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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: U.S. Congress, Healthcare Laws, Ronald Reagan, Justice System, Judges
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Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor
NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...
Tags: NPR, Bars and Clubs, Same-Sex Marriage, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice
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Immigration ruling no surprise
The Decatur Daily, Ala.Those on both sides of Alabama's illegal-immigration law said Monday they were not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request to revive portions of the law. The justices upheld a federal appeals court ruling that blocked parts of the law...Tags: Politics, Trials, Career and Workplace, Law Enforcement, Justice System
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Supreme Court rules Va. can deny out-of-state FOIA use
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision allowing state and local governments to deny record requests from out-of-state residents. The decision came two months after oral arguments in the case,...Tags: Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Ken Cuccinelli, Justice System, University of Richmond, Civil Rights
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Supreme Court won't revive Alabama immigration law
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court made it clear Monday that enforcing immigration laws was reserved for the federal government, not the states. By an 8-1 vote, the justices rejected a request from Alabama to revive part of a 2011 law designed to drive...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Trials, Migration, Civil Rights
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Supreme Court rejects Alabama's appeal of immigration law decision
The Montgomery AdvertiserThe U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning turned back Alabama's appeal of a lower court's ruling striking down a portion of the state's immigration law making it a state crime to conceal, harbor or transport undocumented aliens into the state. The appeal,...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, National Government, Politics, Career and Workplace, Migration
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Supreme Court refuses to revive Alabama immigration law
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court has blocked Alabama from enforcing a state law that authorized the police to arrest and jail persons who hid or transported illegal immigrants. By an 8-1 vote, the justices let stand lower court rulings that said enforcing...Tags: Politics, Tribune Company, Career and Workplace, Laws, Illegal Immigrants
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Fasano, Yaccarino hold meeting in North Haven on ins, outs of gun laws
New Haven Register, Conn.The gun bill may have passed, but the debate still rages. State Sen. Leonard Fasano and state Rep. Dave Yaccarino, both R-North Haven who voted to pass the bill, held a one-of-a-kind public meeting Monday for constituents to explain the ins and outs...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Assault, Justice System, Personal Weapon Control
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Chasm divides gun control and gun rights advocates
SACRAMENTO — "Living in parallel universes," is how Senate leader Darrell Steinberg describes it. Gun control and gun rights advocates "talking past each other." Emanating from different cultures, incapable of agreeing on how to make us all...
Tags: Lobbying, Lois Wolk, Politics, Kevin de Leon, Personal Weapon Control
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Manchin-Toomey amendment simply extended background checks
I applaud Sen. Toomey for his leadership on gun safety legislation. Our democratic process is based on compromise, and I am grateful to be represented by someone who is willing to find ways to make the nation safer while protecting our constitutional...Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Lobbying, Politics, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters: The language of Justice Scalia
Re "Scalia's poison pen," Opinion, April 14 Bigoted as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's views on homosexuality seem, he makes a valid legal point by intimating that equal protection claims asserted to support gay marriage similarly support...Tags: Religion and Belief, Marriage, Incest, Same-Sex Marriage, Ethics
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What now on gun control?
Despite the mounting casualties of gun violence and a brutal massacre that left 20 children dead in Newtown, Conn., the Senate on Wednesday failed to pass a bipartisan compromise to widen background checks for potential purchasers of guns as well as...
Tags: Lobbying, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, U.S. Congress, Civil Rights
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