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Supreme Court Justices ready to move to heart of health care case
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court plunged into debate Monday on the fate of the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system, and the justices gave every indication they will not allow an obscure tax law to derail the case. A...
Tags: Politics, Health Insurance Cost, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance
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Analysis Health care arguments: Can any portion survive?
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional. On the third and last day of...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Lawyers, Black Lung Disease, Judges
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Audio: 10 moments from the Supreme Court debate on healthcare
WASHINGTON -- Solicitor Gen. Donald Verrilli Jr., representing the government, makes his opening statement, arguing that insurance has become the predominant way that Americans pay for healthcare. But Verrilli argues the system is broken because people...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Politics, Lawyers, Health Insurance Cost, Judges
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McManus: Obama's 'tax' lapse
In 2009, President Obama was asked whether the individual mandate in his healthcare plan was really just a tax in disguise. "I absolutely reject that notion," he responded. But if the president had been brave enough back then to call a tax a tax, his...Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Judges, Government, Healthcare Laws
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Supreme Court: Torture lawsuits can only be filed against people, not groups like PLO
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that organizations may not be sued for claims they aided in torture or killings abroad under a law aimed at helping torture victims. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the court’s...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Palestine, Politics, Lawyers, Judges
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With clock ticking, Indiana GOP Senate race heats up
Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's campaign released a new radio ad Monday, hammering six-term incumbent Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana and adding to the thickening tension between the two candidates in the final two weeks of the primary race....
Tags: Politics, Clarence Thomas, Advertising, Entertainment, Antonin Scalia
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High court appears to lean toward Arizona in immigration law dispute
CNNParts of Arizona's sweeping immigration law received a surprising amount of support from a short-handed Supreme Court Wednesday. States throughout the country considering their own tough immigration laws are closely following the proceedings over what...Tags: Jan Brewer, Politics, Labor Legislation, Religion and Belief, Migration
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Supreme Court: Prisoners don't need to be read Miranda rights
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don’t have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration.
The high court, on a 6-3 vote, overturned a...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Punishment, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trials, Samuel A. Alito
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Perry drops out of presidential race, endorses Gingrich
Tribune News ServicesTexas Gov. Rick Perry abandoned his presidential bid and endorsed Newt Gingrich, a move coming just two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary as Republican front-runner Mitt Romney struggles to fend off a challenge from the former House speaker....Tags: Regional Authority, George H.W. Bush, Politics, Executive Branch, Media Industry
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U.S. Supreme Court rules GPS tracking requires a warrant
Police erred by not obtaining an extended search warrant before attaching a tracking device to a drug suspect's car, the Supreme Court said in a unanimous ruling Monday.
A majority of justices said that secretly placing the device and monitoring the man'...Tags: Punishment, Electronics, U.S. Congress, Drug Trafficking, Clarence Thomas
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Supreme Court: Police must get a warrant to track suspects with GPS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.
The ruling represents a serious complication for law enforcement nationwide, which...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas
Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 28, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012
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Apr 18, 2012
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Apr 23, 2012
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Apr 25, 2012
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Feb 24, 2012
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Feb 21, 2012
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Jan 19, 2012
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Jan 23, 2012
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Jan 23, 2012
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