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Biden officially sworn in for second term
CBS NewsVice President Joe Biden was officially sworn for his second term this morning at 8:21 a.m. ET by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor, hours before President Obama takes his second oath of office at the White House. The two are being sworn in today,...Tags: Eric Holder, Joe Biden, Justice System, Lyndon B. Johnson, Judges
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Q&A: What does the health care law mean for you?
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Free vaccines for kids, cheaper drugs for the elderly and many other benefits of President Barack Obama's health care law are already out there. More are coming, like a guaranteed right to buy health insurance even for patients...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Vaccines, Justice System, Judges, Politics
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Twins conceived after dad died won't get benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a man's children who were born through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits. The high court on Monday unanimously ruled that twins born to Robert Capato's...Tags: Esophageal cancer, Human Interest, Washington, DC, Social Security
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U.S. court rules against parents in vaccine case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a federal law bars lawsuits against drug makers over serious side effects from childhood vaccines By a 6-2 vote Tuesday, the court ruled against the parents of a child who sued the drug...Tags: Pennsylvania, Vaccines, Behavioral Conditions, Injuries and Wounds, Preventative Medicine
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Supreme Court may rule against Chicago in firefighters case
Exploring raceBy David G. Savage, Tribune Newspapers WASHINGTON— After skeptical questioning of a Chicago city attorney, the Supreme Court justices sounded Monday as though they will rule that the city must pay millions of dollars in damages to aspiring black... -
Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors'
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of...Tags: Abortion, The Washington Post, U.S. Congress, Trials, Demerol (drug)
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'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation
At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...Tags: Justice System, Antonin Scalia, Healthcare Laws, Judges, U.S. Congress
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U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother. The three justices were...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, William Shakespeare, Justice System, Samuel A. Alito, Newspaper and Magazine
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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: Heart Attack, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Port of Los Angeles
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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: Abortion, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Supreme Court, Vietnam, Social Issues
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer breaks shoulder in bike crash
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer broke his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle and underwent surgery Saturday morning, according to a court spokeswoman. The 74-year-old justice was resting comfortably and is expected to be released from...
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'I do' to marriage equality
In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian couples have the right to build lives together and create strong, loving families. The civil union law,...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Marriage, Judges, Defense of Marriage Act
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