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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: Immigration, Federal Reserve, Michele Bachmann, YouTube, Kay Bailey Hutchison
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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: Stephen Breyer, Drug Trafficking, Justice System, Electronics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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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: Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington, DC
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Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy
Los Angeles TimesThe Supreme Court has nine justices, but if the constitutional fight over same-sex marriage reaches them this year, the decision will probably come down to just one: a California Republican and Reagan-era conservative who has nonetheless written the...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage, University of California, Irvine
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Big Brother on your bumper
In George Orwell's novel "1984," the unblinking eye of government surveillance is omnipresent and inescapable. Orwell could not have known what technology would one day make his nightmare scenario possible, but he could foresee that whatever it was, the...Tags: Political Corruption, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Antonin Scalia
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Obama's justices
Barack Obama, the law professor who railed against the Bush administration's disdain for privacy, has been to civil liberties what the Hindenburg was to air travel: an unexpected debacle. Time after time, he has chosen to uphold government power at the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Stephen Breyer, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Chief Justice Roberts says high court not exempt from ethics rules
Nation NowChief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. assured the public that members of the Supreme Court are not “exempt” from the ethics rules for federal judges.... -
Broadcasters try to persuade Supreme Court to gut indecency rules
Company TownThe broadcacst industry is trying to persuade the Supreme Court to remove the FCC's indecency rules.... -
L.A. attorney confirmed as state's first openly gay federal judge
L.A. NOWThe U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 91-6 to confirm Los Angeles attorney Michael W. Fitzgerald to a seat on the federal court for Central California, making him the first openly gay federal jurist in the state and one of a few in the nation.... -
Legal experts predict a Supreme Court win for 'Obamacare'
Opinion L.A.Betting on whether the Supreme Court will declare "Obamacare" unconstitutional this year? At least some of the smart money is on "no." The American Bar Assn. devoted all 40 pages of the latest Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases......
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