federal money has generated a split among nonprofit groups that counsel sex workers overseas. The case involves a 2003...Tags: National Government, Judges, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Tuberculosis
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Supreme Court seems opposed to granting patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court took up a deceptively simple question in a case brought by breast cancer patients and medical researchers: Are human genes patentable? The answer appeared to be "no" during Monday's oral arguments. The justices...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Justice System, Eryn Brown, Chemical Industry, Medical Research
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UB prepares to open new Law Center
Like American jurisprudence, the University of Baltimore's new $114 million law school is complicated and thoughtful. Staircases bridge across and spiral through the 12-story building's vibrant atrium, connecting a labyrinth of classrooms and study...
Tags: Architecture, Mount Royal, Judges, Abell Foundation, University System of Maryland
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Justice Kennedy's one-man show
WASHINGTON -- Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up -- and his courtiers were...
Tags: Marriage, Family, Defense of Marriage Act, Judges, Gays and Lesbians
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Court seems to be leaning against Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON — After two days of arguments on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court seemed poised to give gays and lesbians a major legal victory but probably not the immediate right to marry in all states that many of them had hoped for. Justice...
Tags: Marriage, Family, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Defense of Marriage Act, Judges
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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: Civil Rights, Marriage, Family, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Defense of Marriage Act
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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: Civil Rights, Marriage, John Boehner, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Family
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