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Catholic 'Sharia' in Pittsburgh
In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Trials, Christianity
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Boy Scouts of America, Prostitution, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Even drunk drivers have rights
Drunk driving is a public menace, and the nation is better for efforts to crack down on it. But motorists arrested for driving under the influence, like other people accused of crimes, have constitutional rights that police must respect —...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Trials, Sonia Sotomayor
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Wrong way on human rights
Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts. Led...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Justice System, Laws, Judges
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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Trials, Anthony Kennedy, Justice System
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Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that U.S. courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding lawsuits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed out a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, Justice System, Laws
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Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, Interior Policy, Social Issues
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Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Biotechnology, Biology
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Breyer, Justice System, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Science
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The Supreme Court looks at gene patents, worries about biotech
When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of whether genes could be patented, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Technology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Biotechnology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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In gay marriage cases, court must balance strong traditions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard two powerful arguments last week about marriage for gay and lesbian couples, and the path the justices choose could determine not only whether gay marriage will become the law nationwide, but how soon. One...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Defense of Marriage Act, Arts and Culture, Anthony Kennedy, Social Issues
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At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle
It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Social Issues, Parties and Movements
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