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    May 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Supreme Court limits protection against double jeopardy

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court limited the Constitution's protection against double jeopardy in cases involving multiple charges and a deadlocked jury.
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court limited the Constitution's protection against double jeopardy in cases involving multiple charges and a deadlocked jury. The 6-3 decision holds that a jury's unanimous but tentative vote to acquit a defendant on...

    Tags: Politics, Defendants, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Justice System

    2. May 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Healthcare case capped a rough year for solicitor general

    WASHINGTON — By the time the Supreme Court wrapped up the last of its public arguments for this term, it had been an unusually rough first year for U.S. Solicitor Gen. Donald Verrilli Jr., the Obama administration's chief courtroom lawyer.
    WASHINGTON — By the time the Supreme Court wrapped up the last of its public arguments for this term, it had been an unusually rough first year for U.S. Solicitor Gen. Donald Verrilli Jr., the Obama administration's chief courtroom lawyer. A...

    Tags: Lawyers, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Health Insurance, Healthcare Laws, Nancy Pelosi

    3. Apr 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Supreme Court may uphold part of Arizona immigration law

    WASHINGTON —U.S. Supreme Court justices strongly suggested they would uphold a provision in Arizona's tough immigration law that tells police to check whether people they stop for some other reason are in this country legally.
    WASHINGTON —U.S. Supreme Court justices strongly suggested they would uphold a provision in Arizona's tough immigration law that tells police to check whether people they stop for some other reason are in this country legally. But several...

    Tags: Laws, Politics, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, Justice System

    4. Apr 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Supreme Court told unfair crack sentences may number in thousands

    WASHINGTON — A Justice Department lawyer warned the Supreme Court on Tuesday there may be thousands of crack cocaine defendants sentenced to long prison terms under a law that Congress repealed two years ago as racially biased and unfair.
    WASHINGTON — A Justice Department lawyer warned the Supreme Court on Tuesday there may be thousands of crack cocaine defendants sentenced to long prison terms under a law that Congress repealed two years ago as racially biased and unfair. Deputy...

    Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Kankakee, Prisons, Defendants

    5. Apr 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Showdown on Arizona immigration law goes to Supreme Court

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court and the Obama administration are set for another politically charged clash Wednesday as the justices take up Arizona's tough crackdown on illegal immigrants.
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court and the Obama administration are set for another politically charged clash Wednesday as the justices take up Arizona's tough crackdown on illegal immigrants. It will be a rematch of the attorneys who argued the...

    Tags: Republican Party, Lawyers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights

    6. Apr 24, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. California's working poor would lose a lot if health reform law dies

    If the healthcare reform law is thrown out by theU.S. Supreme Court — as many fear could happen based on the comments of conservative justices — more than 700,000 low-income Californians could lose a once-in-a-lifetime chance to obtain affordable health insurance.
    If the healthcare reform law is thrown out by theU.S. Supreme Court — as many fear could happen based on the comments of conservative justices — more than 700,000 low-income Californians could lose a once-in-a-lifetime chance to obtain...

    Tags: Finance, Laws, Lawyers, Justice System, Personal Income

    7. Apr 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Arizona immigration law

    WASHINGTON — In what is shaping up as Round 2 for the Supreme Court and President Obama, the justices are hearing a highly charged clash over Arizona’s planned crackdown on illegal immigrants and the administration’s effort to block it.
    WASHINGTON — In what is shaping up as Round 2 for the Supreme Court and President Obama, the justices are hearing a highly charged clash over Arizona’s planned crackdown on illegal immigrants and the administration’s effort to block it....

    Tags: Republican Party, Lawyers, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, Jan Brewer

    8. Mar 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Reading Supreme Court tea leaves on 'Obamacare'

    Opinion L.A.
    It's a well-established practice among reporters covering the Supreme Court to look for clues to the outcome in the justices' questions, even though it can be a fool's errand. So it wasn't surprising to see numerous articles Tuesday declaring the......
    9. Mar 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 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 who cannot purchase insurance that is subsidized through their employers, or are not eligible for programs such as Medicare or Medicaid, cannot afford to pay for it on the private market.
    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: Lawyers, Laws, Politics, Stephen Breyer, Health Insurance

    10. Mar 29, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. 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.
    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, Laws, Lawyers, Health Insurance, National Government

    11. Mar 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Healthcare's Medicaid 'gift': An offer states can't refuse?

    The Supreme Court's hearings on the 2010 healthcare reform law wrapped up Wednesday with the issue of whether the law's vast expansion of the Medicaid program coerced states to do something Congress couldn't order them directly to do. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement, who's representing officials from the 26 states challenging the law, had <a href=&quot;http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-400.pdf">barely uttered one sentence</a> Wednesday afternoon when Justice Elena Kagan asked what strikes me as the most important question: Why is "a big gift" from Washington to the states a matter of coercion?
    The Supreme Court's hearings on the 2010 healthcare reform law wrapped up Wednesday with the issue of whether the law's vast expansion of the Medicaid program coerced states to do something Congress couldn't order them directly to do. Former Solicitor...

    Tags: Republican Party, Lawyers, Laws, Politics, Health Insurance

    12. Mar 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Justices poised to strike down entire healthcare law

    The Supreme Court's conservative justices said Wednesday they are prepared to strike down President Obama&rsquo;s healthcare law entirely.
    The Supreme Court's conservative justices said Wednesday they are prepared to strike down President Obama’s healthcare law entirely. Picking up where they left off Tuesday, the conservatives said they thought a decision striking down the law's...

    Tags: Lawyers, Clarence Thomas, Health Insurance, Justice System, Anthony Kennedy

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